Actually the heatsink with fan attached IS just clipped on, with a thin layer of heatsink paste or thermal paste on it to prevent that 1mm gap. Usually a new heatsink will come with that thin layer of grey putty on it, that's what it is.

Without it your cpu won;t make contact with it evenly, and you will kill your core. Too much or too little can cause damage too (of the paste or putty).

 

But that's not really the issue here................... You best make sure to look at the pins of the cpu and make sure one isn't broken off and sitting in the seat or simply bent. Any luck seeing if the lever has a metal part touching anything else?

Also make sure you are putting the heatsink on the correct way. Sometimes you might have it flipped 180degrees and you think it's just "hard" to put on, but in actuality it should be nice and easy, almost thinking it's a little loose when you've done it correctly ON SOME MOTHERBOARDS...... not all.

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