I finally went online and found out that I needed the original intel backing plate and it goes in-between the cooler master bracket and the mobo. When I was first trying to get the 212 evo on the system I was trying to figure out why in the world the retention bracket didnt want to bolt back down to the mobo with the new cooler master backing plate mounted up. Cooler for CPU Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo RR-212E-16PK-R1 S1366 / 1156 / 1155 / 1150 / 775 / 2011 / AM3 / AM3. The sleeve-bearing design enables up to 40,000 hours of use. It's been around 5 months since I originally built it, I have since than I lost the original Intel backing plate. This Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 120mm fan features Continuous Direct Contact technology to help keep your AMD or Intel processor cool for efficient operation. So I removed the original backing plate that the new Intel mobo came with and reinstalled the old HP backing plate and went on to finishing the system. (which is a weird design, and the only cooler I had.) So when I built the new system the only way I could mount the (HP cooler) was to use the old backing plate that's off of the old HP mobo.
The cooler that is on/was on it, was a stock HP cooler from the old pre-built HP 1455. Ok, let me see if I can make it less confusing. (Sorry if the grammer, spelling is messed up on this post it's because I'm trying this on my phone.) Now I don't know where I put the plate that came with the new Intel mobo. The thing is when I built it a few months ago, to reinstall the old HP cooler on the new mobo (the only cooler I had at the time) I had to reuse the HP mounting plate that came off the old mobo, which is a "combo" backing plate. I think if I had the original plate pictured below I wouldn't have no problems?Īs in every install video/instructions it looks like that plate is left in place and is not touched at all?
So I been searching for similar replacement screws (to the originals. Offering great performance at a budget-build price earn the Cooler Master. The Hyper 212 EVO wouldn’t be found on numerous new and old builds if it weren’t a tried and true product, and our results confirm that fact. Went it radio shack and bought some longer screws with the same tread (6/32 but they are machine screws), they are long enough but it turns out that the head of the screw is not wide enough to secure down the bottom of the retention arm to the mobo. The value of the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO only gets better when you see that the MSRP is 35, but is often on sale for 25. Here is where I'm stuck the screws (torx) that held down the retention arm before aren't long enough. Removed CPU retention arm and installed new backplate. So I have been trying to install the hyper 212 evo on my PC.