Heatsink/fan excessive weight?

I recently purchased a Kingwin K8CU-8025 heatsink/fan to go along with my AMD64 3200+ and K8T NEO FIS2R. However, when it arrived, I noticed that it weighs, according to the site, 2 lbs. In short, should I be concerned? It seems as though a two pound heatsink would exert quite a bit of force on the motherboard, perhaps even to a breaking point.
Thanks in advance!

2 lbs, geesh that is quite a lot.
the old xp's had a limit of @300 grams
the amd 64 has a huge metal back plate which should help, but i don't remember
my heat sink being anywhere near that....maybe a hard drive, but not the hs.

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if the unit is six months old, you should be able to claim one under warranty - MSI will probably suggest you contact your dealer first - though i doubt if dealers will have seperate heatsinks
I got the MEGA from newegg.
I'd rather MSI just mailed me a fan, not a whole heatsink. Bubble wrap one and drop it in a FedEx overnight envelop.
Even if it's under warranty, I'd totally pay for a new one if I could get it fast.
We're talking about a $15 item (+whatever FedEx overnight costs). I don't really care if I have to buy one myself. Unfortunately I looked on the web, and no one seems to sell this exact fan anywhere.
Wow I'm impressed. I phoned MSI USA support, was on hold for
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first of all, i want to say thank u for all of you who have reply my thread.
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i\'m planning to get a new heatsink fan, but still wondering, wat will be really good for me, to use with arctic silver 3? how many degree will it reduce?
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The Cooler Master Aero 4 gets an A+ from this happy owner.
See it at:
http://phamcomputer.safeshopper.com/36/727.htm?938
I own one, and can tell you it works great. It keeps the CPU temperature right around 40 deg C (+/- 5 deg C), consistently.
Prior to using it, the stock Intel HSF was installed. I saw temperatures around 50 deg C quite often.
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