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Socket A retention arm not working
There is a problem with the socket retainer thing on my asus avn266-vm
(although it applies to ANY socket A, surely). The lever is not doing it's job, and if I try to attach a cooler, it pulls up the piece of plastic where the cooler clips on to as it seems to be loose (or broken) inside. In fact, it is possible to pull the entire piece out. I'd post some piccies somewhere if I had a digi camera. This is a perfectly good working board otherwise, and I don't want to bin it for the sake of a bit of plastic. Anyone know how easy (or not) it might be to fix? |
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"Li'l ol' me" wrote in message
... There is a problem with the socket retainer thing on my asus avn266-vm (although it applies to ANY socket A, surely). The lever is not doing it's job, and if I try to attach a cooler, it pulls up the piece of plastic where the cooler clips on to as it seems to be loose (or broken) inside. In fact, it is possible to pull the entire piece out. I'd post some piccies somewhere if I had a digi camera. This is a perfectly good working board otherwise, and I don't want to bin it for the sake of a bit of plastic. Anyone know how easy (or not) it might be to fix? It is possible to remove the top sliding part. It's just clipped-on. However, the heatsink securing lugs are part of the bottom fixed section and to replace that you would have to unsolder all 462 pins and basically replace the whole socket. Alternatively get a heatsink whose clip uses all 3 lugs on both sides (unless all 3 are broken of course). |
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"Alien Zord" wrote in message
... "Li'l ol' me" wrote in message ... There is a problem with the socket retainer thing on my asus avn266-vm (although it applies to ANY socket A, surely). The lever is not doing it's job, and if I try to attach a cooler, it pulls up the piece of plastic where the cooler clips on to as it seems to be loose (or broken) inside. In fact, it is possible to pull the entire piece out. I'd post some piccies somewhere if I had a digi camera. This is a perfectly good working board otherwise, and I don't want to bin it for the sake of a bit of plastic. Anyone know how easy (or not) it might be to fix? It is possible to remove the top sliding part. It's just clipped-on. However, the heatsink securing lugs are part of the bottom fixed section and to replace that you would have to unsolder all 462 pins and basically replace the whole socket. Alternatively get a heatsink whose clip uses all 3 lugs on both sides (unless all 3 are broken of course). I'll have a looksie at the top bit to see if it comes off. I'm already using a good cooler that uses all 3 lugs (is that what they're called?), but the entire piece on one side seems to be loose. The lugs themselves are fine, I guess I just need a way of securing the plastic they are all on. |
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"Li'l ol' me" wrote in message ... There is a problem with the socket retainer thing on my asus avn266-vm (although it applies to ANY socket A, surely). The lever is not doing it's job, and if I try to attach a cooler, it pulls up the piece of plastic where the cooler clips on to as it seems to be loose (or broken) inside. In fact, it is possible to pull the entire piece out. I'd post some piccies somewhere if I had a digi camera. This is a perfectly good working board otherwise, and I don't want to bin it for the sake of a bit of plastic. There are heatsinks that use the mounting holes in the mainboard instead of the plastic lugs on the CPU socket. This may accomplish what you need. Also, if you're carefull, you MAY be able to glue the BOTTOM half of the socket down to the mainboard. I don't recall which parts actually do the moving so please correct me if I'm wrong. You definately want to make sure the socket will still clamp onto the CPU pins when you're done. This is one of those things that would be MUCH better to troubleshoot in person. |
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"Phrederick" wrote in message
news:RGRjb.114320$6C4.60745@pd7tw1no... "Li'l ol' me" wrote in message ... There is a problem with the socket retainer thing on my asus avn266-vm (although it applies to ANY socket A, surely). The lever is not doing it's job, and if I try to attach a cooler, it pulls up the piece of plastic where the cooler clips on to as it seems to be loose (or broken) inside. In fact, it is possible to pull the entire piece out. I'd post some piccies somewhere if I had a digi camera. This is a perfectly good working board otherwise, and I don't want to bin it for the sake of a bit of plastic. There are heatsinks that use the mounting holes in the mainboard instead of the plastic lugs on the CPU socket. This may accomplish what you need. I know what you mean, but I think I've only got the northbridge cooler type. Also, if you're carefull, you MAY be able to glue the BOTTOM half of the socket down to the mainboard. I don't recall which parts actually do the moving so please correct me if I'm wrong. You definately want to make sure the socket will still clamp onto the CPU pins when you're done. The problem isn't so much attaching the cooler but in locking the processor in place. There is little or no pressure exerted by the arm even if I hold the lugs in place while closing the arm. There is SOME movement, but obviously not enough. Or the socket has some REAL damage which prevent the chip being seated properly, I don't know! If it was just the cooler, I think the board would POST (although the cpu might not last too long!). This is one of those things that would be MUCH better to troubleshoot in person. Obviously! |
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