Standoff stuck onto retention plate for the Cooler Master Hyper 212 evo. I need major help
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I am a first time builder and had to remove the heat sink cause it was facing the wrong way... then one of the pieces from the back plate was stuck and I had to pull it off in the end.. where would I put creme... I'm thinking I need to take a plier to the top screw and a plier to the stand off and pull in opposite directions... ugh... thanks though
- May 18, 2007
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The standoffs' threads are machined flat on one side so the back plate can stop them from turning. If you managed to pull the standoff out like this, I'm guessing the backplate or the spacer's threads got messed up from grossly over-tightening.
There isn't much you can do about it. If you really want to remove that standoff, use pliers to hold it while you use a screwdriver to unscrew the screw. Be aware that if you cross-threaded the screw, you may not be able to put it back together: the screw and standoff threads may be too messed up.
There isn't much you can do about it. If you really want to remove that standoff, use pliers to hold it while you use a screwdriver to unscrew the screw. Be aware that if you cross-threaded the screw, you may not be able to put it back together: the screw and standoff threads may be too messed up.
- Mar 16, 2013
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Well, that is the normal complement of upper body manipulation appendages.
Pliers - hold the standoff
Screwdriver - rotate the screw that is part of the X thing
Continue rotating until they come apart.
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There were nuts behind the backplate (the part that goes behind the motherboard) and the threads those nuts thread onto are flat on one side so the plate slot can act as a wrench to keep the standoff from turning with the screw on the top side and the nut on the bottom.
If you didn't remove the nut behind the motherboard yourself prior to pulling the retention bracket off with the standoff still attached, then I'm guessing you cross-threaded that last screw and that's the reason why you are having such a hard time separating it from the standoff. That also means you applied enough force to make the flattened threads chew their way out of the backplate.
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