Quality Control - Heatsinks

[Second_Coming]

Seen a few similar photos on this forum over the years. The packaging design around the fins could use some work.

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Damage to AMD upgrade kit mainboard fins

I just received my shipment containing the AMD mainboard upgrade kit. The packaging looked pretty intact, but I noticed what appears to be damage to the cooling fins on the mainboard. Given that the box and cardboard packaging seem to be in good condition, I’m led to believe this board might have been dropped during QA or during packaging. Has anyone else seen this before? Am I safe to go ahead and install this mainboard or should I wait to hear back from Framework Support / wait for a replaceme…

[RESPONDED] AMD Batch 1 Guild

Mine arrived on Monday but I didn’t find the time to install it until today. I am typing on Ryzen right now, upgraded from 11th Gen. The board came out of the box with bent cooling fins, which I didn’t quite like. One of the problematic things about these hardware kits is you will never be able to prove that it has not been you and your sausage fingers. But I was able to rearrange them with fine pliers “like new”. [20231018_205956] I combined the board with 2x16G Crucial 5600 which seems to …