broke lever off Intel Prescott cooler & fan ...

[-RS-]

Has anybody heard of that happening? I don't have a lot of experience
mounting P4's ... apparently :-(.

(This is all about using parts that had not been in use before.)

Anyway, I thought it mounted OK the first time. However the Shuttle AB60R
motherboard was not booting so I took off the Intel-made heatsink & fan off
the 2.8GHz CPU to try the chip in another motherboard. When I put the CPU
back in the Shuttle, I had a little trouble making sure all 4 of the plastic
hooks (of the standard Intel product) were engaged. That had been a bit of a
problem the first time too ... mainly I figure because this was my first
time playng around with this sort of heatsink/fan mounting system. Anyway I
could not get the lever that was the furthest away from the power supply, to
fully rotate to full tension.

I took off the assmebly to look for anything wierd ... like something out of
place. All looked normal... or nothing weird was apparent. I re-engaged the
4 plastic hooks and ... again the flipping of that one lever was very very
difficult. Stupidly (perhaps), I broke it off in my atttempt to make it work
:-(.

Has anyone else heard of this sort of thing happening? I went to the Intel
website to make sure what I was doing was basically correct.

-RS-

 

[Bill Eversole]

Has anybody heard of that happening? I don't have a lot of experience
mounting P4's ... apparently :-(.

(This is all about using parts that had not been in use before.)

Anyway, I thought it mounted OK the first time. However the Shuttle AB60R
motherboard was not booting so I took off the Intel-made heatsink & fan off
the 2.8GHz CPU to try the chip in another motherboard. When I put the CPU
back in the Shuttle, I had a little trouble making sure all 4 of the plastic
hooks (of the standard Intel product) were engaged. That had been a bit of a
problem the first time too ... mainly I figure because this was my first
time playng around with this sort of heatsink/fan mounting system. Anyway I
could not get the lever that was the furthest away from the power supply, to
fully rotate to full tension.

I took off the assmebly to look for anything wierd ... like something out of
place. All looked normal... or nothing weird was apparent. I re-engaged the
4 plastic hooks and ... again the flipping of that one lever was very very
difficult. Stupidly (perhaps), I broke it off in my atttempt to make it work
:-(.

Has anyone else heard of this sort of thing happening? I went to the Intel
website to make sure what I was doing was basically correct.

-RS-

I did it once myself. Afterwards I used long-nose pliars on the
remaining piece to lock it into place...that was six months ago...guess
it's still OK.

 

[RS]

Any idea as to why it happens, though ?

-RS-

I did it once myself. Afterwards I used long-nose pliars on the
remaining piece to lock it into place...that was six months ago...guess
it's still OK.

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[Charlie Wilkes]

Has anybody heard of that happening? I don't have a lot of experience
mounting P4's ... apparently :-(.

(This is all about using parts that had not been in use before.)

Anyway, I thought it mounted OK the first time. However the Shuttle AB60R
motherboard was not booting so I took off the Intel-made heatsink & fan off
the 2.8GHz CPU to try the chip in another motherboard. When I put the CPU
back in the Shuttle, I had a little trouble making sure all 4 of the plastic
hooks (of the standard Intel product) were engaged. That had been a bit of a
problem the first time too ... mainly I figure because this was my first
time playng around with this sort of heatsink/fan mounting system. Anyway I
could not get the lever that was the furthest away from the power supply, to
fully rotate to full tension.

I took off the assmebly to look for anything wierd ... like something out of
place. All looked normal... or nothing weird was apparent. I re-engaged the
4 plastic hooks and ... again the flipping of that one lever was very very
difficult. Stupidly (perhaps), I broke it off in my atttempt to make it work
:-(.

Has anyone else heard of this sort of thing happening? I went to the Intel
website to make sure what I was doing was basically correct.

-RS-

It's not your fault, it is the fault of the engineers who designed
that ****in thing. It's the worst clip yet, that I've seen.

Why can't they design a heat sink that screws to the mount on the 4
corners, so you could remove it and put it back without having to
exert pressure at weird angles or figure out a goddamn monkey puzzle
involving parts you can't really get a look at?

Charlie

 

[Jonny]

Because all 4 corners are not engaged properly. One side out of line. As a
consequence, too much distance between heat sink and cpu. When the lever is
closed on the high side, it will snap as it can't close the distance.

 

[nos1eep]

It is further alleged that on or about Sun, 12 Mar 2006 08:14:27 GMT,
in alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt, the queezy keyboard of Charlie
Wilkes <[email protected]> spewed the following:
|that ****in thing. It's the worst clip yet, that I've seen.
|
|Why can't they design a heat sink that screws to the mount on the 4
|corners, so you could remove it and put it back without having to
|exert pressure at weird angles or figure out a goddamn monkey puzzle
|involving parts you can't really get a look at?

Some idiot would tighten the screws with an industrial screw gun and
bitch about the board breaking.

 

[Ed Medlin]

Any idea as to why it happens, though ?

