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  • stevo1210
    Badcaps Legend
    • Oct 2006
    • 4156
    • Australia

    #1

    Clipped?

    Hello Everyone,

    I have a computer here which I got for free off a friend because of badcaps and a broken CPU heatsink retention clip.
    The badcaps are gone now, i replaced all the Chhsi caps and it boots well and loads Windows XP. But the CPU has a broken Heatsink clip so the heatsink has to be held down to cool the PC properly.
    I wish socket 370 was like socket 478 so I wouldnt get into situations like this.
    Anyone got a good idea I could try to fix this broken clip? I was actually thinking of some metal wire to tie the heatsink down to the remaining clips...... I know some people have tried that and it works.
    I'm trying to do this the cheapest way since this IBM Netvista 800MHz PIII computer isn't worth the money to get those special heatsinks with 3 clips.


    Thanks.
    Don't find love, let love find you. That's why its called falling in love, because you don't force yourself to fall, you just fall. - Anonymous
  • Topcat
    The Boss Stooge
    • Oct 2003
    • 16956
    • United States

    #2
    Re: Clipped?

    buy a heatsink that anchors on all 3 of the tabs rather than just the center one. That has saved a lot of old socket 370 and socket 462 motherboards from being tossed on the scrap pile.
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    • stevo1210
      Badcaps Legend
      • Oct 2006
      • 4156
      • Australia

      #3
      Re: Clipped?

      Thanks Topcat, But theres one issue.... will a three anchor heatsink fit onto this board? theres only 2 tabs on each side. Not 3 tabs like socket A for AMD.... I know some people with success using a metal wire so i will probably try that next. I don't really want to spend money on a new heatsink....
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      • Topcat
        The Boss Stooge
        • Oct 2003
        • 16956
        • United States

        #4
        Re: Clipped?

        Yes, it will fit an S370 socket. It'll grab the big fat tab on the outer edge. That fatty is insanely strong, so if you manage to break that one, you're torquing it down way too hard.... lol... I've used 3 tabf heatsinks many times to save boards with a broken center tab (many S370's). Personally, I'd avoid any kind of gluing or attempting to wire it. It rarely works, looks like crap, and tends to not last very long.
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        • Rainbow
          Badcaps Legend
          • Aug 2005
          • 1371

          #5
          Re: Clipped?

          Heatinks are cheap. Use the cheapest one you can find with 3-tab anchor.

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          • Shroomie
            Badcaps Veteran
            • Apr 2006
            • 356

            #6
            Re: Clipped?

            I agree with TC and Rainbow. You can get a decent heatsink pretty cheap, if you look; it's only a P3-800 so a cheapo HSF would be fine.
            You know there's something wrong when you open up a PSU and are glad to find Teapos.
            Why I don't buy cheap cases!

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            • MD Willington
              Badcaps Veteran
              • Sep 2004
              • 702

              #7
              Re: Clipped?

              +1 to that, even a cheap Socket A HSF combo will be overkill and work well. I ran a XP2800+ HSF combo on a P3-733... one cool processor there...
              Ya'll think us folk from the country's real funny-like, dontcha?

              The opinions expressed above do not represent those of BADCAPS.NET or any of their affiliates.

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              • stevo1210
                Badcaps Legend
                • Oct 2006
                • 4156
                • Australia

                #8
                Re: Clipped?

                Um.... I decided to sticky tape my heatsink onto the CPU itself and It's been running for the last 6 months 24/7 with no problems.... but I have a feeling that the tape on the CPU isn't going to last any longer because this PC gets really really hot....

                I think I have to resort to a 3 clip heatsink....

                Or.... I could just replace the motherboard but I wouldn't be able to find one that would fit because this PC uses a motherboard thats even smaller than an mATX board.
                .... besides it would be too expensive anyway.... oh and the $20 of caps I spent on this motherboard can't go to the trash either.... Looks like I'm going to have to buy a 3 clip heatsink.
                Don't find love, let love find you. That's why its called falling in love, because you don't force yourself to fall, you just fall. - Anonymous

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                • linuxguru
                  Badcaps Legend
                  • Apr 2005
                  • 1564

                  #9
                  Re: Clipped?

                  Vaguely (un)related, but Intel makes a $70 mini-ITX board called the D201GLY which can replace just about any old mATX board as long as you need just one PCI slot and have an 4-pin +12v connector on your PSU. It uses a 1.33GHz Yonah Celeron, 512k L2, one DDR2 slot, and consumes just 25W. The only catch is that the CPU is soldered on the mobo.

                  http://www.intel.com/products/mother...1GLY/index.htm

                  This pretty much destroys the Tualatin Celeron as the entry-level CPU of choice for me.

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                  • kc8adu
                    Super Moderator
                    • Nov 2003
                    • 8832
                    • U.S.A!

                    #10
                    Re: Clipped?

                    i would never trust sticky pads to hold a cpu cooler.
                    look around at computer shops for a cheap one or maybe a friend has one they upgraded.
                    i bought 50 stock amd coolers from mendelsons at hamvention for $1 ea.
                    they had copper baseplates and 3 hole clips.
                    the deals are out there if you dig.

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                    • Maxxarcade
                      Badcaps Veteran
                      • Jul 2006
                      • 973

                      #11
                      Re: Clipped?

                      I put a 3 clip Athlon heatsink on my old K6-2 550 system that kept overheating, works fine now

                      I really think they should have had more 3 clip heatsinks around back in the socket 7/370 days. The sockets have always had the extra lugs, but most heatsinks at the time only used the fragile center lugs. The outer ones were originally for the heatsinks that had the "Z" shaped spring that held the heatsink on. My old Pentium Pro HP Netserver E40 used one of those.

                      The center lugs weren't bad until heatsinks started getting insanely heavy.

                      I'll never forget my first water cooling system, the waterbloack was held on the CPU by a flimsy spring. I ended up stabbing a screwdriver through my beloved Soyo 5EHM trying to mount the damn thing. And the water tank was a cooler with holes drilled in it for fittings. I got it from a place called Overclocker's Hideout back in 1999 if I recall. Now water cooling is all but mainstream compared to back then.

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                      • bgavin
                        Badcaps Legend
                        • Jan 2007
                        • 1355

                        #12
                        Re: Clipped?

                        Alpha makes two that work very well. The original PAL 8045 required four through-bolts into the board. These was standard per the AMD spec, but not everybody adhered to that spec. Others put resistors, etc, in the protected zone around the socket.

                        Alpha came out with a second solution, which is an assembled clip-bracket that is assembled in pieces under the CPU socket. The kit comes with micro screws that I Loctite into place when building the bracket. It pulls against the underside of the CPU socket, and provides a secure mount point for the big Alpha heat sink.

                        I get a 4C delta on a Sempron 2400+ at stock clocking.

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