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Thread ID: 114589	2010-12-09 08:09:00	Motherboard heat sink loose in case	GorCh (13021)	Press F1

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
1160153	2010-12-09 09:55:00	An alternative would be to carefully drill through the two holes left by the fixing loop and then tie the heatsink down at that end with a loop of nylon through the holes. Best to use a drill bit no bigger than 1mm. Given that it survived no heat sink at all, it'll probably survive continuing with the dregs of the old thermal paste as well once you reseat the sink.	Paul.Cov (425)
1160154	2010-12-09 13:37:00	On another thought, am I breaking many rules if I slather on some thermal grease, pop some hot glue round the sides Yes. Don't slather it anywhere. Too much and it doesn't work very well. You only need a small amount. Hot glue will probably just melt if attached to a heatsink (which gets hot) Arctic Alumina Thermal Adhesive is probably a better idea. It's basically thermal paste and glue in the same thing. Though, if the vias haven't been ripped out, resoldering those clips will be the best idea. Then it might pay to get some better cooling if they came out because they heated up and caused the solder to crack.	Agent_24 (57)
1160155	2010-12-09 22:18:00	Well I have taken it all apart, and am going to go for the professional route. Got some new thermal paste and will resolder the clip. Thanks for the tip regarding amount Agent_24. Will let you all know how it goes.	GorCh (13021)
1160156	2010-12-10 02:42:00	So got it all done. Solder job onto the m-board went quite well if I say so myself. After I eventually debugged the IDE cable conflicts that were occurring, I discovered that the PC uses DDR ram, of which I have none lying about, and so the whole exercise of adding ram was in vain anyway. Ah well, at least I got a learning experience out of it. Cheers for all the help, GorCh	GorCh (13021)
1160157	2010-12-10 04:27:00	Good to hear!	Agent_24 (57)
1160158	2010-12-10 04:35:00	You can still buy DDR RAM if you want to.	Snorkbox (15764)
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