Replacing Intel cooler pushpins with nuts and bolt

[asand1]

One of the pushpins came broke on my old Pentium LGA 775 Dual Core cooler that I recently swapped onto a Pentium D. While the swap sounds like a step backwards, it was because I wanted the taller copper core D cooler on my Dual Core in the Linux machine.

Anyhoo, I decided to play with the spare parts and use nuts and bolts with some neoprene washers and nylon spacers, while documenting the fun.

System specs;
ASUS P5P800-VM Motherboard
+3.2Ghz Pentium D
2x1Gb Supertalent DDR400 + 2x1Gb Corsair DDR400
Linux Mint 17 XFCE

Side by side of "good" and broken pins.

The pins can be separated by turning the black half to the locked position and lifting the tab with a small screw driver.

Hardware:
5/32 (#8) machine screws x4
5/32 flat washers x4
5/32 nuts x4
5/32 thick nylon washers x4
5/32 neoprene washers x4

Screws and neoprene washers in place

Nylon spacers in place to allow tightening of screws without over-stressing the board.

Cooler mounted.

 

[asand1]

Link to youtube video

 

[SwampSurvivor]

I have never been a fan of those push pin things. Seems like they only go on and come off once before they break.

Good job replacing them!

 

[Kira]

"Ohh the Crafty man....the crafty man can...the crafty man can 'cause he mixes it with off-the-shelf hardware and makes the world taste good."

 

[BigD1]

Pretty good job, and I am sure you ended up with better contact. For what it's worth those push pins are replaceable, and can be bought cheap from Ebay.

 

[asand1]

Originally Posted By: BigD1
FWIW those push pins are replaceable, and can be bought cheap from Ebay.
The broken pin actually came off of the Pentium D cooler, I swapped it for a good one from the Pentium DC and was left with 3 good spares after swapping the nuts and bolts onto the Pentium DC cooler.