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I spent an entire day installing my S1283

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suszterpatt

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Half a day went into figuring out how to get those elastic rubber thingies through the fan's mounting holes. Tried pliers, soap, even put one in the freezer for 2 or so hours in hopes that it would harden/shrink, to no avail. I ended up taking a gimlet and widening the mounting holes. Whoever chose such a soft rubber that bends and sags at the slightest provocation needs to get eaten by a pack of angry squirrels.

Then I couldn't get the push pins to fit correctly, and at one point I was certain that I had broken one of them when trying to unmount the heatsink. Some googling revealed that what you're supposed to do is loosen the two screws that hold the push pins to the heatsink body, because they're too high and so all four pins can't get all the way through the mobo. The person who designed these just won the "pointy things in sensitive places" award.


And now that it's mounted and the fan is installed, I have absolutely no clue how I would go about uninstalling it, so my temps better stay nice and low for the coming years. For what it's worth, I used arctic silver 5 and more or less the two line method, so lets hope I don't have to take it apart, lest I resort to a sledgehammer.


Ok, I'll stop ranting now.
 
I also have the S1283 and have had the same problem. The heatsink works terrific but the one glaring weak spot of this set-up is the method used for fan installation. Not only can it be difficult to install but if you break one of the mounts your out of luck. I've tried contacting Xigmatek about this and never got a reply. While I love the heatsink'
s coo;ing capability I won't buy another one nor recommend it because of this AWFUL fan installation process. Never mind getting the fan installed but how about the issue of the bent heatsink fins that will surely be the result of trying to replace the fan. It appears to me that the design was meant for a one time installation only. I'll be going back to the Thermalright heatsinks after this even though they're a lttle more money their better engineered. I guess it's true you get what we pay for and in this case unless you willing to completely modify the original design it could be a one time use heatsink
 
Originally posted by: Scoop
I'm avoiding every heatsink with the push-pin mount system. It's horrible.
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is it because you had bad experience with pushpin sinks or more for peace of mind?
 
Because I took 30 minutes and half a pound of sweat to put my Scythe Ninja 2 onto my MSI board. I hate pushpins. Worst design ever.
 
Actually I kind of like the push pin design, screwdriver dismantling and all. I found it simple and convenient, unless other parts of the heatsink are blocking the way... Reliable? Only time will tell.
 
Well there is the fact that I actually warped my motherboard with the push-pins, that might be why I'm dreading the next time I EVER have to replace my processor.
 
hmmm....i don't recall having that much trouble with mine. putting the heatsink in was cake, and putting the rubber grommets into the fan took only a pair of tweezers and some convincing.

3 of the 4 grommets went onto the heatsink without problem. the fourth ended up stuck between 2 fins. i was okay with that. i have since removed the heatsink probably 4-5 times since then, due to lapping, reapplying AS5 using different methods, and then trying a bolt through kit. the kit didn't really help anything, btw.

sorry to see oyu had such a hard time with it, but it was pretty easy in my experience with it, installation took less than an hour.
 
Originally posted by: God Mode
Originally posted by: Scoop
I'm avoiding every heatsink with the push-pin mount system. It's horrible.
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is it because you had bad experience with pushpin sinks or more for peace of mind?
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The only pushpin sink I've dealt with was the intel OEM HSF and I had tremendous difficulties pushing those pins through the holes in the board and I think I broke it even, it didn't feel secure at all flapping around. I guess I couldn't lock it like I should've. I like screws that you just screw until they don't turn.
 
I guess I should count myself lucky for only ever dealing with one LGA775 heatsink (as I upgrade once every 5 years... lol) and I was advised to use a bolt-thru kit to replace the plastic pushpins with my Scythe Ninja. Nevermind that little plastic tabs make me uncomfortable with their ability to hold up a pound of metal, but they were quite annoying to take off as well.
 
seems like the best way to install the 1283 is to

A) insert the rubber fan mounts into the fan's mounting holes. use needlenose pliers to pull the rubber all the way thru
B) mount the heatsink on the mobo, pushpins ftw/ftl
C) attach the fan to the heatsink, the mounts stretch a bit to make this possible.

If you do C before B its tough to press the 2 pushpins on that side.
 
somehow it looks as though the base and mounting hardware for the Xigmatek S1283 is similar or identical to the parts used for the OCZ Vendetta 2.

I really hate screwing around with those push-pins. It also makes me uneasy that the motherboard acquires a visible warp, once the cooler is in place and secured with the push-pins.

I was almost tempted to remove the push-pins and use a ThermalRight backplate and spring-loaded screws.
 
The Xigmatek & the OCZ are indeed similar/identical after looking at pics of both.
The only difference I see is the rear of the OCZ is designed a little differently.
Once I figured out the push-pins, I had no problem with it. In fact, I thought it was an easy install. The rubber mounts are indeed a little difficult to install, but go in with a little muscle & a pair of needlenose, like ShockwaveVT said.
I got the free backplate kit from Xigmatek when they were running their promotion earlier this year. I ended up breaking the pushpin mounts trying to remove them, so i'm stuck w/the backplate mount now. I haven't noticed a change in temps, however.
 
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