Motherboard unusuable because of 1 millimeter of missing plastic?!?!?!?!

****ing unbelievable... after removing Scythe Zipang cpu cooler the
motherboard is now unusuable ?!

Because of stupid mounting weak plastic bullshit !

1 millimeter of black plastic was probably already missing when I
received the motherboard from a webshop called iComputers which went
bankrupt... this was probably an RMA motherboard but still... I can
vaguely remember noticing this plastic was slightly missing.

Apperently a miracle I managed to be able to use it the first time...
but now a little bit of black plastic probably came off... and now the
cpu cooler clips will not attach and hold on ?!

This ****ing sux ! I was in a slight hurry but I didn't see anything
breaking off what so ever... I used two screwdrivers to slightly wedge
the clips from under the black plastic...

This mounting system totally sucks and is truely totally ****ing
retarded. Can't remember what it was called A1 or something... and the
pushpin things seem to suck as well..

What' wrong with just a bunch of screws ?!?!

Well enough said... I need to go do other things unfortunately this is
major ass **** going on right now, Pictures:

Makes me never want to buy a pc again:

http://members.home.nl/hbthoupperman...ableMissing1mm

http://members.home.nl/hbthoupperman...mm/LeftBad.JPG

http://members.home.nl/hbthoupperman.../RightGood.JPG

Maybe it's time to truely switch to a Mac or so ?! HAHA LOL ****
VISTA **** WINDOWS 7 ??

**** INTEL AND **** AMD AND **** NVIDIA AND **** ASUS.

I AM DONE WITH YOU ****ING RETARDS !

Time will tell

Bye,
Skybuck.

Fortunately the stock AMD cooler (which I ofcourse kept and stored!)
will still attach and hold just fine ?!

This means it's not entirely AMD to blame but Scythe as well !

There ****ing clips are just placed badly... have to go diagonal... it
just won't hold those stupid mother****ers ?!

My god what a mother ****ers !.

Well I am glad that at least the light AMD cooler will hold... maybe
with a bit of luck the better airflow in the better new case will be
enough to keep it spinning slowly... otherwise I might have to enable
cool & quiet again ?!

And this also solves the "heat pipe" issue... I was planning to place
the heatpipes of the scythe cooler near the top to see how that would
work it... but then little pipes would be at the center of the
motherboard... which could still be bad...

So I guess all in all Scyhe Zipang after market cooler might be bad
after all ?! Bunch of scamming ****shits !

****ING PIECES OF **** NOWADAYS ! LOL.

Well enough for today must get a haircut ! **** IT.

But fortunately my Dream PC not totally dead yet...

I will also try to get a spare part to try and get the scythe pang
cooler working again... or maybe I am just gonna say **** it and screw
that piece of **** and stay with the stock amd cooler... depends on
how much noise it makes... even if it does make lots of noise I might
decide to keep it and be done with it !

Bye,
Skybuck.

Skybuck wrote:

> after removing Scythe Zipang cpu cooler the
> motherboard is now unusuable ?!
>
> Because of stupid mounting weak plastic bullshit !
>
> 1 millimeter of black plastic was probably already missing when I
> received the motherboard from a webshop called iComputers which went
> bankrupt... this was probably an RMA motherboard but still... I can
> vaguely remember noticing this plastic was slightly missing.
>
> Apperently a miracle I managed to be able to use it the first time...
> but now a little bit of black plastic probably came off... and now the
> cpu cooler clips will not attach and hold on ?!

> Makes me never want to buy a pc again:

> http://members.home.nl/hbthoupperman...mm/LeftBad.JPG
>
> http://members.home.nl/hbthoupperman.../RightGood.JPG

If you paid by credit card, mail a letter to the card issuer at the
special address for billing problems, as specified on the back of each
card statement. Phoning, e-mailing, or delivering a letter to any
other address won't necessarily protect your rights under the Fair
Credit Billing Act. Don't believe what the card company tells you
about having only 60 days to complain (not always true, plus Amex,
Visa, and Mastercard impose their own time limits of at least one
year; I don't know about Discover) or not being able to get your money
back unless the merchant issues a refund (card issuer is responsible
for correcting your bill, whether or not they can collect, and they
know this because they require merchants to pay into contingency funds
just for that reason). Basically, tell the card issuer that this is
a "billing error" (about anything is a billing error, and they have to
handle the problem as one if you say it is) and that you don't
"accept" the merchandise because it's junk, and you've tried working
in "good faith" with the merchant to resolve the issue.

