aaronrkelly

Im kidding, I know not to use bailing wire but I do need help "engineering" something. I had someone give me an ASUS mobo, 1.5 GHz p4 socket 423 mobo, 128 MB RAMBUS memory, case and power supply. Basically a complete computer minus hard drive and opticals. The problem is the clips busted off the motherboard so there is no way to mount the heatsink.

I asked if anyone had a socket 423 mobo and came up blank. I have done the math and after harddrive and buying new mobo I will only be able to make about $50 on this PC - its not worth my time as a money making effort.

I want to rig this PC up and give it to my mother - shes still using an AMD 333 MHz on Win 98. Its painful but it does what she wants so she want get a new one. She wont have much choice if I give it to her.

What I need is help in rigging that heatsink. I dont think zipties will work - has anyone used thermal adhesive in that situation. If need be I can lay the PC on its side to keep it from breaking loose but I would prefer to make it "normal" from all outside appearances. They way I understand it if you have a bolt-on cooling solution for a socket 423 you simply take the mounts of the mobo and use the existing holes. Anybody have a socket 423 bolt-on cooler or any ideas on how to rig this old machine up to give it some life???

Also if anyone has any hard drives that work Im looking. Doesnt need to be big - 3 gb for XP so Im thinking 8 or 10 gb would be fine. I should have been saving more junk but at some point I had to start thinning stuff out, I picked a bad time I guess.

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Spectrum

Well, you could use epoxy inplace of thermal grease, or possiblly use JB weld to permanently attach it.

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turbopsi

I say use thermal epoxy, but I don't know if the pins would handle all that weight alone for very long...

If only a socket 478 mount would work.. I know where to find those.. Hey didn't you have this problem a long time ago with a dell socket 478?

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aaronrkelly

Yeah - I ordered a new mount for it. I have found a place that sells mounts for this board but the heatsink I have now wouldnt work then.....I just cant seem to get there from here without spending like $100 bucks on this damn thing. I really dont want to do that.

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THRiLL KiLL

try ebay.............

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BigAkita

Spend the money. You'll regret it if you don't.

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subdismal

Are there any holes for the motherboard mounts near by?

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Highperf15

Quote: Originally Posted by BigAkita Spend the money. You'll regret it if you don't.

I agree......spend the money.......Hell, it's for MOM.......If you don't, we'll hear the sqeaking coming from the cheeks of yer azz from being so tight.......

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aaronrkelly

Dudes.....seriously old posts. Its a done deal. I thermal epoxied it and its been great. I tested out the thermal epoxy by lifting the computer clear off the table by just the heatsink - it held.

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subdismal

Quote: Originally Posted by aaronrkelly Dudes.....seriously old posts. Its a done deal. I thermal epoxied it and its been great. I tested out the thermal epoxy by lifting the computer clear off the table by just the heatsink - it held.

rofl I didn't even see the date of this problem. Thrill brought up the thread, it was in the Active Topics list, so I figured I'd jump in and try to help.

Bleh.

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