Gigabyte Motherboard 'Component Fixing' Broken, need to know its name

[DEATH eVADER]

I recently bought a Gigabyte Motherboard. Anyway when I opened the box I noticed that the Heatsink over the n650 Sli Northbridge chip wasn't secure properly, I investigated, and I found one of the fixings, that secure the heatsink down, was broken in half.

Rather than going through the hassle of exchanging the mobo, I thought it might be faster to find a replacement, but so far I brought it into a local electrical/electronic retailer and they haven't seen the kind of fixing before.

Now with the power of the internet, I was hoping there would be somebody on this site who could tell me what type of fixing it is, that way my search will be made easier.

I don't know if there was a spring accompanying it, but I know that it does on the fixings in my Southbridge

Any help would be appreciated thanks.

 

[Parrot of doom]

Superglue.

 

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Unless you want to be able to exchange it. Retailers get shitty with a motherboard covered in glue, don't ask me why.

The connector may be proprietry (yeah, sp, stoo foo), of only common in asia. Best bet may be to exchange it.

 

[DEATH eVADER]

Thanks anyway, I was only hoping. I just put through an echange notification this morning, and a courier should be coming to pick it up sometime before christmas

 

[CptStern]

"they haven't seen the kind of fixing before"


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never ever use that retailer again ..most northbridge fans are held with those ..go to a reputable dealer they'll have it

dont exchange it just because of the one little plug