I'm trying to install one on a Z490 UD AC motherboard. I've watched videos and have the instruction sheet and nothing adds up. I'm stuck on the X thing that goes underneath the heat sink but over the thermal pasted square. If I follow the directions exactly with the notches lined up and all that I would still have to force the screws (the ones with the spiral wire) into the nuts. Like, by a lot. The videos mention they are tough to get in but none have as much distance between them as I do. I don't want to wreck my brand new cpu. What am I missing?
Nevermind, I think I got it now.
Nevermind, I think I got it now.
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