Some coolers would not anchor well on AMD Ryzen processors

Robert Sole 1 March, 2017

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Some coolers from major manufacturers may not anchor properly and touch the AMD Ryzen processor well, causing significant heat dissipation issues.

Next March 2 is the official launch of AMD Ryzen processors and in Spain, except for Amazon Spain, which will have stock because it is a subsidiary of the company, there were no processors in the main computer stores in Spain, which is a quite an important problem, if the processors do not arrive today, generating losses due to not being able to sell products. We add to this problem, a problem in fixing the coolers that has been detected by Tom's Hardware.

Apparently, this medium has detected a problem in the anchoring system of the coolers. The distance between the holes in the plate for fixing is correct and its diameter is correct, although the height of the screws seems to be wrong and the screws of some coolers are too long. This causes that they can be screwed, up to a certain point, as usual, so that no one overrides and breaks the processor. The problem is that the cooler, when it reaches this point, is not correctly in contact with the DIE of the processor.

According to information from the media, AMD has given the position of the fixing screws, but not the height that the supports should have. The coolers themselves should not have a problem, because it seems that they have been revised and it does not exist, the problem lies in the compatibility kits, which would be the ones that are causing the problem. The medium has also found some solutions to remedy the problem, which would involve making some adaptations.

One of the AMD representatives has said about it: 'our cooler works well and we have shared the platform design guide with partners with NDA, which includes the clamping force necessary to correctly mount the coolers on the AM4 platform' . Two different versions, which should be solved quickly, with a modification to the clamping plate, which as seen in the image, AMD's is a few millimeters thicker than those of an unspecified heatsink. Tom's Hardware recommended to check if our cooler comes with its own back plate.

Regarding what could cause this defect, it is a bad grip of the cooler, damaging the motherboard and poor heat dissipation, causing overheating in the processor and therefore, abnormal performance. We will be attentive to more news.