I advise you against cutting the clip, it may result in the heatsink not 
securely seated on top of the CPU.  To remove most heatsinks, you probably 
have to push down on one side first and the clip should come off.  Hope this 
helps.

Alan

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Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 3:55 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Heatsink/Fan Installation Problem


>I spoke to AMD. I must say that they were very nice. It is now obvious that
> I did not seat the heatsink properly. Here is the BIG problem. I cannot 
> get
> the heatsink off of the motherboard. What I am planning of doing is to cut
> one of the clips on the heatsink. This will relieve the pressure. Then I
> will replace the heatsink with a new one. For some reason I find it
> difficult to properly seat the heatsink using the clips on the heatsink.
> Thanks for listening
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Venkat Viswanathan" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 1:22 AM
> Subject: [PCBUILD] Heatsink/Fan Installation Problem
>
>
> Daniel's post:-
>
> <<<<This is my first build and have just encountered a problem.
> I just installed the Heatsink/Fan. AMD AM2 with retail heatsink. I snappe=
> d both
> clips in place. The AMD video says that I should pull the black lever dow=
> n and
> snap it into place. It wont budge. I think that if I put any more force o=
> n it,
> it will break. Any insight would be greatly appreciated>>>>
>
> Hi,
>
> good you did not force things through since ALL computer parts(except pos=
> sibly floppy drive cables) are designed to go oneway only and with minimu=
> m of pressure/force.
>
> having said this it appears that AMD have done very drastic modifications=
> (in addition to it having 940 pins instead of the traditional 939 pins) =
> to heatsink/fan mounting on to their AMD AM2 and that only certain types =
> of heatsink/fan can be mounted. if you are interested pl go through revie=
> ws in anandtech, toms hardware, for this processor.
>
> the following URL emphasises this aspect of the processor and also gives =
> a list of compatible heatsink/fan.
>
>  http://tinyurl.com/k8tqz
>
> so if you post your " retail heatsink/fan" make/model and also your mobo =
> make/model and the URL of the "AMD video" mentioned by you i am sure you =
> will get more suggestions from list members.
>
> HTH and good building-----Venkat
>
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