How does this look?

[mxthunder]

Im really mad at myself. I accidentally broke on of the fan blades off my brand new crystal orb cooler. I dont really have any money to spend on another one, so I figured I would try to put a socket 7 cooler on it. I have seen you guys do this before on here, but im not really clear on how to do so. I tried some rubber bands. How does it look so far? and suggestions or ideas? I dont overclock it, and it ran pretty cool with the orb on it (105F under load)

http://naylor1.com/mxthunder/dump stuff/broke.jpg
http://naylor1.com/mxthunder/dump stuff/card.jpg http://naylor1.com/mxthunder/dump stuff/card2.jpg
http://naylor1.com/mxthunder/dump stuff/gap.jpg

[Slimmy]

I don't know if it will hold tight enough. But i have never tried using rubberbands to hold down a heatsink either.

[mxthunder]

Ok here is method #2. I found a pretty shallow heat sink that would not hit the PCI slots or anything else, and I found a steel clip off of an older video card to fasten it on with instead. Seems to look ok to me. Do you think its worthy?
http://naylor1.com/mxthunder/dump stuff/100_3901.jpg http://naylor1.com/mxthunder/dump stuff/100_3902.jpg
http://naylor1.com/mxthunder/dump stuff/100_3903.jpg

[t1mex]

As long as you aren't bending any pieces on the card, and its making good contact (which it looks like it is) method 2 looks like a very good solution. Do the temps look ok, or have you tried it yet?

[Elwood1984]

will that metal clip cause any grounding issues with the card???