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PostPosted: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 19:28:14    Post Subject: Reply with quote View Single Post

Here's the deal with the heatsink and fan:

The heatsink that BB reviewed is the SLK-800A, it comes with wires meant to go to the top of the fan, and it also comes with wires for thicker fans.

The ALX-800 does NOT. The wires, as you've found out, are meant to go on the bottom of the fan, but you can't do that because the SF2 is solid instead of being open between the top and bottom (between the holes).

Anyway, just get some wire (as in hobby wire, not electrical) and run it through the fan holes and around the heatsink somehow.

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PostPosted: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 19:28:41    Post Subject: Reply with quote View Single Post

there should be a release thing you pull or press on. Are you doing that when you get stuck???
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PostPosted: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 20:05:55    Post Subject: Reply with quote View Single Post

I got the drives to fit, thanks for the help.

Dud3! wrote:

Anyway, just get some wire (as in hobby wire, not electrical) and run it through the fan holes and around the heatsink somehow.


Trying to figure that out now, thanks for the tip. Would twist ties(same non electrial that came with case to hold fan wires together) or zip ties possibly, which do you think?

I will be doing the thermal paste next, I should use a plastic baggy to spread a very thin layer(almost transparent) across the CPU chip and under heatsink. Is this correct? Should I do both CPU chip and heatsink, I think I saw somewhere that you should only do the heatsink. Last time I did this it turned out like this:



did I do this rite? (kidding)
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PostPosted: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 20:26:10    Post Subject: Reply with quote View Single Post

I do a dab on both. Did you try putting the wholes int there? you could mark where the wire comes and file a slot for it so the bended piece reaches the gap better.
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PostPosted: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 20:36:28    Post Subject: Reply with quote View Single Post

michael_holmes wrote:
I do a dab on both. Did you try putting the wholes int there? you could mark where the wire comes and file a slot for it so the bended piece reaches the gap better.


No I haven't tried the screw whole thing quiet yet, I'm still trying to decide what to do to securely fassen the fan with the heatsink. I have a couple things I might try to do.

1) screw a hole/divit on the bottom of the fan so the wires may reach

2) use hobby wire/twisty tie/some kind of wire to fassen the 4 sides to the fans, but I'm not sure how secure this would be.

3) use poxy on the side to glue the fan down to the heatsink, I know it would hold for a long a$$ time, but then I can't remove it if I want and other problems may occur long with this.

I'm probably going to try 2 first, then 1, then if those still don't work might do 3. I need suggestions though guys, please I'm open to which you think would work.
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PostPosted: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 22:13:24    Post Subject: Reply with quote View Single Post

1 sounds like my suggestion. Just put the whole in the dent if it reaches there. Then your esentially modifing the thing so it fits the way it was suppose to. I don't see 2 working out all that well but you can try it. I would go with the wire fassener because most all metals conduct. 3 sounds last ditch and desperate to me.
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PostPosted: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 22:17:28    Post Subject: Reply with quote View Single Post

Here is what I do...

I put a little bit on the center core of the CPU, I then take an old credit or id card and then spread it out until I have a very thin layer. It's quick and simple.
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PostPosted: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 23:56:18    Post Subject: Reply with quote View Single Post

alright cool, I'll try that. My father is going insane on this one and attaching a side bar to it so the wire fits the fan. He's still working on it at the moment while I play computer games Smile sweet.
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PostPosted: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 00:10:55    Post Subject: Reply with quote View Single Post

Laughing That works.
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PostPosted: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 03:16:42    Post Subject: Reply with quote View Single Post

Alright some good news, and yet some bad. Good news is I got it up and running, single beep at boot, can enter BIOS. All hardware done(or so I think) The bad news is, when I try to get apast my OS choice(was on my old computer start up too, no idea why, but it was and I just selected the first Windows XP Home(there were two of the same) and it would boot up fine) Now after I select the first, the screen goes black with nothing on it for about 9 seconds, then it flashes the Windows XP Home start up with the little bar loader for half a second, then restarts. Any ideas as to what's wrong/what I can do?
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