damn, if it's mobo then really sien d. do this, that rosak, do that this rosak. thinking of building a matx htpc soon like this.

anyone here know how 2 take out the CPU fan bracket off the motherboard?

mine broke this afternoon, resulting in in over heat of my S478 and then i couldnt find why until i took each hardware out

i have a spare cpu fan bracket lying around on another motherboard... now i wan take out and replace my broken 1 on my main

anyone did b4?

the cpu fanclips (4units) are at the corners of the "fanblock"...can "kiaw" with a testpen...should not be a problem.

I took my fan bracket out to lap my stock heatsink...till now no issues.

http://img132.imageshack.us/i/cimg0909.jpg/

how to take this out from the back of my spare mobo? those black clips are surely tough 2 take out

any method?

this is my broken clip on the working mobo , left side top and bottom

http://img41.imageshack.us/i/cimg0907c.jpg/

This post has been edited by Jcsy: Nov 9 2009, 03:34 PM

u need to press the white one first that inside the black clips using pen or screwdriver.
then u can take out the black one.

ah, ic...u mean the bracket.

well, in your 2nd pic(with circled on the broken part) there are 4 "tabs"/"pushtabs" which are used to hold the rectangular brackets.

These tabs, once removed, would not be able to hold the hsf properly.

I was using a ghetto watercooling setup, and had to remove the 4"pushtabs" to remove the rectangular bracket.

Later, I wanted to use back stock hsf, so tried to fix back. Can fix back, but with after awhile, the hsf came off, together with the bracket.

Best way: get some small sized bolts and nuts, and fasten em. pleas ensure that u get the "sunken - head" bolts...or "mushroom bolts.

confirm will not fall off. and also, if the rectangular bracket is broken again, you can change it by unscrewing the bolts.

remember to put 4 pieces of insulator to insulate the nuts frm touching the mobo.

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Added on November 9, 2009, 4:28 pmI've done that b4, but the clip wouldn't last, as in hold for long...

This post has been edited by ravewar: Nov 9 2009, 04:28 PM

how come??
me just fine..
im just done testing to remove the bracket with my faulty mobo.
first,,fully press that white one,tab right
for me,,im just using nail clipper..
make sure that u fully press it.
then u can easily that out the bracket.
of course u need to press that too.

i dunno laaa...but it happened to me....prolly depends on how u remove the "push tab"....

forgot to tell..
of course u need to remove hsf first.

ok i push out all the 4 white "screws" from these tabs liao

but still cant remove the bracket . this bracket can actually take out or not

looks impossible..

u must push completely from the hole..
then u can push the black screw.that one u must hmm..compress a bit then push it..

wow.. i see ravewar got a new win7...

what is the thing at the top of the box?

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Added on November 9, 2009, 7:15 pmu can refer to me..

This post has been edited by AlexLee277: Nov 9 2009, 07:15 PM

compress both the heads together

then PULL from mobo side or

PUSH from behind mobo side?

haha my SPOILT mobo i managed to use playars and pull out the broken bracket liao. that was easier

now my SPARE mobo, that 1 very susah.. but its actually the same damn screw

me usually compress the head and push behind the mobo..
never tried compress the head and pull from mobo..

ok will try 2 push now.. seems like compressing and pushing it thru is not easy coz after compressing, there isnt much clearance on the screw head to go thru the hole..

maybe put some lubricant, hahahahaha

This post has been edited by Jcsy: Nov 9 2009, 07:45 PM

oh..use playar?

@Jcsy,upgrading heatsink there?

Wah... all three (or possible four) also pecah?

This post has been edited by V12Kompressor: Nov 9 2009, 11:17 PM

no, not upgrading heat sink

my heat sink bracket on mobo broke for no reason at all...

then overheating cause my PC to constatnly shut down

now i removed the bracket liaod and trying 2 remove bracket from another mobo.. but this other mobo cannot be removed...

just 2 pecah, 1 side which is the left side.. quite hard 2 see in picture..

whoa so may ppl helping jcsy meddling the bracket... jangan kasi patah itu mobo into 2 pieces ya