Removing socket 1156 stock cooler

[John]

Okay, I see what my problem was even though it was turned it wasn't turned all the way where the round top part fit into the notch. I took a pair of pliers and turned it and the push pin freed.

--- On Tue, 10/12/10, Brian Cluff <brian at snaptek.com> wrote:

> From: Brian Cluff <brian at snaptek.com>
> Subject: Re: Removing socket 1156 stock cooler
> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> Date: Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 12:35 AM
> Those are relatively east to remove,
> but not totally obvious how to do 
> it.  The heat sync stays connected to the board by
> pushing a pin between 
> the 2 plastic wedges that keep it connected to the
> motherboard.  To get 
> the fan off you have to turn the top that you pressed in
> when you 
> attached it 90 degrees and then pull up it. That will pull
> the little 
> pin back and allow it to be pulled free from the
> motherboard.  Just do 
> that 4 times and the fan should be able to be removed
> fairly easy.
> 
> Brian Cluff
> 
> On 10/11/2010 03:32 PM, John wrote:
> > Sorry, I should've specified it was the stock cooler
> something similar
> > to this.
> >
> > http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Product.aspx?C=1417&ID=1960
> >
> > I'm thinking of sending the MB with the cooler
> attached. I bent a pin on
> > the last one even though it was toast already.
> >
> > --- On *Mon, 10/11/10, JD Austin /<jd at twingeckos.com>/*
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >     From: JD Austin <jd at twingeckos.com>
> >     Subject: Re: Removing socket
> 1156 stock cooler
> >     To: "Main PLUG discussion
> list" <plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> >     Date: Monday, October 11,
> 2010, 5:24 PM
> >
> >     Which kind do you have? They
> come in a few different styles:
> >     http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Products.aspx?C=1417
> >     <http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Products.aspx?C=1417>
> >     On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 15:19,
> John <jharitos at yahoo.com
> >     </mc/compose?to=jharitos at yahoo.com>>
> wrote:
> >
> >         I bought the
> parts to make a new Ubuntu system. Unfortunately,
> >         the new power
> supply was bad and I cooked my RAM, MB, i5
> >         processor, and
> one other MB before I realized the PSU was the
> >         culprit. I need
> to send everything back to the PSU maker. I
> >         removed the 1156
> cooler once and it was not a pleasant
> >         experience. Two
> of the push pins came right up but the other two
> >         would not and I
> had a nasty time getting it off. I searched vids
> >         and they said to
> use a screw driver but this didn't work. Anyone
> >         have a video or
> an idea of how to remove the fan without using
> >         force.
> >
> >
> >
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