Removal of heatsink

You can't get the plastic frame loose from the plastic base eh? That's because it has one-way hooks, made for installation only, not removal. I have to use my pocket knife to pry the latches away from the base in order to unhook them.

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Well, I was just doing a case change, so I had pleanty of room to remove the heatsink lockdown once the motherboard was out...

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There are 3 plastic frames on the Intel coolers. One is mounted to the board, the other is the fan frame, and the third is a saddle thing with the levers that pushes the unit into the board. That has hooks on the inside edges that latch onto the outside of the board mounted part. If you move the levers to the loose position and gently pry the legs away from the board mounted part, it will unhook from that.

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