Can't remove giant Cooler Master CPU fan/heatsink!!!

AphexDreamer · Jun 17, 2011

Follow sneekypeet's advice.

Without the POWER SW (Power Switch) Jumper (that's what its called) jumping the proper pins your power switch won't work and thus your PC won't turn on.

matteumayo · Jun 17, 2011

Checked the mobo manual, found out where to put them, and ta-dah! PC's working flawlessly!

Thank you all very much for such great help!

Thrackan · Jun 17, 2011

Well, "POWER SW" is the power switch connector, which does explain why your power switch does nothing.

look at the lower right corner of your motherboard, this is where almost always the front panel connectors are located.

user21 · Jun 17, 2011

remove the motherboard from the casing and then it would be easy !

micropage7 · Jun 17, 2011

matteumayo said:
Checked the mobo manual, found out where to put them, and ta-dah! PC's working flawlessly!

Thank you all very much for such great help!

yeah, congratulations
dont forget to keep the manual book and the driver cd, you may need them later

AphexDreamer · Jun 17, 2011

micropage7 said:
yeah, congratulations
dont forget to keep the manual book and the driver cd, you may need them later

He bought it prebuilt from his friend so I don't think he got the manuals.

JrRacinFan · Jun 17, 2011

Ok now all this, I'm wondering what cpu you upgraded to! I must know (the hardware junkie in me tells me so xD).

matteumayo · Jun 17, 2011

JrRacinFan said:
Ok now all this, I'm wondering what cpu you upgraded to! I must know (the hardware junkie in me tells me so xD).

I went from an Athlon II 930 x4 to a Phenom II 955 BE.

xBruce88x · Jun 18, 2011

nice upgrade. the L3 cache should give you a boost in performance for that apps that really use it. and it being a BE you can overclock the crap out of it lol

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Motherboard	Asus Crosshair V
Cooling	XSPC Raystorm 750 EX240 for CPU
Memory	8 GB CORSAIR Vengeance Red DDR3 RAM 1922mhz (10-11-9-27)
Video Card(s)	XFX R9 290
Storage	Samsung SSD 254GB and Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s
Display(s)	AOC 23" @ 1920x1080 + Asus 27" 1440p
Case	HAF X
Audio Device(s)	X Fi Titanium 5.1 Surround Sound
Power Supply	750 Watt PP&C Silencer Black
Software	Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit

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Video Card(s)	PowerColor 1gb 5850 hd
Storage	650gb Seagate
Display(s)	Westington 19" 1440x900
Case	Some Cooler Master case
Power Supply	hec ORION 585w
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Storage	Samsung 830 256GB - 750GB Toshiba drive
Software	Windows 7 x64 Home Premium (non-acer-bloatware)

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Motherboard	Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. P55A-UD3R (Socket 1156)
Cooling	Enermax ETS-T40F
Memory	Samsung 8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3
Video Card(s)	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
Storage	V-GEN03AS18EU120GB, Seagate 2 x 1TB and Seagate 4TB
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Case	Icute Super 18
Audio Device(s)	Auzentech X-Fi Forte
Power Supply	Silverstone 600 Watt
Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	Sades Excalibur + Taihao keycaps
Software	Win 7 64-bit
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System Name	Unknown
Processor	AMD Bulldozer FX8320 @ 4.4Ghz
Motherboard	Asus Crosshair V
Cooling	XSPC Raystorm 750 EX240 for CPU
Memory	8 GB CORSAIR Vengeance Red DDR3 RAM 1922mhz (10-11-9-27)
Video Card(s)	XFX R9 290
Storage	Samsung SSD 254GB and Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s
Display(s)	AOC 23" @ 1920x1080 + Asus 27" 1440p
Case	HAF X
Audio Device(s)	X Fi Titanium 5.1 Surround Sound
Power Supply	750 Watt PP&C Silencer Black
Software	Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit

Can't remove giant Cooler Master CPU fan/heatsink!!!

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