I cheated when I made my two PCs. When I ordered my motherboards the supplier was happy to attach the heatsinks and fans for me.

Dorothy
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  Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 11:55 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
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  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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