Question AM4 plastic mounting clip broke, how could that happen?

[ProPlayerGR]

Hey guys. So I was having really high temps on my CPU and I thought something was wrong with my cooler, but when I opened up the case the pump was really loose and the AM4 mounting plastic thingy was broken I don't know how that happened, for 2 months it was just fine. I ordered new ones from ebay. Any idea what may have caused that and what I should be careful about so that it doesn't happen again? Thanks in advance.
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600
Mobo: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK
GPU: AMD RADEON RX 6700 XT
AIO: CoolerMaster ML240 ILLUSION
Case: Corsair Obsidian 750D Airflow Edition
PSU: EVGA SUPERNOVA 850 G2
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB DDR4 3000Mhz

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[hedwar2011]

It looks like it might have gotten warped and weakened by too much heat. That's just my guess though.

 

[ProPlayerGR]

It looks like it might have gotten warped and weakened by too much heat. That's just my guess though.

So you're saying that the problem is with the cooler after all? To be honest it looks like that to me as well

 

[hedwar2011]

Possibly. Not sure why they would attach a cooler with a plastic clip anyway. You might want to consider going with a different cooler that has metal clips versus plastic ones as it might happen again.

 

[SkyNetRising]

AM4 plastic mounting clip broke, how could that happen?

Screws were overtightened. Obviously.

 

[ProPlayerGR]

Screws were overtightened. Obviously.

Maybe you’re right I wanted to make sure the thump screw couldn’t tighten any more, I guess I overtightened it as you said. How should I tighten them?

 

[ProPlayerGR]

Possibly. Not sure why they would attach a cooler with a plastic clip anyway. You might want to consider going with a different cooler that has metal clips versus plastic ones as it might happen again.

It’s just that most coolers on the AM4 platform these days have started using the stock AM4 plastic clips to mount on the CPU, so it’s a bit hard finding one that doesn’t mount like that. Also I’m broke I can’t afford another cooler right now lol

 

[SkyNetRising]

I guess I overtightened it as you said. How should I tighten them?

As much as necessary but not too much. LOL
CPU block should not move around too much.