[COLUG] Motherboard Question

[Matthew Gardlik]

That is the part!  I think I'm going to have to take a quick trip to 
Microcenter this afternoon.  I'm guessing it will probably be in the 
"build your own pc" section?

Thanks for the lead.  I'll let you know how it turns out.  Thanks,

Matt

Jim Dinan wrote:
> Hi Matt,
> 
> You can usually replace the heatsink bracket on socket 754 motherboards
> if this is the part you need:
> 
> http://i11.ebayimg.com/05/i/000/90/64/dd29_1.JPG
> 
> I've seen them at microcenter before, usually something like $5.  :)
> 
>  ~Jim.
> 
> matt at mattgardlik.com wrote:
>> My computer had recently been shutting itself off due to the CPU
>> overheating.  So, today, I cleaned the inside which was pretty dusty, and
>> took off the CPU fan to clean the dust out of the heat sink.  When putting
>> the heat sink back on, I accidentally broke off one of the plastic
>> mounting teeth that holds the heat sink to the motherboard.  It's a year
>> or two old socket 754 AMD64 motherboard.
>>
>> Is it possible to replace this plastic mounting piece on the motherboard,
>> or did I just ruin an otherwise perfectly good motherboard?
>>
>> Matt
>>
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