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boredatwork
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So , a friend of mine , brought this pc to my house and said : can you fix it ? Now , it is pretty old , and one on the 4 polls of the heatsink does not open. Check this oute , and thanks anyone who helps! To open them , you have to twist the to right and the pull up , the one in the picture , the right one, twists , but doesn't go up.

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Might just be stiff. I'd replace that thing with a Hyper212 EVO or a Zalman CNPS5X performa anyway. 

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1 minute ago, xriqn said:

Might just be stiff. I'd replace that thing with a Hyper212 EVO or a Zalman CNPS5X performa anyway. 

Sorry , english is not my first language ... What does stiff mean ? And how can I solve it ?

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Stuck in place because of all the dust that might have become hard over time making it hard to near impossible to pull up

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2 minutes ago, boredatwork said:

Sorry , english is not my first language ... What does stiff mean ? And how can I solve it ?

It means it's not easily bent, moved or changed in shape. Idk how you'd solve it since plastic can't use WD40.

There are 10 types of people in this world. Those that understand binary and those that don't.

Current Rig (Dominator II): 8GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3133 C15, AMD Ryzen 3 1200 at 4GHz, Coolermaster MasterLiquid Lite 120, ASRock B450M Pro4, AMD R9 280X, 120GB TCSunBow SSD, 3TB Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN166 HSD, Corsair CX750M Grey Label, Windows 10 Pro, 2x CoolerMaster MasterFan Pro 120, Thermaltake Versa H18 Tempered Glass.

 

Previous Rig (Black Magic): 8GB DDR3 1600, AMD FX6300 OC'd to 4.5GHz, Zalman CNPS5X Performa, Asus M5A78L-M PLUS /USB3, GTX 950 SC (former, it blew my PCIe lane so now on mobo graphics which is Radeon HD 3000 Series), 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3 7200RPM HDD, 3TB Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN166 HDD (secondary), Corsair CX750M, Windows 8.1 Pro, 2x 120mm Red LED fans, Deepcool SMARTER case

 

My secondary rig (The Oldie): 4GB DDR2 800, Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3GHz, Stock Dell Cooler, Foxconn 0RY007, AMD Radeon HD 5450, 250GB Samsung Spinpoint 7200RPM HDD, Antec HCG 400M 400W Semi Modular PSU, Windows 8.1 Pro, 80mm Cooler Master fan, Dell Inspiron 530 Case modded for better cable management. UPDATE: SPECS UPGRADED DUE TO CASEMOD, 8GB DDR2 800, AMD Phenom X4 9650, Zalman CNPS5X Performa, Biostar GF8200C M2+, AMD Radeon HD 7450 GDDR5 edition, Samsung Spinpoint 250GB 7200RPM HDD, Antec HCG 400M 400W Semi Modular PSU, Windows 8.1 Pro, 80mm Cooler Master fan, Dell Inspiron 530 Case modded for better cable management and support for non Dell boards.

 

Retired/Dead Rigs: The OG (retired) (First ever PC I used at 3 years old back in 2005) Current Specs: 2GB DDR2, Pentium M 770 @ 2.13GHz, 60GB IDE laptop HDD, ZorinOS 12 Ultimate x86. Originally 512mb DDR2, Pentium M 740 @ 1.73GHzm 60GB IDE laptop HDD and single boot XP Pro. The Craptop (dead), 2gb DDR3, Celeron n2840 @ 2.1GHz, 50GB eMMC chip, Windows 10 Pro. Nightrider (dead and cannibalized for Dominator II): Ryzen 3 1200, Gigabyte A320M HD2, 8GB DDR4, XFX Ghost Core Radeon HD 7770, 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3 (2010), 3TB Seagate Barracuda, Corsair CX750M Green, Deepcool SMARTER, Windows 10 Home.

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Also this is the whole mb , maybe you can spot problems with the conductors or the vrms 

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15 minutes ago, ZeouLs said:

Stuck in place because of all the dust that might have become hard over time making it hard to near impossible to pull up

So no way of pulling up?

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You can try with pliers and a lot of force, but seeing that cooler in that condition, a new one would be better overall

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1 minute ago, ZeouLs said:

You can try with pliers and a lot of force, but seeing that cooler in that condition, a new one would be better overall

Yes I was thinking of getting a new one too , but I have to take out this one to get the other in place ?

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4 minutes ago, boredatwork said:

imageproxy.php?img=&key=17c10421afdc6db8Also this is the whole mb , maybe you can spot problems with the conductors or the vrms 

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The capacitor near the heatsink, biggest of has bulges and needs to be replaced

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2 minutes ago, r4tch3t said:

The capacitor near the heatsink, biggest of has bulges and needs to be replaced

This one ? 

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Plus one in between the pcI slots. Bottom right in the picture and middle left of the board. And caps that have buldged or need replacing

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10 minutes ago, r4tch3t said:

Plus one in between the pcI slots. Bottom right in the picture and middle left of the board. And caps that have buldged or need replacing

Wait , I took the heatsink off , see the wholr mb now: 

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36 minutes ago, r4tch3t said:

Yep

How do I replace them ?

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6 hours ago, boredatwork said:

Wait , I took the heatsink off , see the wholr mb now: 

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Is there some dried brown stuff on circuit board near capacitors in right edge?

Those capacitors might have leaked instead of bulging.

 

Also capacitor near BIOS/RTC battery looks bulged.

Most capacitor of that motherbaord could be considered as suspect.

 

How old that PC is and what PSU it has?

PSU going bad can easily overstress capacitors on motherboard.

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14 hours ago, boredatwork said:

How do I replace them ?

A cheap soldering iron and solder should do the trick, you could even borrow one. Replace with capacitors with the same ratings. The values will be written on the sides. When replacing make sure you put them in the correct way the white stripe indicates the negative lead.

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