So I've been working on upgrading a pretty average Lenovo pc I bought at the store a couple of years ago. I had allready installed a GTX 660 several months ago and it worked perfectly, however this was my first time installing a new CPU and heatsink fan.
Following all the instructions, I removed the old stock heatsink fan, took out the stock i3, fitted in my new i7 and then the big problem occured as I was putting in the new Intel heatsink fan provided with the new CPU. After several minutes or so of messing with the dumb pushpins and trying to fit them in, the actual metal bit underneath the motherboard(with the pin holes) that I was trying to ft the pins into detached from the motherboard and fell into the bottom of the pc case. Now there's just 4 gaping holes where I was trying to fit the heatsink fan in.
Since I have no way of getting to that connector bit that fell into the case without taking the whole motherboard off, would it even be worth my time? Even if I did get to that piece how would I reattach it to the motherboard?
So here's the main question that maybe someone could assist with:
While I can't physically attach the heatsink to the motherboard with this problem, If I still connect the heatsink wire cable to the motherboard(without putting in the pins), and lie my computer on it's side, will it still boot up normally? Do the pins actually have to be completely in for it to boot?
Anyway, if anyone could provide any assistance with this problem it would be greatly appreciated
Following all the instructions, I removed the old stock heatsink fan, took out the stock i3, fitted in my new i7 and then the big problem occured as I was putting in the new Intel heatsink fan provided with the new CPU. After several minutes or so of messing with the dumb pushpins and trying to fit them in, the actual metal bit underneath the motherboard(with the pin holes) that I was trying to ft the pins into detached from the motherboard and fell into the bottom of the pc case. Now there's just 4 gaping holes where I was trying to fit the heatsink fan in.
Since I have no way of getting to that connector bit that fell into the case without taking the whole motherboard off, would it even be worth my time? Even if I did get to that piece how would I reattach it to the motherboard?
So here's the main question that maybe someone could assist with:
While I can't physically attach the heatsink to the motherboard with this problem, If I still connect the heatsink wire cable to the motherboard(without putting in the pins), and lie my computer on it's side, will it still boot up normally? Do the pins actually have to be completely in for it to boot?
Anyway, if anyone could provide any assistance with this problem it would be greatly appreciated
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