Any way to salvage my Scythe Yasya?

[dkm777]

Hi,

It appears that the Intel mounting mechanism of my good old Scythe Yasya got bent under its weight. I suddenly got ridiculously high temperatures and the base through which the heatpipes pass is cool to the touch. Looking ant the thermal paste imprint it looks like only a small area was fully pressing against the CPU. Is it possible to fix this cooler? If not then I'll just use it as a cool house ornament :biggrin:.

 

[ElFenix]

you mean these things?
http://www.amazon.com/Scythe-Mountin.../dp/B001ODI5ZO

 

[dkm777]

Sorry for not replying for so long. Yes, exactly. The metal brackets are no longer creating enough pressure. I know Scythe sells a backplate kit but it is not available in my country. If anybody ever managed to adapt a different backplate (Noctua? Prolima Tech?) for this cooler I would be very interested to know how.

 

[lehtv]

Have you asked scythe directly if they will deliver you new parts?

 

[ElFenix]

Sorry for not replying for so long. Yes, exactly. The metal brackets are no longer creating enough pressure. I know Scythe sells a backplate kit but it is not available in my country. If anybody ever managed to adapt a different backplate (Noctua? Prolima Tech?) for this cooler I would be very interested to know how.

the noctua backplate has been used by original scythe ninja owners to put their ninjas (designed for 478 pentium 4s) on their lga 1155 boards. maybe it'll work.

 

[dkm777]

^^ OK, I'll look into that. I've been looking around and it seems the Scythe backplate kit is sold in Poland (a neighboring country). It is expensive though, costs 1/3 of the whole Yasya while the Noctua SecuFirm mechanism is cheaper and available locally. I'll see if I can find detailed pictures of the original Ninja mod and decide what to do. I'd rather not be too stingy here as the cooler is heavy and a botched mod can cost me a mobo and a graphics card.

 

[ElFenix]

here's the thread on SPCR about it
http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=62723

 

[dkm777]

Hmm, the Thermalright LGA775 Bolt-Through Kit would be just what the doctor ordered. Shame the local company dealing with Thermalright stuff doesn't sell it. Anyway, I think I found a way to use the heatsink as is. I put it in my backup rig without a fan using stock push pins and it required noticeably more force to attach then in my LGA1366 system. The result - it works properly (is uniformly warm to the touch) and I get 63C core temps under full load using Chill Factor III thermal paste. I guess it's case closed for now.