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650652	2008-03-18 23:47:00	GIGABYTE EX38T-DQ6 Motherboard. Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4G 8Mb FSB1066 CPU CPU fits into the board fine. Putting the Heatsink fan on top is proving a bit more of a challenge. I push the retainers down into the board and they do not seem long enough. If I get two in then the other two don't fit and the fan is not seated squarely on the CPU. Other than ripping the plastic retaining system off and using screws or some alternative I am not sure how to hold it on. I do have a CoolMaster Hyper 48 here but the brackets on that do not fit either due to the big lump of copper on the back of the new mboard.	Bantu (52)
650653	2008-03-19 01:01:00	You removed all its packaging first of course, including the bit in the CPU socket. Then do it diagonally. The 2 diagonally opposite each other then the other 2, the CPU pamphlet shows you what to do.	pctek (84)
650654	2008-03-19 02:05:00	Nope, no packaging. I still have no idea what i was doing wrong, but took it back to pbtech and the bloke had it in and secured in a few seconds. Maybe I had it 90 or 180 degree the wrong way is all i can think of, but looking at it it should have gone on in any one of 4 directions since the board is flat and the bottom of the heatsink's pins were all the same length. Oh well another mystery to ponder over easter.	Bantu (52)
650655	2008-03-19 02:13:00	One trick for the unwary is sometimes with those pins, if they are in the unlocked position - as if they have been released - No matter how hard you try they will not go lock in place, you turn them clockwise 90 Degrees push them down and they lock in as meant to. You cant really get the heatsink round the wrong way - the pins / locating holes in the board are in a square pattern.	wainuitech (129)
650656	2008-03-19 02:23:00	You cant really get the heatsink round the wrong way - the pins / locating holes in the board are in a square pattern. Yes I was ok with locking/unlocking them. I did assume that it would or should go any one of 4 directions. The bloke at pbtech seemed to put hardly any pressure on them at all to lock them all down. I was on the verge of using a vice and squeezing them closed (but didn't) and I am twice the size of the bloke that did get it done. Maybe, just maybe it had to only go on one way on this particular board.. Gigabyte EX38T-DQ6. I hope it lasts as well and as long as my old ASUS boards. I have always had ASUS in the past.	Bantu (52)
650657	2008-03-19 04:42:00	These LGA775 heatsinks are a pain....I can never get all 4 pins all tight, one pin will always be a little wobbly. The heatsink is firm in place, though.	qazwsxokmijn (102)
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