I try to use 3-hole heatsink clips (3 holes on each side, total of 6
holes) to spread out the force and prevent the heatsink from coming
loose if just one plastic prong breaks. From your photos, it seems
that you may be able to fix that middle prong on the left by cutting a
notch into it with a triangular file, but because it's right next to a
screw, how about making a metal substitute prong from a rectangular
piece of steel that's held by that screw?

To prevent the plastic from being cut by sharp edges of the square
holes in the metal heatsink clip, I grind off those edges with a
Dremel and a stone cutter (metal is too hard for a file).

3. If you can't fix the plastic or make a substitute metal prong for
the broken one, see if you can get another heatsink frame from a place
like MCM Electronics, Geeks.com, SVcompucycle.com, or a junked mobo.

Skybuck wrote:
>
> Apperently a miracle I managed to be able to use it the first time...
> but now a little bit of black plastic probably came off... and now the
> cpu cooler clips will not attach and hold on ?!

No, its a miracle you manage to breathe in and out, you're so ****in'
stupid.
>
> Makes me never want to buy a pc again:

Is that a promise?

--
SteveH

"Skybuck" <> wrote in message
news:29ff9ae5-64e7-4136-9d5c-...
> ****ing unbelievable... after removing Scythe Zipang cpu cooler the
> motherboard is now unusuable ?!
>
> Because of stupid mounting weak plastic bullshit !
>
> 1 millimeter of black plastic was probably already missing when I
> received the motherboard from a webshop called iComputers which went
> bankrupt... this was probably an RMA motherboard but still... I can
> vaguely remember noticing this plastic was slightly missing.
>
> Apperently a miracle I managed to be able to use it the first time...
> but now a little bit of black plastic probably came off... and now the
> cpu cooler clips will not attach and hold on ?!
>
> This ****ing sux ! I was in a slight hurry but I didn't see anything
> breaking off what so ever... I used two screwdrivers to slightly wedge
> the clips from under the black plastic...
>
> This mounting system totally sucks and is truely totally ****ing
> retarded. Can't remember what it was called A1 or something... and the
> pushpin things seem to suck as well..
>
> What' wrong with just a bunch of screws ?!?!
>
> Well enough said... I need to go do other things unfortunately this is
> major ass **** going on right now, Pictures:
>
> Makes me never want to buy a pc again:
>
> http://members.home.nl/hbthoupperman...ableMissing1mm
>
> http://members.home.nl/hbthoupperman...mm/LeftBad.JPG
>
> http://members.home.nl/hbthoupperman.../RightGood.JPG
>
> Maybe it's time to truely switch to a Mac or so ?! HAHA LOL ****
> VISTA **** WINDOWS 7 ??
>
> **** INTEL AND **** AMD AND **** NVIDIA AND **** ASUS.
>
> I AM DONE WITH YOU ****ING RETARDS !
>

I love it each and EVERY time moronbuck ****s up his p.c (which is very
often)

On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:05:43 -0700 (PDT), Skybuck
<> wrote:

>. I can
>vaguely remember noticing this plastic was slightly missing.


All the groups you have invaded have noticed that your brain is
"slightly missing".

Stop buying used parts.

Oh, and ALL the places you do buy from are probably familiar with your
level of stupidity, and see you coming, and adjust their "service" to you
accordingly.

You probably deserve all the **** hardware that you round up.

STOP being a goddamned retarded, cross-posting, Usenet abusing RETARD!

On Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:35:26 +1300, "Craig Sutton"
<> wrote:

>
>"Skybuck" <> wrote in message
>news:29ff9ae5-64e7-4136-9d5c-...
>> ****ing unbelievable... after removing Scythe Zipang cpu cooler the
>> motherboard is now unusuable ?!
>>
>> Because of stupid mounting weak plastic bullshit !
>>
>> 1 millimeter of black plastic was probably already missing when I
>> received the motherboard from a webshop called iComputers which went
>> bankrupt... this was probably an RMA motherboard but still... I can
>> vaguely remember noticing this plastic was slightly missing.
>>
>> Apperently a miracle I managed to be able to use it the first time...
>> but now a little bit of black plastic probably came off... and now the
>> cpu cooler clips will not attach and hold on ?!
>>
>> This ****ing sux ! I was in a slight hurry but I didn't see anything
>> breaking off what so ever... I used two screwdrivers to slightly wedge
>> the clips from under the black plastic...
>>
>> This mounting system totally sucks and is truely totally ****ing
>> retarded. Can't remember what it was called A1 or something... and the
>> pushpin things seem to suck as well..
>>
>> What' wrong with just a bunch of screws ?!?!
>>
>> Well enough said... I need to go do other things unfortunately this is
>> major ass **** going on right now, Pictures:
>>
>> Makes me never want to buy a pc again:
>>
>> http://members.home.nl/hbthoupperman...ableMissing1mm
>>
>> http://members.home.nl/hbthoupperman...mm/LeftBad.JPG
>>
>> http://members.home.nl/hbthoupperman.../RightGood.JPG
>>
>> Maybe it's time to truely switch to a Mac or so ?! HAHA LOL ****
>> VISTA **** WINDOWS 7 ??
>>
>> **** INTEL AND **** AMD AND **** NVIDIA AND **** ASUS.
>>
>> I AM DONE WITH YOU ****ING RETARDS !
>>
>
>I love it each and EVERY time moronbuck ****s up his p.c (which is very
>often)
>


That is the answer. All the dopey **** rates is as that of a MACTard.

Maybe they use screws that are beyond this SkyTard's aptitude to
remove.

On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:57:44 -0800, John Larkin
<> wrote:

>On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:05:43 -0700 (PDT), Skybuck
><> wrote:
>
>>****ing unbelievable... after removing Scythe Zipang cpu cooler the
>>motherboard is now unusuable ?!
>>
>>Because of stupid mounting weak plastic bullshit !
>>
>>1 millimeter of black plastic was probably already missing when I
>>received the motherboard from a webshop called iComputers which went
>>bankrupt... this was probably an RMA motherboard but still... I can
>>vaguely remember noticing this plastic was slightly missing.
>>
>>Apperently a miracle I managed to be able to use it the first time...
>>but now a little bit of black plastic probably came off... and now the
>>cpu cooler clips will not attach and hold on ?!
>>
>>This ****ing sux ! I was in a slight hurry but I didn't see anything
>>breaking off what so ever... I used two screwdrivers to slightly wedge
>>the clips from under the black plastic...
>>
>>This mounting system totally sucks and is truely totally ****ing
>>retarded. Can't remember what it was called A1 or something... and the
>>pushpin things seem to suck as well..
>>
>>What' wrong with just a bunch of screws ?!?!
>>
>>Well enough said... I need to go do other things unfortunately this is
>>major ass **** going on right now, Pictures:
>>
>>Makes me never want to buy a pc again:
>>
>>http://members.home.nl/hbthoupperman...ableMissing1mm
>>
>>http://members.home.nl/hbthoupperman...mm/LeftBad.JPG
>>
>>http://members.home.nl/hbthoupperman.../RightGood.JPG
>>
>>Maybe it's time to truely switch to a Mac or so ?! HAHA LOL ****
>>VISTA **** WINDOWS 7 ??
>>
>>**** INTEL AND **** AMD AND **** NVIDIA AND **** ASUS.
>>
>>I AM DONE WITH YOU ****ING RETARDS !
>>
>>Time will tell
>>
>>Bye,
>> Skybuck.
>
>
>Some court should issue a restraining order keeping you 100 meters
>from any computer.
>
>John


Hopefully, it would include ANY net enabled appliance or device.

