broken cpu fan bracket tab thing

turnback

Hello all

Following a PSU failure earlier tonight I was taking it out ever so carefully and then the CPU fan seemed to move. I knew that wasn't right so investigated and the CPU fan lockdown mechanism has broken one of the little tabs on the bracket underneath that it locks onto, on the locking side...

It's not my day.

So after hours of cursing and thinking I've come up with no solution
except buying a new CPU..

Any suggestions or help?

Here's the system..

AMD Phenom 9850 Black Edition Quad-Core
2.5 GHz, 4MB Cache, Socket AM2+, 125w
Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H, AMD 780G+SB700,
HDMI, Socket-AM2+, m-ATX, PCI-Ex(2.0)x16
Antec NSK3480-EC Micro ATX Tower,
92mm fans, 380W PSU
Corsair TWIN2X 6400C5DHX DDR2, 4096MB
Kit w/two CL5 2GB Dimm's, E.P.P and DHX
Samsung SpinPoint F1 750GB SATA2
32MB 7200RPM

Thanks

turnback

Meant to ask..is it possible to buy a bracket like that?

old_aussie

Got a pic of the broken part

turnback

It's the black square bracket (I took the cpu fan off), which is part of the gigabyte motherboard.. The black tab on the top side has broken off. The bracket is stuck on to board with 4 plastic screws.

Anyway just wondering if and where I can buy that specific part.

Solitaire

Three options:

1) Buy a new mobo
2) Buy one of these from somewhere
3) Cable ties + superglue!

turnback

yeah have bought one since...altho mine has plastic screws and it doesnt...cheap anyway. will try it out.