Motherboard/ drilling holes

HigHTecHReDNecK · 21-July-07, 01:41 PM

Ok , all you curciut board Guru's ..................

If a motherboard does NOT have holes for a N/B heatsink , is it possible to drill thru the board ?

I know you cant break the tracers an all , but if there are none on the board ( that you can see) and , if im carful, is this possible ??

or do you know of another way to attack a HS to the chip without the pressure of retaining clips/bolts ??

Hak Foo · 21-July-07, 02:26 PM

Thermal epoxy.

I used JB Weld to bond an old Socket A heatsink to my 5600XT, but I'm not sure it was the ideal thing to do; gets pretty warm considering the card is lightly used, but OTOH, GPUs always run warm.

THRASHER2 · 21-July-07, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by HigHTecHReDNecK


	Ok , all you curciut board Guru's .................. If a motherboard does NOT have holes for a N/B heatsink , is it possible to drill thru the board ? I know you cant break the tracers an all , but if there are none on the board ( that you can see) and , if im carful, is this possible ?? or do you know of another way to attack a HS to the chip without the pressure of retaining clips/bolts ??

Where is the pictures of the motherboard N/B

Twizted · 21-July-07, 03:15 PM

If there are no predrilled holes it may be likely that there are traces that go through where you want to drill..

If the board is Silkscreened for holes its possible there are no traces there but the key thing to remember is that motherboards contain layers each layer has traces that you cant see.. upward of 4 to 6 layers or more...

Artic silver makes thermal epoxy...

ranger1033 · 21-July-07, 03:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HigHTecHReDNecK


	Ok , all you curciut board Guru's .................. If a motherboard does NOT have holes for a N/B heatsink , is it possible to drill thru the board ? I know you cant break the tracers an all , but if there are none on the board ( that you can see) and , if im carful, is this possible ?? or do you know of another way to attack a HS to the chip without the pressure of retaining clips/bolts ??

Here you go mace this would be your best choice like Twizted had mentioned.

FrozenCPU Arctic Silver Epoxy

HigHTecHReDNecK · 21-July-07, 03:52 PM

Thx guys , and .......

Twiz , that what i was thinkin too , tracers "IN" the board , thanks for the confirmation on that.

looks like epoxy is the route

Thanks all for the help/advice

HTRN

Slaymate · 21-July-07, 07:56 PM

I'm with Twizted, use epoxy. Unless you've got some spare cash, then drill away
and let us know how it goes. HeHeHe :-)

tetrafluoroethane · 25-July-07, 08:09 PM

In my experience, JB Weld works great with low power chips. I have used it for many devices including a DSP on a HDTV card and a 200MHz Jessica Simpson CPU on an embedded system development board.
According to Better Than Thermal Grease? , it's better than thermal grease.

HigHTecHReDNecK · 25-July-07, 09:42 PM

Thanks for the info Tetra,

Being an auto mechanic by trade ( lol, jack of all ) I actually got lots of JB settin in my shop, just in case i break somthin' ( just in case = use JB on a regular basis

)

21-July-07, 01:41 PM		#1 (permalink)
HigHTecHReDNecK Sophist'Hoe"cated ReDNecK Reviewer	Motherboard/ drilling holes Ok , all you curciut board Guru's .................. If a motherboard does NOT have holes for a N/B heatsink , is it possible to drill thru the board ? I know you cant break the tracers an all , but if there are none on the board ( that you can see) and , if im carful, is this possible ?? or do you know of another way to attack a HS to the chip without the pressure of retaining clips/bolts ??

21-July-07, 02:26 PM		#2 (permalink)
Hak Foo Apex Elite Tech	Re: Motherboard/ drilling holes Thermal epoxy. I used JB Weld to bond an old Socket A heatsink to my 5600XT, but I'm not sure it was the ideal thing to do; gets pretty warm considering the card is lightly used, but OTOH, GPUs always run warm.

21-July-07, 03:15 PM		#4 (permalink)
Twizted Editor/Reviewer/LED Guru	Re: Motherboard/ drilling holes If there are no predrilled holes it may be likely that there are traces that go through where you want to drill.. If the board is Silkscreened for holes its possible there are no traces there but the key thing to remember is that motherboards contain layers each layer has traces that you cant see.. upward of 4 to 6 layers or more... Artic silver makes thermal epoxy...

21-July-07, 03:52 PM		#6 (permalink)
HigHTecHReDNecK Sophist'Hoe"cated ReDNecK Reviewer	Re: Motherboard/ drilling holes Thx guys , and ....... Twiz , that what i was thinkin too , tracers "IN" the board , thanks for the confirmation on that. looks like epoxy is the route Thanks all for the help/advice HTRN

21-July-07, 07:56 PM		#7 (permalink)
Slaymate PCApex Reviewer From Hell	Re: Motherboard/ drilling holes I'm with Twizted, use epoxy. Unless you've got some spare cash, then drill away and let us know how it goes. HeHeHe :-)

25-July-07, 08:09 PM		#8 (permalink)
tetrafluoroethane Apex Techie II	Re: Motherboard/ drilling holes In my experience, JB Weld works great with low power chips. I have used it for many devices including a DSP on a HDTV card and a 200MHz Jessica Simpson CPU on an embedded system development board. According to Better Than Thermal Grease? , it's better than thermal grease.

25-July-07, 09:42 PM		#9 (permalink)
HigHTecHReDNecK Sophist'Hoe"cated ReDNecK Reviewer	Re: Motherboard/ drilling holes Thanks for the info Tetra, Being an auto mechanic by trade ( lol, jack of all ) I actually got lots of JB settin in my shop, just in case i break somthin' ( just in case = use JB on a regular basis )

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