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HelpImNewbish · 04-15-2003, 08:23 PM

Has anyone used this?
I had a swiftech mcw5000, but one of the holes for the mounting system was oversized so the screw wouldnt stay in. Almost as if it was stripped, and I just got a straight refund; wasn't impressed with the block or mounting system, and rather wanted my 53 bucks back.

I like the system, but i'm wondering from this picture;
http://www.dangerden.com/images/maze3/m3shd1_large.jpg

Is the bolt that goes through the block, with the spring on it, merely attached to a nut underneath the block? If that is the case it seems like it will be similar to my MCW462 mounting fiasco, where the standoffs with the nut on the other side of the motherboard wouldnt hold still even with superglue, and therefore my attempts to screw the bolt/spring that would hold down the block into them failed.

Only this time, will turning the top nut just turn the bolt and the nut that its screwed into underneath, resulting in no tightening at all?

By the way: Since when does the maze3 have that cut i part on one side of the block? The first one I had didnt have that, and there was no part of the block at all that hovered over the raised socket side. Am I just doomed to getting faulty blocks and inneffective mounting systems forever and always?

By the way 2: Maze3s fit on A7N8X's, right?

04-15-2003, 08:23 PM	#1
HelpImNewbish Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Hickville Posts: 41	Maze 3 Socket Hold down. Has anyone used this? I had a swiftech mcw5000, but one of the holes for the mounting system was oversized so the screw wouldnt stay in. Almost as if it was stripped, and I just got a straight refund; wasn't impressed with the block or mounting system, and rather wanted my 53 bucks back. I like the system, but i'm wondering from this picture; http://www.dangerden.com/images/maze3/m3shd1_large.jpg Is the bolt that goes through the block, with the spring on it, merely attached to a nut underneath the block? If that is the case it seems like it will be similar to my MCW462 mounting fiasco, where the standoffs with the nut on the other side of the motherboard wouldnt hold still even with superglue, and therefore my attempts to screw the bolt/spring that would hold down the block into them failed. Only this time, will turning the top nut just turn the bolt and the nut that its screwed into underneath, resulting in no tightening at all? By the way: Since when does the maze3 have that cut i part on one side of the block? The first one I had didnt have that, and there was no part of the block at all that hovered over the raised socket side. Am I just doomed to getting faulty blocks and inneffective mounting systems forever and always? By the way 2: Maze3s fit on A7N8X's, right? __________________ The name says it all.