Removing socket 1156 stock cooler

[Jordan Aberle]

AMD stuck with the same general design over the years, why does intel feel
the need to redesign something that isn't broken?  Hey guys, lets try making
the round wheel into a square!

On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Stephen <cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:

> They never intended for frequent removal
> On Oct 15, 2010 12:03 PM, "Jordan Aberle" <jordan.aberle at gmail.com> wrote:
> > The more you add and remove the cooler from the MB the harder it is to
> work
> > with. I wonder about the intel engineers sometimes, this is really the
> best
> > they could come up with??
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 10:15 AM, John <jharitos at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >> 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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