The PSU had cooked two MBs before I realized the culprit. I bought a new PSU and a new MB. The PSU company said they'd replace the cooked parts so this meant the third removal. I sure hope the PSU company makes good since my GPU is toast on a new i5. --- On Fri, 10/15/10, Stephen wrote: From: Stephen Subject: Re: Removing socket 1156 stock cooler To: "Main PLUG discussion list" Date: Friday, October 15, 2010, 2:24 PM They never intended for frequent removal On Oct 15, 2010 12:03 PM, "Jordan Aberle" 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 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 wrote: >> >> > From: Brian Cluff >> > Subject: Re: Removing socket 1156 stock cooler >> > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" >> > 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 //* >> > wrote: >> > > >> > > >> > > From: JD Austin >> > > Subject: Re: Removing socket >> > 1156 stock cooler >> > > To: "Main PLUG discussion >> > list" >> > > 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 >> > > >> > > On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 15:19, >> > John > > > > >> > 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. 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