Gigabyte motherboard

Hi
I have a gigabyte motherboard GA-M61DME-S2. This mother board became
quickly defective in as much, the plastic holder that keeps the CPU
fan on broke. Can I get a replacement or is the motherboard knackered.
This is stupid that the holder can not support a fan, and it was a
normal one supplied with an intel 4.2G processor, not a heavy duty
one.

Desmond.

Des wrote:
Hi
I have a gigabyte motherboard GA-M61DME-S2. This mother board became
quickly defective in as much, the plastic holder that keeps the CPU
fan on broke. Can I get a replacement or is the motherboard knackered.
This is stupid that the holder can not support a fan, and it was a
normal one supplied with an intel 4.2G processor, not a heavy duty
one.

Desmond.

Take it back to the store for warranty. I think Gigabyte offer at least
a one year warranty.

Ari

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Des wrote:
Hi
I have a gigabyte motherboard GA-M61DME-S2. This mother board became
quickly defective in as much, the plastic holder that keeps the CPU
fan on broke. Can I get a replacement or is the motherboard knackered.
This is stupid that the holder can not support a fan, and it was a
normal one supplied with an intel 4.2G processor, not a heavy duty
one.

Desmond.

Do you mean, like this GA-M61SME-S2 AM2 motherboard ?

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/FileList/...s2_2.0_big.jpg

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/...e=GA-M61SME-S2

Did you use a three-tab cooler, on a one-tab plastic
retention frame ? The Arctic Cooling heatsinks like
to bust off the plastic - I would blame it on Arctic
Cooling, rather than the company that made the plastic.
I bet there are other heatsinks that don't fall off.

Replacement plastic frames are available. They come in
different styles, so you have to look them over
carefully.

http://www.cwc-group.com/am2retention.html

http://www.frozencpu.com/cpu-tri-25.html

Paul