Is it safe to use those tight SocketA heatsinks on old S7 cpus?

[SuperCyrix]

The Monster 3 at OCZ was too good to pass up. I wonder what kind of cooling it can provide my old Cyrix cpu, but I'm a tad worry about cracking cores.

 

[p0tempkin]

As long as the clip still works with your Socket-7 board, you'll be fine.

 

[sueyko]

I've used k7 hsf on my k6-2 twice before... some will fit but sometimes the k6-2 motherboards may have capacitors in the way.

 

[AnMig]

I have been trying to figure out how to fit a old golden orb into my k6-2 350. It came from a socket A cpu. I my have to trimm the edges to avoid hitting some capacitors but the clip is just so darn tight I cant get it down to clip. The alluminum sheild is still in place and I am to chicken to pop it off. I guess it may work if you really work the tension off the clip.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

The main thing you have to make sure of is that it is flat on the bottom and doesn't have any FCPGA features that will get in the way