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- Oct 10, 2004
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- Gainesville, FL
I would first like to thank everyone who has guided me along so far in my endeavor to get my first computer up and running!
Anyway, here is the issue. Being the intelligent person I am, I wanted to see how everything on my computer would fit together so I attached my processor to the motherboard, stuck the heatsink and fan on, just so I could hopefully work it in a bit better when I actually was ready to use the computer. WELL I'm not sure if it's a common occurence or anything but the fan just WILL NOT come off again so I can put some AS5 on the CPU. It's an P4 (Prescott) wtih stock heatsink and fan. There are these godawful latching mechanisms that made me feel like I was breaking the motherboard when I put them on, in addition to attaching to the locking mechanisms that are physically attached to the mobo, and now I can't get em off again! Anyone know what I'm talking about? I will try and find the online version of the heatsink/fan so you can get a picture of what I'm talking about.
I'm basically freaking out at this point because one of the godawful latching mechanisms on the fan was a LOT easier to get off than the other side (which is essentially stuck), and I can't seem to remove the latching things from the motherboard from their grip on the fan either. I will edit this with any other info I find (or maybe pics, but I have to fetch a camera from somewhere). Everything looks fine, just doesn't feel right.
edit: http://support.intel.com/support/processors/pentium4/sb/CS-007989.htm shows a picture of the stock fan/heatsink/complicated latching mechanism. They say it's "ok" to have the motherboard bend some while putting the processor in place, but doesn't give any mention to how to get the dang thing off again (about 2/3 down the page)
Edit: With some willpower I FINALLY got it off (I really though I was gonna break the motherboard), and there's an uneven layer of some gray substance between the processor and heatsink (which I am assuming is the thermal sheet they put with the stock heatsink). Pardon me if these are silly questions I am just so scared of breaking something! Should I now scrape off the gray sheet?
Anyway, here is the issue. Being the intelligent person I am, I wanted to see how everything on my computer would fit together so I attached my processor to the motherboard, stuck the heatsink and fan on, just so I could hopefully work it in a bit better when I actually was ready to use the computer. WELL I'm not sure if it's a common occurence or anything but the fan just WILL NOT come off again so I can put some AS5 on the CPU. It's an P4 (Prescott) wtih stock heatsink and fan. There are these godawful latching mechanisms that made me feel like I was breaking the motherboard when I put them on, in addition to attaching to the locking mechanisms that are physically attached to the mobo, and now I can't get em off again! Anyone know what I'm talking about? I will try and find the online version of the heatsink/fan so you can get a picture of what I'm talking about.
I'm basically freaking out at this point because one of the godawful latching mechanisms on the fan was a LOT easier to get off than the other side (which is essentially stuck), and I can't seem to remove the latching things from the motherboard from their grip on the fan either. I will edit this with any other info I find (or maybe pics, but I have to fetch a camera from somewhere). Everything looks fine, just doesn't feel right.
edit: http://support.intel.com/support/processors/pentium4/sb/CS-007989.htm shows a picture of the stock fan/heatsink/complicated latching mechanism. They say it's "ok" to have the motherboard bend some while putting the processor in place, but doesn't give any mention to how to get the dang thing off again (about 2/3 down the page)
Edit: With some willpower I FINALLY got it off (I really though I was gonna break the motherboard), and there's an uneven layer of some gray substance between the processor and heatsink (which I am assuming is the thermal sheet they put with the stock heatsink). Pardon me if these are silly questions I am just so scared of breaking something! Should I now scrape off the gray sheet?
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