Noise while pressing pushpins of Intel cooler

[Soham_95]

I heard a sound while pressing the pushpins of stock cooler(while it was already installed on the mobo).I have cheap cabinet/case,so was it the mobo-mounting plate? Or do I need to send the mobo back to retailer?

 

[USAFRet]

No one from out here can know for certain what you heard.

What kind of "noise" was this?
(didn't we have this conversation last week?)

 

[geofelt]

In case you need to remount:

----------------how to mount the stock Intel cooler--------------

The stock Intel cooler can be tricky to install.
A poor installation will result in higher cpu temperatures.
If properly mounted, you should expect temperatures at idle to be 10-15c. over ambient.

To mount the Intel stock cooler properly, place the motherboard on top of the foam or cardboard backing that was packed with the motherboard.
The stock cooler will come with paste pre applied, it looks like three grey strips.
The 4 push pins should come in the proper position for installation, that is with the pins rotated in the opposite direction of the arrow,(clockwise)
and pulled up as far as they can go.
Take the time to play with the pushpin mechanism until you know how they work.

Orient the 4 pins so that they are exactly over the motherboard holes.
If one is out of place, you will damage the pins which are delicate.
Push down on a DIAGONAL pair of pins at the same time. Then the other pair.

When you push down on the top black pins, it expands the white plastic pins to fix the cooler in place.

If you do them one at a time, you will not get the cooler on straight.
Lastly, look at the back of the motherboard to verify that all 4 pins are equally through the motherboard, and that the cooler is on firmly.
This last step must be done, which is why the motherboard should be out of the case to do the job. Or you need a case with a opening that lets you see the pins.
It is possible to mount the cooler with the motherboard mounted in the case, but you can then never be certain that the push pins are inserted properly
unless you can verify that the pins are through the motherboard and locked.

If you should need to remove the cooler, turn the pins counter clockwise to unlock them.
You will need to clean off the old paste and reapply new if you ever take the cooler off.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

[Soham_95]

No one from out here can know for certain what you heard.

What kind of "noise" was this?
(didn't we have this conversation last week?)

In case you need to remount:

----------------how to mount the stock Intel cooler--------------

The stock Intel cooler can be tricky to install.
A poor installation will result in higher cpu temperatures.
If properly mounted, you should expect temperatures at idle to be 10-15c. over ambient.

To mount the Intel stock cooler properly, place the motherboard on top of the foam or cardboard backing that was packed with the motherboard.
The stock cooler will come with paste pre applied, it looks like three grey strips.
The 4 push pins should come in the proper position for installation, that is with the pins rotated in the opposite direction of the arrow,(clockwise)
and pulled up as far as they can go.
Take the time to play with the pushpin mechanism until you know how they work.

Orient the 4 pins so that they are exactly over the motherboard holes.
If one is out of place, you will damage the pins which are delicate.
Push down on a DIAGONAL pair of pins at the same time. Then the other pair.

When you push down on the top black pins, it expands the white plastic pins to fix the cooler in place.

If you do them one at a time, you will not get the cooler on straight.
Lastly, look at the back of the motherboard to verify that all 4 pins are equally through the motherboard, and that the cooler is on firmly.
This last step must be done, which is why the motherboard should be out of the case to do the job. Or you need a case with a opening that lets you see the pins.
It is possible to mount the cooler with the motherboard mounted in the case, but you can then never be certain that the push pins are inserted properly
unless you can verify that the pins are through the motherboard and locked.

If you should need to remove the cooler, turn the pins counter clockwise to unlock them.
You will need to clean off the old paste and reapply new if you ever take the cooler off.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

If the pushpins are given some force/pressure,would it bend the cpu socket pins?

 

[geofelt]

No. The pushpins actually push down on the white part that goes through the motherboard and pries apart the split end to hold the cooler in place.
You should hear a click as you do this.

Check your idle temperatures.
You should see 10-15c. over ambient at idle if you did everything well.

Nudge the cooler; it should not move.

Look at the back of the motherboard.
Verify that all 4 push pins show the white pins as through the motherboard and the black pin inside is spreading the white part out to hold the pins in place.

 

[USAFRet]

Previous discussion:
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3634824/confused-mobo-experts.html

 

[Soham_95]

No. The pushpins actually push down on the white part that goes through the motherboard and pries apart the split end to hold the cooler in place.
You should hear a click as you do this.

Check your idle temperatures.
You should see 10-15c. over ambient at idle if you did everything well.

Nudge the cooler; it should not move.

Look at the back of the motherboard.
Verify that all 4 push pins show the white pins as through the motherboard and the black pin inside is spreading the white part out to hold the pins in place.

Now,ambient 20C and idle cpu ~41C

 

[Soham_95]

Previous discussion:
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3634824/confused-mobo-experts.html

It remained unsolved,mate!