I am angry!! CPU fan help

[Kongol]

I am so frusterated, I installed my cpu and now im doing the cpu fan/heatsink. I have 4 pins and 1 pin doesnt want to go in. what the hell should i do. Its stable, is it ok to let this slide? i afraid to break my motherboard, i pushed down so hard on this crap. help me plz

[MKmods]

NO! you need all 4, what is the cooler?

[spearman914]

When you say pins, do you mean push pins? If it is then you don't have to worry about it. If the pins refer aas nails or screws then take out the screws, center the fan, and install it again. And it is highly recommended that you put in all 4 screws since in times the cooler can fall off and damage other stuff besides the mobo.

[Kongol]

it came with my intel quad core. are you serious i need all 4? omg i cant wait that long wtf!

[Kongol]

yes i am talking about the push pins. when i look underneath between the cpu and fan, its crooked, but by a slight1 degree or less not noticeable

[MKmods]

try turning the pin to release the pressure of the expanded part

[sneekypeet]

Is the pins black cover turned the correct way...One way it will stay in place and lock into the mobo, turned 90* to one way it is set to release(so it wont stick in the hole of the mobo!).

[echo75]

ensure you have the pin sitting in the right direction (look at the arrow on top).

I had that problem once and as soon as i took the mobo out i could support the mobo behind so it wont break while i pushed hard and it worked, try installing the heatsink with mobo outside the case.

[Azazel]

this always happens to people ....if 3 pins are in then it should be fine...mine was when i had stock cooler....

[spearman914]

So you are saying stock? Then read these instructions on installing the cooler:

The stock cooler and thermal paste should suffice.

It takes a lot of force to get the intel push-pins in correctly. My father's build was idling at 55 C or so, and it turned out the heatsink wasn't on 100%. We removed the mobo and the cpu from the case, and got 3 of the pins on, then setup a support underneath the mobo to push the last pin in. I believe you should start with opposite corners for your first two presses.

To recap:
1) Remove cpu from mobo, and mobo from case.
2) setup a support under the mobo cpu socket
3) double check that the locking part of the push-pins are pushed out correctly
4) press in one corner, then its opposite, then the other two.
5) if you have trouble with the last one, sometimes pressing between thumb and forefinger will help. BUT DON'T PRESS TOO HARD

[francis511]

Crooked at all will raise temps. If you really can`t get it in then do what echo75 said and install outside case.

[Kongol]

ok i looked under the mobo and 3 pins are in good, the other one broke. so half the pin broke but the otherhalf is in the hole and stable.
it already is outside the case.

[JC316]

I only got 3 pins in once and had my E6400 at 68*C idle YOu need all of the pins installed.

[spearman914]

Originally Posted by Kongol

ok i looked under the mobo and 3 pins are in good, the other one broke. so half the pin broke but the otherhalf is in the hole and stable.
it already is outside the case.

Its stable, ok. But what are the load temps?? Use some stress testing programs. Prime95 (NO ORTHOS SINCE IT IS ONLY USED FOR CORE 2 DUOs)

[Kongol]

i cant download any programs soon because the only thing is a mobo and cpu everything else isnt installed yet

[spearman914]

Originally Posted by Konghol

i cant download any programs soon because the only thing is a mobo and cpu everything else isnt installed yet

Then the solution is to wait until everything ships and test it out.... And do you have any extra money you buy a bolt kit?

http://www.jab-tech.com/product.php?productid=3605



Or try it out on a older system.

NOTE: For some reason I can't click the smilies or insert hyperlink/images.

[sneekypeet]

Originally Posted by spearman914

Its stable, ok. But what are the load temps?? Use some stress testing programs. Prime95 (NO ORTHOS SINCE IT IS ONLY USED FOR CORE 2 DUOs)

Orthos works on single cores...and AMD...where is the core 2 crap commin from?

[spearman914]

Originally Posted by sneekypeet

Orthos works on single cores...and AMD...where is the core 2 crap commin from?

Oops I didn't make a clear enough. I really meant 2 cores or lower.

EDIT: Something I've noticed today. All system specs drop down button is all unavailable.

[Kongol]

so your saying the only solution is to wait? even though it is stable? its barely crooked only a 1 degree or less

[sneekypeet]

http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=200

Read that it says in the first line " for the sigle core version , check out the version below"!!!!

Im tellin ya Spear it works on all CPU's or is designed to!

[spearman914]

Originally Posted by sneekypeet

http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=200

Read that it says in the first line " for the sigle core version , check out the version below"!!!!

Im tellin ya Spear it works on all CO+PU's or is designed to!

Theres also another way. Open up 2 orthos'. Then go to task manager > processes. Then right click the first orthos can set affinity. Disable 2 of the either cores. Right click the other orthos process and disable the other 2 cores that you didn't disable before.

[Kongol]

im sorry but i cannot check it with the program if the cpu is not installed in a coputer yet