Do I have my heat sink installed incorrectly?

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  1. Dude
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    Windows 11 Pro X64
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    smirk24 said:
    My cpu came out of a Dell and the heat sink was a 5 pin so I don't think I'd be able to do the testing with the stock heat sink

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    I can't believe that dude fried his mobo that's crazy.
    my MB is still good, lol
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  3. smirk24
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    Windows 10 Home 64 bit
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    Dude said:
    my MB is still good, lol
    Do I have my heat sink installed incorrectly?-screenshot_20210801-164920_amazon-shopping.jpg
    His is not though
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