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- Feb 8, 2009
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- Middle East
hi;
I know this sound stupid...I though about it before but after what happened I am re-thinking it.
I bought a thermatake big typhoon cpu fan and a thermal grease.
the fan is really large,,,and my question before installing it was,,,would it break the mainboard because of its weight if I leave the case standing.
Ofcourse I neglected the thought saying it is stupid and there is no way for such a thing to happen...I had to remove the cpu from the socket to clean of the old grease.
but after installing the pc failed to start properly and one of the mainboard LGA 775 pins was broken...could it be??
I know if my installing was incorrect in any step all the pins will be damaged...in this case only on pin...why?
I know this sound stupid...I though about it before but after what happened I am re-thinking it.
I bought a thermatake big typhoon cpu fan and a thermal grease.
the fan is really large,,,and my question before installing it was,,,would it break the mainboard because of its weight if I leave the case standing.
Ofcourse I neglected the thought saying it is stupid and there is no way for such a thing to happen...I had to remove the cpu from the socket to clean of the old grease.
but after installing the pc failed to start properly and one of the mainboard LGA 775 pins was broken...could it be??
I know if my installing was incorrect in any step all the pins will be damaged...in this case only on pin...why?