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openmedia

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#71686 15-Nov-2010 14:39

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One of the lugs that the heatsink clips onto has snapped off on an M2NPV-VM motherboard. Anywhere in NZ you can easily pick up replacement retention brackets?

Sadly looking like a full board swap out.

Steve

Generally known online as OpenMedia, now working for Red Hat APAC as a Technology Evangelist and Portfolio Architect. Still playing with MythTV and digital media on the side.

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#404891 15-Nov-2010 14:50

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Yea, unfortunately probably looking at a new board. If your heatsink supports it, you could possibly look at removing the retention bracket and screwing the heatsink directly into the plate that sits behind the motherboard in the chassis.

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#404896 15-Nov-2010 14:56

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I may have one that fits from a GA-M51GM-S2G...

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#404922 15-Nov-2010 15:55

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Try calling in to your local PC stores. They may have old motherboards/parts floating around. You could strike lucky.

Other than that, you can probably get aftermarket heatsink/fan combo's that include a retention bracket.

EDIT: A bracket from a socket 939 motherboard should also work just fine.

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