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I've got a Gigabyte GA-K8V Ultra-939, currently using stock cooler with undervolted fan. I'm thinking of replacing this with a Ninja, but doing so requires removing the heatsink retention bracket. It looks like it is held on by plastic rivets - there is no obvious way of removing it without cutting it.

Does anyone know how best to do this? I asked Gigabyte, and they said "get a dealer to do it", which wasn't very helpful.

You can get a picture of the board here:
[url]http://www.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/Pr ... ra-939.htm[/url]
although it isn't very high resolution, and doesn't show the back, which is what really matters.

if its like my old Gigabyte board just use a small flat screwdriver to push the center pin up.. then take needle nose pliers and squeeze the end together.. should just oush righ out.. no cutting required

I have this board and I can confirm.
I had to change the retention plate to put an XP120 on it

JDA on another thread has posted a URL which shows pictures of the process:

[url]http://www.thermalright.com/a_page/main ... n_k8bp.htm[/url]