Originally Posted by penguinpaul

Umm... Each socket has a different style thingy, but for the 775 one I had, it just popped down into holes on the board, with no plastic thingy...

Mine originally came with the things to screw in a heat sink. But yeah, removed it.

Do most heatsinks for the 775 require screws? or the pop in ones. -Hoping its the pop in ones-

I think that most 775s have push pins...

Depends on what you had previously installed.

The socket 775 hole configuration is standard.

The stock heatsink/fan from Intel will be a clip in (turn screw from the top)(push-pins).

If you ever installed or had installed an alternative heatsink/fan there might be a backing plate on the motherboard. In this case you need to remove the board to replace the heatsink.

No board will have "screw ins". If there is no back plate then there might be threaded offsets standing on the case behind the board.

Anyway if the standard Intel "plug and turn screws (push-pins)" do not work you need to see what is on the back side of the motherboard.

Originally Posted by jephree

Depends on what you had previously installed.

The socket 775 hole configuration is standard.

The stock heatsink/fan from Intel will be a clip in (turn screw from the top)(push-pins).

If you ever installed or had installed an alternative heatsink/fan there might be a backing plate on the motherboard. In this case you need to remove the board to replace the heatsink.

No board will have "screw ins". If there is no back plate then there might be threaded offsets standing on the case behind the board.

Anyway if the standard Intel "plug and turn screws (push-pins)" do not work you need to see what is on the back side of the motherboard.

Thanks.
Yeah Its the "backing plate" Its now long gone.
So, The Pop ins are the only way to go.

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