Resetting Boxed Intel® Processor Fan Heatsink Push Pins
Content Type: Install & Setup | Article ID: 000005852 | Last Reviewed: 02/11/2025
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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.
To reset the processor fan push pins, remove the fan and reinstall it as shown below.
- Remove the fan connector from the fan header.
- Turn the push pins with a flat bladed screwdriver counterclockwise 90 degrees to release them.
- Pull up the push pins.
- Remove the fan.
- Turn the push pins clockwise 90 degrees to reset them.
- Reinsert the fan and find the push pins.
- Press the push pins in the order shown to secure them.
- Plug the fan connector from the fan header.
