Should I support a heavy heatsink?

I put a "freezer 7 pro" on a gigabyte ep35-ds3l. Since the mobo is mounted
vertically, the heat sink puts a strain on the mobo. Should I relieve this
weight somehow? Perhaps by tying a string from the case to the top of the
heat sink?

john wrote:
> I put a "freezer 7 pro" on a gigabyte ep35-ds3l. Since the mobo is
> mounted vertically, the heat sink puts a strain on the mobo. Should I
> relieve this weight somehow? Perhaps by tying a string from the case
> to the top of the heat sink?

Freezer 7 Pros ain't that heavy. We have two here, one on a socket 775 board
and one on a socket 939 board. Neither have any extra support and have never
needed any.
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SteveH

"john" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message news:gabv0r$7c7$1@aioe.org...
>I put a "freezer 7 pro" on a gigabyte ep35-ds3l. Since the mobo is mounted
>vertically, the heat sink puts a strain on the mobo. Should I relieve this
>weight somehow? Perhaps by tying a string from the case to the top of the
>heat sink?
>

If it gives you a sense of security, a piece of string wouldn't hurt. If
you moved the PC, then you wouldn't have to worry about jolting it
when putting it down. I also have the Freezer 7 Pro and don't think
those lock pins could handle much additional stress.