K8T Neo w/ Zalman Heatsink?

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 > On 25 Dec 2003 03:41:26 -0800, pansuria.RemoveThis@yahoo.com (Sachin Pansuria)
 > wrote:
 >
  > >Has anybody installed a Zalman CNPS7000A-AlCu heatsink in their K8T
  > >Neo motherboard? If so, does it fit? Is the installation easy or
  > >painful? Thanks in advance.
 >
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.zalman.co.kr/usa/product/cnps7000a-462_motherboard_list_eng.html</font" target="_blank">http://www.zalman.co.kr/usa/product/cnps7000a-462_motherboard_list_eng...ml</</a>>
 >
 > It sure doesn't seem to like MSI boards. You need the four mounting
 > holes and I don't see those on this board. Handy with a drill?
 >
 > I have that cooler on my A7N8X and love it. Dead quiet even at high
 > speed. Of course, since it is very overclocked, you can't hear it over
 > the case fans blasting away. Back at normal speeds with the case fans
 > off, you can't hear it.

The K8T is an Athlon64 motherboard, so it's socket 754. There's no
information on that webpage about which socket 754 motherboards are
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On 25 Dec 2003 19:45:23 -0800, pansuria RemoveThis @yahoo.com (Sachin Pansuria)
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  >> On 25 Dec 2003 03:41:26 -0800, pansuria RemoveThis @yahoo.com (Sachin Pansuria)
  >> wrote:
  >>
   >> >Has anybody installed a Zalman CNPS7000A-AlCu heatsink in their K8T
   >> >Neo motherboard? If so, does it fit? Is the installation easy or
   >> >painful? Thanks in advance.
  >>
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  >>
  >> It sure doesn't seem to like MSI boards. You need the four mounting
  >> holes and I don't see those on this board. Handy with a drill?
  >>
  >> I have that cooler on my A7N8X and love it. Dead quiet even at high
  >> speed. Of course, since it is very overclocked, you can't hear it over
  >> the case fans blasting away. Back at normal speeds with the case fans
  >> off, you can't hear it.
 >
 >The K8T is an Athlon64 motherboard, so it's socket 754. There's no
 >information on that webpage about which socket 754 motherboards are
 >supported - it just says "Coming Soon"

Oh, good point. It came with three types of attaching hardware, P4,
Athlon, and Athlon64/754. I threw that stuff in the MB box so here it
is. The 754 hardware looks like a wall plate that covers a light
switch, with room for two lightswitches right next to each other in
the dead center of the plate. According to the instructions, this is
the backplate and goes under the motherboard. The two thumbscrew
things apparently go through the CPU board and into the backplate.
Then you screw the HSF into the back of the two thumbscrews, which
have an opening to hold the screws. Pretty clever.

I'm looking at a picture of the board and looking at the plate. I just
don't see how this is going to work. The picture shows the CPU socket
and what appears to be a plastic mount around it that says COTES. It
sure looks like the mount would have to be removed for this to have
any chance of fitting. Then the two screw positions visible in the
mount would be just where the thumbscrews would go through the board.
If those two screws in the COTES actually go through the board, I
think this will work. That gets removed, the screws go through into
the plate on the bottom, and the HSF attaches to the screws.

By thumbscrews I mean two screws that are designed to be turned by
hand. They're wide enough to grip and the non-screw side has a
receptacle for a screw to go in. Wow, that was clear as mud.

Anyway, I think it will work if that COTES mount can be removed. Good
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 > On 25 Dec 2003 19:45:23 -0800, pansuria RemoveThis @yahoo.com (Sachin Pansuria)
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   > >> On 25 Dec 2003 03:41:26 -0800, pansuria RemoveThis @yahoo.com (Sachin Pansuria)
   > >> wrote:
   > >>
   > >> >Has anybody installed a Zalman CNPS7000A-AlCu heatsink in their K8T
   > >> >Neo motherboard? If so, does it fit? Is the installation easy or
   > >> >painful? Thanks in advance.
   > >>
   > >>
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.zalman.co.kr/usa/product/cnps7000a-462_motherboard_list_eng.html" target="_blank">http://www.zalman.co.kr/usa/product/cnps7000a-462_motherboard_list_eng.html</a>
   > >>
   > >> It sure doesn't seem to like MSI boards. You need the four mounting
   > >> holes and I don't see those on this board. Handy with a drill?
   > >>
   > >> I have that cooler on my A7N8X and love it. Dead quiet even at high
   > >> speed. Of course, since it is very overclocked, you can't hear it over
   > >> the case fans blasting away. Back at normal speeds with the case fans
   > >> off, you can't hear it.
  > >
  > >The K8T is an Athlon64 motherboard, so it's socket 754. There's no
  > >information on that webpage about which socket 754 motherboards are
  > >supported - it just says "Coming Soon"
 >
 > Oh, good point. It came with three types of attaching hardware, P4,
 > Athlon, and Athlon64/754. I threw that stuff in the MB box so here it
 > is. The 754 hardware looks like a wall plate that covers a light
 > switch, with room for two lightswitches right next to each other in
 > the dead center of the plate. According to the instructions, this is
 > the backplate and goes under the motherboard. The two thumbscrew
 > things apparently go through the CPU board and into the backplate.
 > Then you screw the HSF into the back of the two thumbscrews, which
 > have an opening to hold the screws. Pretty clever.
 >
 > I'm looking at a picture of the board and looking at the plate. I just
 > don't see how this is going to work. The picture shows the CPU socket
 > and what appears to be a plastic mount around it that says COTES. It
 > sure looks like the mount would have to be removed for this to have
 > any chance of fitting. Then the two screw positions visible in the
 > mount would be just where the thumbscrews would go through the board.
 > If those two screws in the COTES actually go through the board, I
 > think this will work. That gets removed, the screws go through into
 > the plate on the bottom, and the HSF attaches to the screws.
 >
 > By thumbscrews I mean two screws that are designed to be turned by
 > hand. They're wide enough to grip and the non-screw side has a
 > receptacle for a screw to go in. Wow, that was clear as mud.
 >
 > Anyway, I think it will work if that COTES mount can be removed. Good
 > luck.

