[lug] OT: heat sink mounts for AMD opteron dual

[Paul Nowosielski]

Thanks Lee,

I called AMD and their sending them out to me. Thanks for the suggestion
I appreciate it.

Best,

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On Thu, 2005-11-03 at 17:55, Lee Woodworth wrote:
> Paul Nowosielski wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Just started building a new DB server using dual core Opterons.
> > The heat sinks needs socket to latch to that was not provided  with the
> > processors or the motherboard. There are two holes to place the socket
> > however.
> Are you missing a pice like this:
> 
>    The 754-pin MBs have a plate with two short cylinders at the edges.
>    The cylinders have threads and stick up through two holes near the
>    socket when the plate is positioned on the backside of the MB and
>    the cylinders are are pointing up. The heat sink retention brackets
>    then screw into the cylinders.
> 
> These plates are MB+Fan specific as far as I know (they have to match
> the CPU socket height and the fan clips). They come with the motherboard
> or the 3rd party fan packages. You might check with a PC service department
> to see if they have extras. I don't know of anyone that stocks these.
> You could check with JB Saunders in Boulder or Eagle HiTech in Longmont.
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