On my main machine I busted off the tabs on the socket that you plug the cpu into.
It's an Asus CUSL2-C mobo.
I was trying to improve cpu cooling by adding a peltier and copper coldplate to my alpha hsf and obviously I applied too much pressure on the little tabs that are there to hold the heat sink in place.
Busted them right off.
A little research told me that ASUS has some kind of design flaw in the chemistry they use on these things and they are a bit more brittle than you expect.
Regardless, now I am stuck. I am currently using bailing wire (19 guage steel wire)
running through the heat sink, around the offset tabs that are on the side of the socket, the one on the back is down low and the one in the front is up high. THis puts the hsf cockeyed and not exactly flat on the cpu.
At idle it runs at 10C according to MBM 5.04 but when I start seti it rapidly rises to 60C when I quickly shut seti off, then the temp rapidly falls back to 10C.
I have ordered the 'repair kit' for this problem from millisec.com but I don't know if it will help when you have busted both sides.
I have thought about using thermal adhesive instead of compound. I know this is generally a big no-no but in this case it may be justified.
Please share any ideas you may have, at this point I am all ears! ô¿ô
It's an Asus CUSL2-C mobo.
I was trying to improve cpu cooling by adding a peltier and copper coldplate to my alpha hsf and obviously I applied too much pressure on the little tabs that are there to hold the heat sink in place.
Busted them right off.
A little research told me that ASUS has some kind of design flaw in the chemistry they use on these things and they are a bit more brittle than you expect.
Regardless, now I am stuck. I am currently using bailing wire (19 guage steel wire)
running through the heat sink, around the offset tabs that are on the side of the socket, the one on the back is down low and the one in the front is up high. THis puts the hsf cockeyed and not exactly flat on the cpu.
At idle it runs at 10C according to MBM 5.04 but when I start seti it rapidly rises to 60C when I quickly shut seti off, then the temp rapidly falls back to 10C.
I have ordered the 'repair kit' for this problem from millisec.com but I don't know if it will help when you have busted both sides.
I have thought about using thermal adhesive instead of compound. I know this is generally a big no-no but in this case it may be justified.
Please share any ideas you may have, at this point I am all ears! ô¿ô
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