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Resetting Boxed Intel® Processor Fan Heatsink Push Pins

Content Type: Install & Setup   |   Article ID: 000005852   |   Last Reviewed: 02/11/2025

This guide applies to all the thermal solutions shipped with Intel® Processors including LGA1150, LGA1151, LGA1155, LGA1156, and LGA1200.

Watch this short video (1:35 minute)  to learn how to re-seat the fan heatsink.

 

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    To reset the processor fan push pins, remove the fan and reinstall it as shown below.

    1. Remove the fan connector from the fan header.
    2. Turn the push pins with a flat bladed screwdriver counterclockwise 90 degrees to release them.
      Step 2
    3. Pull up the push pins.
    4. Remove the fan.
      step 4a
      step 4b
    5. Turn the push pins clockwise 90 degrees to reset them.
      step 5
    6. Reinsert the fan and find the push pins.
      step 6
    7. Press the push pins in the order shown to secure them.
      step 7
    8. Plug the fan connector from the fan header.
      step 8