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Old 31-08-05, 12:17   #1
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Hiya everyone

I'm in the process of repairing an old Socket 7 (AMD K6-450) system for a friend of mine. Socket 7 heat-sinks and fans dont seem to be made anymore .

Does anyone know if a socket A heat-sink and fan will fit?

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Old 31-08-05, 15:44   #2
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Does anyone know if a socket A heat-sink and fan will fit?
YES. Why not? Actually you can try to stick ANY (enough big of course) heat-sink on it. (I have even made some custom heat-sink for my old AMD A 1700+ ).
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Old 01-09-05, 14:57   #3
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Thanks Apofiss , I'm gonna have a go with a Socket A heat-sink and fan (mounts seem virtually identical).

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Old 09-09-05, 10:24   #4
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Hi Apofiss, sorted it doing a retro fit of a socket A fan from an Athlon 3400. Looks massive compared to the tiny heat-sink and fan that was on before , but at least I'll know it wont overheat anymore.

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Old 09-09-05, 18:07   #5
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Hi TheStig BTW I hope you didn't forget to apply thermal compound.



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Old 12-09-05, 10:20   #6
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Hiya Apofiss

Yes I did put some thermal compound on, though I somehow managed to not put enough compound on when last time I rebuilt my own desktop last year. This in turn lead to a rather toasty processor . I hate fitting heatsinks though...one slip with a screw driver and you can wave good-bye to your mainboard . That said all this system rebuilding has got me a ready for a new hardware purchase

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