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Help me out here with this Asus heatsink. - TheCheat - 01-31-2006 11:23 AM
I have this broken heatsink/fan combo that I need to take out. The problem is that the heatsink is fastened by these black plastic rods that I don't know how to remove. How would I go about doing this?
Help me out here with this Asus heatsink. - Biggs - 01-31-2006 11:46 AM
When I saw heatsink I thought of Mechs.
Help me out here with this Asus heatsink. - Plot - 01-31-2006 12:06 PM
chainsaw - the answer to all of your demolition needs!
perhaps magnet screw things.
Help me out here with this Asus heatsink. - Womb-Raider - 01-31-2006 12:44 PM
some pictorsnks to the product would be helpful.
Help me out here with this Asus heatsink. - Sveach - 01-31-2006 02:17 PM
They are probably attached by going through a hole on the motherboard. Look at the end of the "rods" and try and squeeze the sides together, in effect making the rod skinnier at the bottom, to slide it through the hole. Tons of motherboards fasten heatsinks this way, if this doesn't work, post detailed pics ;)
Help me out here with this Asus heatsink. - The Senate - 01-31-2006 04:30 PM
^^ That way = the Richard Simmons way. I hate attaching heatsinks like that! Then again I haven't had that setup since I had a Celeron 300 (which was overclocked to 450 of course).
Help me out here with this Asus heatsink. - TheCheat - 02-01-2006 02:40 PM
so I have to take the motherboard OUT of the case? I was hoping for a painless way because I took out the front protector and the fan, it's just the heatsink I need to remove and there are the two pegs that appear to be how you described them.
They are plastic with a little rod in the middle and a wider head on the front end.
Help me out here with this Asus heatsink. - Womb-Raider - 02-01-2006 10:57 PM
TheCheat,Feb 1 2006, 04:40 AM Wrote:so I have to take the motherboard OUT of the case? I was hoping for a painless way because I took out the front protector and the fan, it's just the heatsink I need to remove and there are the two pegs that appear to be how you described them.plyers sound like your friend in this case.
They are plastic with a little rod in the middle and a wider head on the front end.
Help me out here with this Asus heatsink. - Sveach - 02-02-2006 02:13 AM
You can try using pliers, just don't bump em into anything, lol but i would suggest taking the mobo out of the case, i prefer doing that anyway, makes it easier to work on.