A ? about fans.

[Wicked Klown]

Ok I'm running an Aopen AK73 Pro MoBo with a 1.1 gig T-Bird and was wondering if they make a fan that bolts to the MoBo, I have the four holes around it to do it but right now I'm running a 2Cool watercooling kit and I have messed up two video cards due to condensation. Any help would be nice even if it how to stop the condensation. Oh yea the other reason i ask is i broke the middle tab off on one side.

[Voodoo Rufus]

You need to fix that condensation NOW! You might fry your entire computer if you don't fix that. From what I hear, you need to insulate the inside of the socket, the ouside, the pins on the CPU, and under the motherboard. Foam blocks and RTV seem to work from what I hear. That should fix your problem since your Pelt isn't too powerful.

To fix your socket lug use some epoxy o glue it back on. Epoxy is much stronger than superglue, especially if you use the slow cure stuff.

As for a HSF that bolts to the motherboard, the only two that do are the Swiftech MC462 and the Alpha PAL8045. They both take 80mm fans and offer performance very close to water cooling.

[Wicked Klown]

do you have a link to those fans. and the whole board has Di-Electric grease on it. So does my NIC and my sound card and the new video card has it on it as well.

[Voodoo Rufus]

Here's a link to the heatsink/fan website and their reseller list.

Alpha http://www.micforg.co.jp/resellerlist.html
Swiftech http://www.swiftnets.com/

Hope this is of help. If you better insulate the processor their should be no need to cover all of your cards, which I suspect makes quite a mess.

[Wicked Klown]

thanks for the link.

[mw521]

Another cry for conformal coatings!
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