Heat sinks

[NEWBIE911]

Does any one know if the alpha 8045 and swiftech mc462 -a
fit on the soltek sl_75drv2 motherboard

[The Doors]

Hi NEWBIE911, welcome to the Forum,
I'm sorry but for sure your Mobo isn't compatible with the HeatSInk Pal8045 (check it here (http://www.micforg.co.jp/mb_inf_pal8045e.html)) so I suppose that is the same with the Swiftech MC462A.

[AntmanMike]

You can modify the heatsinks, however, to fit, as long as you have a hacksaw and vise. This does void the warranty, howver (how the hell are yo going to break a heatsink anyhow???)

[Big_KiD]

I had to take the corner off my alpha to clear a capacitor.. I used a file. IT worked great.

soyo dragon and alpha 8045

[The Overclocker]

an alternate idea is getting the swiftech mcx370 designed for socket 370 cpus but i am sure it will fit your mobo

[sgamd]

MCX462, have one and love it. no problems installing no clearence probs.

[Yodums]

Usually people will work around if it doesn't fit. In this case in the thread you've see people used files etc.

Before my slot computer died I had a Volcano 6cu+ I was planning to put on the slotket I had to cut down maybe 2-3cm because it was coming in contact with the chipset.

You can hacksaw or get a machine sandpaper thingy I don't know what it's called ;)