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Caution with Zalman N.B. Heatsink

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Geezer

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I used the method of installing the Zalman heatsink, using the existing "chrome" ring and snapin attachment. Worked fine for 5 or 6 days.

Then, this morning, I hear a mechanical noise from inside the computer. It seems that the extra pressure on the snap attachment had pulled out two of the hooks from the mainboard.

I could have attempted to solder them back in, but, being lazy, I used the thermal cement that was included in the package.

Right now, it is still curing. I know I won't have the cooling of AS3, but I think the alternative would have been ruining the motherboard.

I should have filed down the stumps of the heatsink pins which I cut off.
 
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