Originally Posted by angie
It's on some kind of plastic cylinders which I think contain springs. I can pull it off the mobo, but nothing else.
probably sprung pins.
These have little barbs that splay out behind the PCB & the springs keep them up against the PCB.
2 ways:
snip through them if you have replacements.
remove mobo from case & squeeze the barbs shut allowing them to be withdrawn through the PCB