Thanks to all for your kind assistance. Yesterday I called a friend to look
at the situation. Sometimes a fresh look is good. He applied more pressure
to the lever and everything locked into place. I then tried to install the
video card, only to realize that I ordered the wrong card. I ordered a PCI
instead of PCI Express. I am now waiting for the appropriate card. The rate
that I am going, computers will be obsolete by the time I am finished.
After I install the video card, I will start the wiring. Any tips would be
greatly appreciated. All I can say thus far that the Lian Li is a beautiful
case, well made, but with poor directions. As I stated before, I hope that I
am not left with an expensive pile of junk.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Lee" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2006 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Heatsink/Fan Installation Problem


> 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
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> 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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