How do you get the plastic pins out?

top pins

Panels are held in place by plastic "pins" (to use your words) that are held in place by the shape of the part it is being pushed into.

Either the pin itself is broken, the part holding this plastic pin is broken, or the other piece being pushed into is broken or cracked such that it can't hold the pin in place.

Inspect both the side panel and the part it connects to. Replacement pins can be purchased from an automotive store or a salvage yard. If the receiving end is broken, you may be able to repair with glue or other type of bonding material.

The push pins get rotated a 1/4 turn to lock or unlock them. Make sure it is unlocked and then pull up on the black plastic push pin. This will make sure it is unlocked. Repeat for the remaining 3 push pins. If you look at the bottom the little clear/white plastic pieces at the bottom should not have a black piece of plastic piece pushed down and showing all the way. You can then take the cooler and line up all the holes with the pushpins but dont push down on them yet. Push down on the top of the cooler to put the white plastic pieces through the holes. Then rotate the black top push pins to the locked position and push down on the locking push pin.

The On/Off switch is referred to as an ATX Power On switch.
Thought I would post that so it would make the switch simpler to search for.

This is one example of an ATX power on switch that I have found fits Many computers,

http://www.directron.com/atxswitch.html

The plastic button you push is the Power On Button assembly.
This plastic part can be heated with a hair dryer to soften the plastic, and easier removal of the defective Power On switch inside it.

{Hair dryer nozzle moved slowly back and forth on the Power On button assembly)

Usually there are two to three plastic tangs that protrude from the plastic housing, of the Power On button assembly.
These tangs are what hold the Power On switch in place.

After constant repeated heat from the inside of the computer, and due to age, the plastic becomes brittle. Breaks easily.
Heating the plastic should help prevent breakage.

Since the old Power On switch is going to hit the trash can anyway, you can also lower the entire assembly down in a bowl of fairly hot water. This to will help soften the plastic if a hair dryer is not available.

The new Power On switch has wires coming from it which connect to pins on the motherboard.
The plastic front of the computer is the Front Panel.

The area of pins on the motherboard, that the wires from the Front Panel connect to, is the Front Panel header.

The eMachines W3107 desktop computer uses an FIC K8MC51G motherboard.
(First International Computer)

http://www.fic.com.tw/product/motherboard/AMD/K8MC51G.aspx



This is the download page for the motherboard manual, for the FIC K8MC51G motherboard,

ftp://ftp.fic.com.tw/motherboard/manual/socket754/k8m-800m/

Click on the top file name >
25-11110-00(3-21-2006).pdf

After you click on the above file name, you may be staring at a white blank page for up to 30 seconds.
After the first page comes up it may take additional time to fully download the file.
{Took 40 seconds to see the first page, and the file was fully downloaded.
Medium speed DSL connection}

Page 20 has the Front Panel Connector (Header) pinout.

Orient the board visually so we are both looking at it in the same orientation.
Processor to the Top, Ram Memory slots to the Right.

The Front Panel Connector is to the bottom right corner, BUT not in the corner itself.
It is the second connector of pins, over from the Right outside edge of the motherboard.

Two rows of pins.
5 across the Top, 4 across the Bottom.

The Pins across the Top are numbered Odd.
Starting from the Right side of the motherboard going towards the Left,
Pins 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9

The Pins across the Bottom are numbered Even.
Starting from the Right side of the motherboard going towards the Left,
Pins 2, 4, 6, and 8. There is NO Pin 10. Just a blank spot.


A) Pins 1 and 3 are for the Harddrive Activity LED light. (HDD LED)

B) Pins 5 and 7 are for a Reset switch, IF used.

C) Pin 9 is Not Connected. {Not used}

D) Pins 2 and 4 are for the Power On LED light.

If a Dual Color LED is used it connects to the header to the Right of the Front Panel Connector.
The one in the very bottom Right corner of the motherboard. {3 Pins}

E) Pins 6 and 8 are for the Power On switch.

Regards,
joecoolvette

on the back of the plastic pins is a bit that looks like a plastic washer but it is soft ruber if you take that off the pins will pop out it should work because i hve the same pool.

best try a brakers yard first to buy new ones is pricy
and your right this track is hollowed out to take the ball pins if there popping out there not held in

The cabin air filter is located directly underneath the cowling at the base of the windshield on the passenger side of the car.
To access the cabin air filter, you will need to remove the cowling. First, open and lift the hood. Second, locate two plastic pins securing the plastic cowling at the base of the front windshield, on the passenger side. One is located under the wiper blade, near its base. Use a small screwdriver or similar tool to carefully lift/pop up two plastic pins securing the cowling, taking care not to damage the plastic pins. (You want to lift the pins, and not the anchors that look like washers beneath the heads of the pins. Carefully pull the plastic pins and their plastic anchors (once you pull the pin up, you can safely remove the anchor). Take caution not to damage the pins and anchors as you will need them to rescure the cowling when you are finished replacing the cabin air filter.
Before you remove the cowling, carefully pull back the rubber gasket and windshield washer fluid tubing at the base of the cowling. You can now safely remove the cowling, and you will see the cabin air filter below.
Remove the old cabin air filter and replace it with a new filter.
Reverse this process to reinstall the cowling, gasket, and pins once you have replaced the filter.

I had this problem. I reversed the decorative plastic strips, both ends of the strip have hinge pin holes, so the doors can open left or right. I put the TOP decorative plastic strip on the bottom and BOTTOM on top.

You can search for:

Make Model parts diagram

to see what replacement parts are available.

If not, you can probably devise something to improvise. I've used plastic drinking straws as spool pins, or plastic chop sticks.

its a cartridge chip reader, you can remove the plastic peace with 3 pins, first remove wire, then under both sides of that plastic peace is a small knobs you can push a little and just remove it. if these pins look OK, then use pressure air to clean these pins and the plastic.