downhomechunk [chicago]@midwest.social to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoI can't attach the heatsink/fan to my new (to me) socket 7 motherboard because the tabs are broken off.midwest.socialimagemessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down13
arrow-up139arrow-down1imageI can't attach the heatsink/fan to my new (to me) socket 7 motherboard because the tabs are broken off.midwest.socialdownhomechunk [chicago]@midwest.social to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squaresgibson5150@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoWow. I don’t remember having a board-mount retention mechanism for a CPU cooler before like LGA 775, but maybe such a thing existed for socket 7. Are there four holes in a rectangle around the socket?
minus-squaredownhomechunk [chicago]@midwest.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoNope, just the socket and its broken off tabs. The socket is soldered to the motherboard too.
Wow. I don’t remember having a board-mount retention mechanism for a CPU cooler before like LGA 775, but maybe such a thing existed for socket 7. Are there four holes in a rectangle around the socket?
Nope, just the socket and its broken off tabs. The socket is soldered to the motherboard too.