Athlon64 mounting specs please?

[frostmeister]

I've searched this forum, the AMD site, and googled for this... All I would like to know is :

distance between the two retention clip screws
size of screw (suspect it's M4?)
Retention pressure.

I did find a document listing this for the XP a while back. Ok, so I'm being a tad lazy, not wanting to take my whole PC apart and measure all this. Someone somewhere must have this info though... As an afterthought, I do know the AMD Athlon64 is 40 x 40mm...

[Borgy]

88mm centre to centre I cant remember what size bolts
I just got some to fit @ home Depot
Borgy

[Diggrr]

I just measured the bracket that I'd removed from my DFI Lanparty, and it's 89mm center to center, and uses #6 x 32 tpi screws (american size).
It seams there's a bit of leeway taken by mobo makers, I was told it was 90mm before I'd bought this board...

The base (the plastic frame that touches the mobo) measures 74mm x 85mm <(between the screws) outside dimension.

I don't know the mounting pressure....

[Flip-Mode]

Its so posed to be 90mm from hole centre to hole centre, at least that's the spec for it.

[Bios24]

http://www.vr-zone.com.sg/?i=1356&s=1

90mm from the center to the center. Holes should fit a 3.5-4mm bolt.

[frostmeister]

Thanks guys - that's a big help :) I think I'll make the clamping plate adjustable to within a mm or two to account for any leeway, but I shall post my efforts within the next few weeks as far as block making goes. I've drawn two designs, a cpu and a gpu - I'll let you know how it goes :) cheers again!

[Borgy]

88mm worked for me
http://members.shaw.ca/borgy/k8top.JPG