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From: jw on 23 Nov 2009 17:14
I have a ASUS P4B533-VM mobo that is facing me with a problem I have
not had before. The Northbridge controller has a heat sink held
tightly ontop of it with 4 very tense springees that clip onto 4 loops
sticking up from the mobo. Two of the 4 loops have pulled out of the
mobo enabling the heat sink to fly off its position.

I can't anchor the heat sink back down without these two wayward
loops, which I luckily have found. They are about 1/2" in size and
actually stick down into small holes in the mobo. I suspect the loop
ends protrude through the mobo and are probably held in place with
some sort of clips, which I do not have.

Has anyone out there encountered this problem? I am wondering if I
can buy whatever retention device I will need to grasp the loop ends,
or whether I can substitute something. Maybe I can buy two new loops
complete with the retention's?

I am going to lift the mobo out of the tower to get a peek at the
other two loop ends under the mobo to see what I need. I just thought
I would ask if anyone has had this problem or has advice.

As a sidebar, I have a separate AGP graphics card on this mobo. So, I
really do not need the on-board graphics. However, I get no raster,
so I have to assume that I need to cool the on-board controller
anyway.

Duke
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