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| 705370 | 2008-09-15 10:38:00 | I've just removed the motherboard from my PC to install it into another case. I noticed that there is a heatsink on the motherboard that is coming off - one of the clips holding it on has broken (where it attaches to the motherboard). What is this heatsink on, and is it absolutely essential? :) The heatsink doesn't sit on the chip now as its only clipped at one end. I don't know how long its been broken, and don't want to turn it on until I know that I'm not going to fry another board :D Any suggestions? Thanks, Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 705371 | 2008-09-15 10:59:00 | Theres probably a chip on the mobo under it. If it was there originally it was there for a reason | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 705372 | 2008-09-15 11:08:00 | Where is the heatsink? In the center? If yes, then it's the northbridge chip and don't turn the PC on till you've fixed the heatsink. Same applies to the southbridge. |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 705373 | 2008-09-15 11:40:00 | fixed the heatsink.is this possible? Yes its the heatsink in the centre of the mobo - the only heatsink I can see on the board (apart from the CPU ;)) Cheers, Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 705374 | 2008-09-15 13:10:00 | Yeah, don't want to run the board with that off. serious damages to your northbridge will likely result. What sort of clips does it hold on with? You may be able to get replacements. Failing that, you should be able to buy a new heatsink assembly and use that. You'll need to clean off and apply new thermal paste |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 705375 | 2008-09-15 19:12:00 | What sort of clip is it? I've never had a clip break on me, so I wouldn't know how to fix it. But a picture might give me some ideas. | qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 705376 | 2008-09-15 20:09:00 | What sort of clip is it? I've never had a clip break on me, so I wouldn't know how to fix it. But a picture might give me some ideas.It's not the actual clip that broke, but the D shaped thing that holds the clip to the motherboard - two of them have detached from the mobo, and I can't figure out how to reattach them (I'm no good with a solder iron!) I'll post a pic when I get home from work tonight. If it's not possible to reattach, is it possible to buy and attach a new one - if so how do they get attached? Cheers, Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 705377 | 2008-09-15 21:30:00 | It's not the actual clip that broke, but the D shaped thing that holds the clip to the motherboard - two of them have detached from the mobo, and I can't figure out how to reattach them (I'm no good with a solder iron!) I'll post a pic when I get home from work tonight. If it's not possible to reattach, is it possible to buy and attach a new one - if so how do they get attached? Cheers, Mike. Ahh... one of *those* - better heatsink designs utilize push-pins with springs that clip through holes on the board (and are so much easier to fix) This is something like it here: www.xbitlabs.com right? So it was the little D shaped thing soldered to the board that broke, right? How did it break? Did the metal snap? or did it pull out of the actual board? If it's broken I don't know if you can buy new ones - but you would need to desolder the old one and resolder a new one. Or if the old one is intact just resolder it. Either way it's not hard if you know what you're doing - I could do it in 5 minutes easily (which is what I'd be doing if it was my board) Anyone who knows what they're doing with a soldering iron should be able to do it for you very quickly But if the board is under warranty and you don't want to possibly lose it, you should just RMA it and get a new one |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 705378 | 2008-09-15 22:35:00 | This is something like it here: www.xbitlabs.com right?Yup, looks just like that. Two of the D shaped clips (on one side of the heatsink) just pulled out of the mobo, so they're intact. I'm no good with a soldering iron, so does anyone know anyone useful at soldering in the Tauranga area that doesn't charge the earth like our local PC repair places do? Or are there other ways to reattach those d-clips (superglue or something)? It's an older board (bought it off trademe I think lol) that I was swapping into another case for my wife (just put new gear into this case for me lol) Thanks, Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 705379 | 2008-09-15 23:55:00 | Yup, looks just like that. Two of the D shaped clips (on one side of the heatsink) just pulled out of the mobo, so they're intact. I'm no good with a soldering iron, so does anyone know anyone useful at soldering in the Tauranga area that doesn't charge the earth like our local PC repair places do? Or are there other ways to reattach those d-clips (superglue or something)? It's an older board (bought it off trademe I think lol) that I was swapping into another case for my wife (just put new gear into this case for me lol) Thanks, Mike. If the clips are intact it will be easy to put them back in, provided the board wasn't damaged when they pulled out and there is still something there left to solder them into! Superglue would probably work fine to hold them in, though I know some of that stuff is pretty powerful and could damage the board - not to mention it might easily rip off some traces if it did let go. That and it could be conductive and short something out... not trying to ruin your idea, Just thinking of the possibilities. Sorry I don't know of any places (not in Tauranga) but I reckon any decent tech (shouldn't need to know about PC, just how to solder well) should be able to do it in 5 minutes and probably wouldn't charge much at all |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
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