[Intrepid93]

I was trying to mount a 50mm fan that I sawed off of a Pentium III heatsink onto my NB when it got a bit wobly (I was a bit ruff I think

). Like the thermal paste unstuck. Do I need to reseat it?

 

[JieMan]

chances are your ok , on the newer boards they use thermal pads , The crap the oem uses for past is usually non curing too.

 

[Intrepid93]

That's good because it doesn't look easy to take off or it doesn't even look designed to be taken off at all..

 

[mr soft]

It sounds like you´ve bumped one of the push pins loose.
You shouldn´t need to reseat it , just check the pins are securing that HS down properly.

 

[Intrepid93]

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It sounds like you´ve bumped one of the push pins loose. You shouldn´t need to reseat it , just check the pins are securing that HS down properly.

I think you're right, thanks.

 

[Intrepid93]

Wow.

The push pins are in but it is not on tight. It's effecting my cpu temps A LOT aswell (used to be 60 C max @ 4.2GHZ now its 68 C max and higher idle temps too!) I don't know how to seat the heatsink any better because you can't tighten the HS by the looks of it??? HELP!