The Zalman website seems to claim that this cooler is compatible with all
socket 754 mobos. Quite a claim.
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.zalman.co.kr/english/product/cnps7000cu.htm" target="_blank">http://www.zalman.co.kr/english/product/cnps7000cu.htm</a><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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I am using that HSF on my system and it works fine. It doesn't perform any
better than the stock HSF, but it is quiet. It's easy to install if you
haven't installed you MB yet. On the K8T, you MUST use the back plate that
comes with the Zalman HSF. You can not use the one that came with the CPU or
with the MB. They're not the same. Also, do not use the fan speed controll
that comes with the fan. The MB controlls the speed of the fan just fine.
Also, without the speed controller, the motherboard is can squeeze about 300
more RPMs out of the fan when it's needed. If you want to overclock, do not
use this HSF. It's terrible for overclocking. The Retail HSF that came with
your Athlon 64 does a better job when overclocking than this Zalman 7000.

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  > > On 25 Dec 2003 19:45:23 -0800, pansuria.RemoveThis@yahoo.com (Sachin Pansuria)
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   > > >> On 25 Dec 2003 03:41:26 -0800, pansuria.RemoveThis@yahoo.com (Sachin Pansuria)
   > > >> wrote:
   > > >>
   > > >> >Has anybody installed a Zalman CNPS7000A-AlCu heatsink in their K8T
   > > >> >Neo motherboard? If so, does it fit? Is the installation easy or
   > > >> >painful? Thanks in advance.
   > > >>
   > > >>
 >
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.zalman.co.kr/usa/product/cnps7000a-462_motherboard_list_eng.html" target="_blank">http://www.zalman.co.kr/usa/product/cnps7000a-462_motherboard_list_eng.html</a>
   > > >>
   > > >> It sure doesn't seem to like MSI boards. You need the four mounting
   > > >> holes and I don't see those on this board. Handy with a drill?
   > > >>
   > > >> I have that cooler on my A7N8X and love it. Dead quiet even at high
   > > >> speed. Of course, since it is very overclocked, you can't hear it
over
   > > >> the case fans blasting away. Back at normal speeds with the case fans
   > > >> off, you can't hear it.
   > > >
   > > >The K8T is an Athlon64 motherboard, so it's socket 754. There's no
   > > >information on that webpage about which socket 754 motherboards are
   > > >supported - it just says "Coming Soon"
  > >
  > > Oh, good point. It came with three types of attaching hardware, P4,
  > > Athlon, and Athlon64/754. I threw that stuff in the MB box so here it
  > > is. The 754 hardware looks like a wall plate that covers a light
  > > switch, with room for two lightswitches right next to each other in
  > > the dead center of the plate. According to the instructions, this is
  > > the backplate and goes under the motherboard. The two thumbscrew
  > > things apparently go through the CPU board and into the backplate.
  > > Then you screw the HSF into the back of the two thumbscrews, which
  > > have an opening to hold the screws. Pretty clever.
  > >
  > > I'm looking at a picture of the board and looking at the plate. I just
  > > don't see how this is going to work. The picture shows the CPU socket
  > > and what appears to be a plastic mount around it that says COTES. It
  > > sure looks like the mount would have to be removed for this to have
  > > any chance of fitting. Then the two screw positions visible in the
  > > mount would be just where the thumbscrews would go through the board.
  > > If those two screws in the COTES actually go through the board, I
  > > think this will work. That gets removed, the screws go through into
  > > the plate on the bottom, and the HSF attaches to the screws.
  > >
  > > By thumbscrews I mean two screws that are designed to be turned by
  > > hand. They're wide enough to grip and the non-screw side has a
  > > receptacle for a screw to go in. Wow, that was clear as mud.
  > >
  > > Anyway, I think it will work if that COTES mount can be removed. Good
  > > luck.
 >
 > The Zalman website seems to claim that this cooler is compatible with all
 > socket 754 mobos. Quite a claim.
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.zalman.co.kr/english/product/cnps7000cu.htm</font" target="_blank">http://www.zalman.co.kr/english/product/cnps7000cu.htm</font</a>>
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