On Oct 31, 12:22*am, Skybuck <skybuck2...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Fortunately the stock AMD cooler (which I ofcourse kept and stored!)
> will still attach and hold just fine ?!
>
> This means it's not entirely AMD to blame but Scythe as well !
>
> There ****ing clips are just placed badly... have to go diagonal... it
> just won't hold those stupid mother****ers ?!
>
> My god what a mother ****ers !.
>
> Well I am glad that at least the light AMD cooler will hold... maybe
> with a bit of luck the better airflow in the better new case will be
> enough to keep it spinning slowly... otherwise I might have to enable
> cool & quiet again ?!
>
> And this also solves the "heat pipe" issue... I was planning to place
> the *heatpipes of the scythe cooler near the top to see how that would
> work it... but then little pipes would be at the center of the
> motherboard... which could still be bad...
>
> So I guess all in all Scyhe Zipang after market cooler might be bad
> after all ?! Bunch of scamming ****shits !
>
> ****ING PIECES OF **** NOWADAYS ! LOL.
>
> Well enough for today must get a haircut ! **** IT.
>
> But fortunately my Dream PC not totally dead yet...
>
> I will also try to get a spare part to try and get the scythe pang
> cooler working again... or maybe I am just gonna say **** it and screw
> that piece of **** and stay with the stock amd cooler... depends on
> how much noise it makes... even if it does make lots of noise I might
> decide to keep it and be done with it !
>
> Bye,
> * Skybuck.

I've installed nothing but Zalman fans and probably have 3 or 4 of
those black plastic things someplace. You have to remove them to put
on the Zalmans.

Nice/creative idea's here my thoughts on it:

1. Sawing/cutting into the plastic would not be a good idea... it
would further weaken it and then the stock amd cooler might not even
hold on anymore.

2. Metal clips attached to screw probably not gonna work... I might
have a little bit of metal wire or a paper clip but I see no
possibility of attaching it... the screw also has little room on the
end of it... it's very tight fit... also the cpu cooler has to be
perfectly attached to cpu otherwise it won't cool properly. So I don't
want a shaky solution and this would be a very shaky solution.

Thanks for thinking about solutions anyway it was kinda interesting !

I had two motherboards... I sent one back to webshop... but then
didn't give RMA (I already wrote about that in the past)... I didn't
ask for the motherboard back because of possible shipping costs or
fines or whatever... it's kinda a bummer... because if I still had old
dead motherboard then I could have easily replaced the retention clip.

I am still gonna ask them the motherboard back... they kinda owe me
since they said it would be fine for RMA replacement... curious if
they still have it... probably not... I also wonder about possibly
shipping costs...

Anyway before I can do that I need to fix my "Dream/Nightmare PC"
first because I want to use the outlook express folders for it to keep
messages in sync and stored.

So my only solution for now I using the stock AMD CPU Cooler that came
with the processor... Maybe it's better after all...

Scythe admitted that their cooler obstructs airflow which could be
bad... Also it might blow dust into the memory chips (new theory from
me ) and cause short circuits in memory chip Or maybe it will
blow heat into memory chip... either of those two... Ofcourse could be
general failure but I don't really believe that... or maybe these
chips were of lower quality and that's why they sent me back two ?!?
hmm..

Well I need my computer back online since I don't wanna move my
printer and all kinds of ****... and it will be easier to do printing
and all kinds of stuff...

It will kinda be interesting to see what the temperatures will be...
with the Scythe it was cpu between 35 and 45 degrees... and
motherboard 35 to 40 degrees... maybe sometimes 43 or 45 but rarely...
most mb to 40 degrees or so...

It depends on how much the pc dust filters are filled/obstructed.

I usually also run fans on 10 to 25% speed or so for low sound... so
low to modest airflow...

Local computer store went out of bussiness otherwise maybe they had
these retention clips... I also wasted a little bit of artic silver 7
but fortunately I have two tubes or so... and I only need a little bit
so that's ok... Now hopefully I don't break anything when trying to
press that cooler onto it Probably not... but ya never know...
maybe micro fractures

Sad sad sad damn machine LOL.(But it is fast and low noise )

Bye,
Skybuck.