Installing Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 CPU Cooler

[precursoris]

I recently purchased the Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 CPU Cooler to replace my stock cooler. Follow this link to view the product specs: http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX31905

For my Intel® Core™2 Quad processor, the cooler comes with a mounting frame, 4 pushpins, and 2 screws to secure the fan to the frame, as shown:

The problem is that my stock cooler is secured to my motherboard with 4 screws (and springs), and after removing the stock cooler, I noticed that the pushpins will not fit into the holes of the screw posts. Do I need to uninstall my motherboard and remove these 4 screw posts from beneath in order to make room for the pushpins?

This is my first time removing the motherboard so any help is appreciated.

 

[price_th]

Yes

 

[precursoris]

So I was able to remove the MoBo but I can't seem to remove the 4 screw posts. They firmly hold a X bracket to the back of the MoBo.

What should I do now? Should I hammer the screw posts out?

 

[precursoris]

Best answer selected by precursoris.

 

[Mousemonkey]

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