Thread: Intel's Quad core heat sink worst engineering disaster in 20 years..
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Old 08-02-2009, 10:30 AM  
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Originally Posted by crockett View Post
Well the problem is I can't get all 4 pins to stay in. You get 2 in then try to get the last 2 in and it pops the first two out. It's a fucking engineering nightmare I swear to god. On top of this, I'm supposed to trust that this POS wont fall off and take out my video card in the process.

The only thing I can do is lay the PC on it's side and get it on there "somewhat" tight till I order a replacement.

Again, look at the arrows on the black tabs on top of the connectors. If they are not turned the right direction that will happen. If they are turned correctly, it will not happen.
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