They never intended for frequent removal
On Oct 15, 2010 12:03 PM, "Jordan Aberle" <jordan.aberle@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@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@snaptek.com> wrote:
>>
>> > From: Brian Cluff <brian@snaptek.com>
>> > Subject: Re: Removing socket 1156 stock cooler
>> > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss@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@twingeckos.com>/*
>> > wrote:
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > From: JD Austin <jd@twingeckos.com>
>> > > Subject: Re: Removing socket
>> > 1156 stock cooler
>> > > To: "Main PLUG discussion
>> > list" <plug-discuss@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@yahoo.com
>> > > </mc/compose?to=jharitos@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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