You may also wan't to know that the bolts don't detach from the ring. They are one locked unit. It's a bit trickey on the install.
You put your tim on the chip.
Pull the protective strip off of the stickey tape, on the backplate.
Wilst pressing the block in what you deem dead center of the CPU, extend one bolt at a time through the mobo to make the connection with the backplate. I think the spring has a tiny bit of pressure on each leg, right from the get go?
Try your best to have the backplate in the correct position, when it makes it's initial contact with the mobo. The tape is ready to grab.
Once you get all 4 started, and the backplate stuck, your on easy street. :)
That is how I did it anyway. No instructions are included, so you have some room for creative differences...