Removing socket 1156 stock cooler

[Jordan Aberle]

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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