This is partly why I had historically gotten everything else in place before messing with the heatsink/fan. Those older ones could be really touchy and I was p

This is partly why I had historically gotten everything else in place before messing with the heatsink/fan. Those older ones could be really touchy and I was petrified of crunching the exposed die of one of those older processors by having to remove or otherwise futz around with the mount after getting it attached. One time I really did think I heard a crunching/grit type sound when mounting a heatsink and my stomach dropped out until I got the system powered on and verified that nothing was broken. Seriously, these things were terrifying to mount a heatsink on back in the day with the way that thing sticks out, rubber pads be damned: https://i.imgur.com/6w1oVMS.jpg https://i.imgur.com/6w1oVMS.jpg