Question CPU fan will not screw in

[sorpilla88]

First build, and I am worried my CPU fan was screwed in wrong. I installed my AMD Ryzen 5 2600x and proceeded to put my AMD Wraith Spire cooler next, I was watching a guide and was confident it was aligned the right way. The screws does not want to screw into the back plate stands even when I was working on a hard surface with a rubber mat. I realized my mistake and loosened all screws but it just made matters worse. The only thing that is holding my cpu fan in place is the thermal paste and it seems way out of line with the screws just "levitating" off of the aligned stand off holes where they are supposed to be screwed in. Can anyone help?

 

[rgd1101]

model of this motherboard?

 

[sorpilla88]

model of this motherboard?

Prime X70-Pro Asus

 

[Ketchup79]

What video were you watching? You will need to removed the default (black plastic) brackets in order for the cooler to fit properly.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbvKjsuznBk

 

[sorpilla88]

What video were you watching? You will need to removed the default (black plastic) brackets in order for the cooler to fit properly.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbvKjsuznBk

I removed the brackets it's just that the cpu cooler is attached to the CPU already but the screws are way out of line after I initially screwed them in. Like I said it's like

 

[sorpilla88]

I removed the brackets it's just that the cpu cooler is attached to the CPU already but the screws are way out of line after I initially screwed them in. Like I said it's like

*its levitating, even though its properly aligned. I am sorry I am also new here and I am trying to post pictures to better describe

 

[rgd1101]

upload image to imgur.com and post the link here

 

[sorpilla88]

upload image to imgur.com and post the link here

AMD Cooler issue

https://imgur.com/a/sA9e5SR

View: https://imgur.com/gallery/sA9e5SR

 

[sorpilla88]

AMD cooler issue 2

https://imgur.com/a/pIrdD1r

View: https://imgur.com/gallery/pIrdD1r

 

[sorpilla88]

AMD cooler issue 2

https://imgur.com/a/pIrdD1r

View: https://imgur.com/gallery/pIrdD1r

I am also a bit worried since I did move it around as well to try to align it, but I did it gently and I just stopped doing so since I didn't want to risk damaging it 🙁

 

[Ketchup79]

You may have the cooler in the wrong direction. Not all motherboards mount the CPU the same way. Turn the cooler 45 degrees and see if it fits better (also from your pics I can't even say with 100% certainty that you are mounting the same direction as the video anyway).

 

[sorpilla88]

Sorry for super late reply... but I ended up taking my parts and chassis to a family member who knew what they were doing luckily no parts were damaged and he took the cpu fan gently off and just realigned them properly. They actually were aligned properly in the first place, but I had to put firm pressure to align it which I was clearly not doing, due to misguided intention of destroying the motherboard. Thanks for all the helps and tips btw I really appreciate it.