Bruce Burden <brucegb DeleteThis @realtime.net> wrote:
:
: The Thunder K8WE I RMA'd, and Tyan said was running
: "just fine", was returned with their damned OEM CPU heat
: sink mounts in place.
:
Well, Tyan tech support said "most people pull them
off", and if I was afraid of damaging the board, I could
RMA is (again) and request one with out heat sink mounts.
So, this evening, I looked at it very carefully, and
decided I could pry against the backing plate and the bar
that runs through the middle of the backing plate. That
way, I was not prying on the board itself, which would
have hosed the tracing on the back.
So, anyway, I removed them without damage to the
board, cleaned up the adhesive with Goo-Gone and alcohol,
so this weekend I'll try again.
This time, nothing is going into the chassis until
I have a POST on the monitor...
Bruce
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