-RS-

I had one break a week after installation while using the computer.....so I
don't know really. I was going along typing a manuscript, and heard a bang
in the case and the system immediately shut down. No harm done though. It
could be a bad mold during manufacture or anything like that. It was an Asus
board and they RMA'd it without question. I had purchased it from a local
store and they let me keep the old one until the replacement came in. In the
meantime, I used a tie-wrap looped under the corner of the bottom of the
bracket and wrapped it around the broken corner and tightened it down
securely. It worked just fine (and cool) for the week-10 days until the new
board came in. I have seen both ends of the spectrum with that HS mounting
system. Some that seemed far too tight and some that seemed not to pressure
the HS/CPU enough. I dislike the new S775 system even more.

Ed

 

[Charlie Wilkes]

It is further alleged that on or about Sun, 12 Mar 2006 08:14:27 GMT,
in alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt, the queezy keyboard of Charlie
Wilkes <[email protected]> spewed the following:
|that ****in thing. It's the worst clip yet, that I've seen.
|
|Why can't they design a heat sink that screws to the mount on the 4
|corners, so you could remove it and put it back without having to
|exert pressure at weird angles or figure out a goddamn monkey puzzle
|involving parts you can't really get a look at?

Some idiot would tighten the screws with an industrial screw gun and
bitch about the board breaking.

They could make it so the screws bed into slip nuts set at about 5fp
of friction.

But then some idiot would use an air wrench and start a fire, right?

At least these idiots would have to bring some serious tools to the
party, instead of breaking plastic clips by accident with their
fingers.

Charlie

 

[nos1eep]

It is further alleged that on or about Sun, 12 Mar 2006 22:02:04 GMT,
in alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt, the queezy keyboard of Charlie
Wilkes <[email protected]> spewed the following:

|On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 09:25:13 -0600, nos1eep
|
|>It is further alleged that on or about Sun, 12 Mar 2006 08:14:27 GMT,
|>in alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt, the queezy keyboard of Charlie
|>Wilkes <[email protected]> spewed the following:
|>|that ****in thing. It's the worst clip yet, that I've seen.
|>|
|>|Why can't they design a heat sink that screws to the mount on the 4
|>|corners, so you could remove it and put it back without having to
|>|exert pressure at weird angles or figure out a goddamn monkey puzzle
|>|involving parts you can't really get a look at?
|>
|>Some idiot would tighten the screws with an industrial screw gun and
|>bitch about the board breaking.
|
|They could make it so the screws bed into slip nuts set at about 5fp
|of friction.
|
|But then some idiot would use an air wrench and start a fire, right?
|
|At least these idiots would have to bring some serious tools to the
|party, instead of breaking plastic clips by accident with their
|fingers.

True. I fixed one with part of a stick pen cap and some glue; I pray
the client does not notice. The things are crap. Trick is to try to do
both sides at once while holding your tongue in the proper position
and uttering the proper expletives.

 

[Charlie Wilkes]

It is further alleged that on or about Sun, 12 Mar 2006 22:02:04 GMT,
in alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt, the queezy keyboard of Charlie
Wilkes <[email protected]> spewed the following:

|On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 09:25:13 -0600, nos1eep
|
|>It is further alleged that on or about Sun, 12 Mar 2006 08:14:27 GMT,
|>in alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt, the queezy keyboard of Charlie
|>Wilkes <[email protected]> spewed the following:
|>|that ****in thing. It's the worst clip yet, that I've seen.
|>|
|>|Why can't they design a heat sink that screws to the mount on the 4
|>|corners, so you could remove it and put it back without having to
|>|exert pressure at weird angles or figure out a goddamn monkey puzzle
|>|involving parts you can't really get a look at?
|>
|>Some idiot would tighten the screws with an industrial screw gun and
|>bitch about the board breaking.
|
|They could make it so the screws bed into slip nuts set at about 5fp
|of friction.
|
|But then some idiot would use an air wrench and start a fire, right?
|
|At least these idiots would have to bring some serious tools to the
|party, instead of breaking plastic clips by accident with their
|fingers.

True. I fixed one with part of a stick pen cap and some glue; I pray
the client does not notice. The things are crap. Trick is to try to do
both sides at once while holding your tongue in the proper position
and uttering the proper expletives.

Yep. I just had occasion to take the heat sink off my AMD CPU, and it
was easy... the time-honored metal spring clip with tangs on the side
of the socket, just like a Pentium I, except they have added a
tensioning lever.

Intel is becoming the Microsoft of hardware, making regressive changes
to things that used to work.

Charlie

 

[Shinnokxz]

But then some idiot would use an air wrench and start a fire, right?

At least these idiots would have to bring some serious tools to the
party, instead of breaking plastic clips by accident with their
fingers.

Charlie

ROFL! Charlie FTW !

 

[maxpi]

The Geek Squad guys at Best Buy broke mine a while back!! They sai
they could not fix the computer and gave it back with the plasti
thing broken and missing a couple of power adapter cables for th
HDD's. I thought the guy said it came in with the motherboard damage
and they could not fix it, he was mumbling stuff so I parked it in th
garage for awhile with the idea of "spare parts". I jus
cracked it open and now I'm deciding to fix it myself. I guess Inte
will be the only source for the plastic latch