Using a small clamp, I securely fix the cooler and start cutting away the curved part. It was an easy job and it took me less than 5 minutes to completely removed it and smooth things out a little.

Another murder? Nah..just torture! LOL

Here you see both end of the clips with the curved part removed. I didn't noticed any weakening of the clip after the mod job though. It was as tough as before. I did this mod to both my ArctiCoolers. Now this thing will definitely fit my KT7! Now the modding guide has been completed! Let's see how I fit this baby in!

Both clips modded!

Front clip modded.

Rear clip modded.

My Duron ready for some ArctiCooler luvin!

The first thing I did was to make sure that the front clip now can easily seat into the Socket slug. It fits like a charm now on my KT7! Woohoo! You can see the cooler hanging on from the front clip! :)

Let the first clip sits into the socket plugs...

The next thing to do is to hold the cooler flat to the mobo or the CPU. Do this slowly. Do not use excessive force or you'll end up with a keychain! I know someone did! LOL!

Then hold the sink flat....or almost. :)

While still holding the cooler flat on the CPU, use a long nose plier to bend the rear clip outwards and down into the rear Socket slug. Alternatively, you can also push down on the clip with yer other hand until the clip snaps into the slug by itself.

Push down on the rear clip, or use a long-nose pliers..

If you do it correctly, the cooler should be sitting pretty right now on your CPU, ready for action. If not, you'll hear a loud cracking sound and.....ROFLMAO! Juz joking!

There! Safe and sound!

I then proceed to the check the contact between the heatsink and the CPU die and it seems purdy snug. I then tried to remove the cooler just to see how difficult it was, but it wasn't! You just have to do the reverse procedure of putting it in. There are no scratch marks or broken CPU core on my Duron whatsoever...

I'm sure you wanna know the results of the heatsink on my Duron right? Well, that's coming soon in another separate review/round-up, so watch this space! In the meantime, good luck modding your ArctiCooler clip! If you got any questions, send it to me!

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