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Hello all, I recently thought I got a real deal when I found a lga775 mainboard with ddr2, pci-e, and two ide ports along with the 4 sata ports...sounds real good except that it had some proprietary heatsink because a regular P4 heatsink will not fit.
Also I do not know what gateway model this board came from. It is an MSI MS-7248 with an ATI chipset.
From the looks of it, it would seem that the original is twice as wide as a normal heatsink...meaning that the holes are 11mm from one end and 7 1/2 mm on the other....so the heatsink is not square or round but elongated. Sorry frustration clouds the mind, so I hope this post makes sense, and someone will have some knowledge on this setup.
One other oddity is that the pci slots are where the kb/mouse ports should be, so it will not fit a generic case.
Edit: I forgot to mention that I need the heatsink for this thingy and that is why I need the model number of the gateway unit it came from. end edit:
I am perfectly willing to build a wooden case for it if need be, but I cannot boot this rig without a heatsink.
I would really like to make this thing work, so any info you can provide or point me to, I will be eternally grateful.
Edit again...I did some digging and realized that the board is a BTX mainboard and I found a few Gateway heatsinks, but I'm concerned because the holes on one end (of the board) go past a few components that are about 1mm tall. Is this an issue I should be worried about?
So much for building a rig on the cheap. The sad thing is that I have the ram, video and a P4 640 rated at 3.2ghz which would be a real improvement over my overclocked PIII [email protected]
Thanks in advance,
Doc
Also I do not know what gateway model this board came from. It is an MSI MS-7248 with an ATI chipset.
From the looks of it, it would seem that the original is twice as wide as a normal heatsink...meaning that the holes are 11mm from one end and 7 1/2 mm on the other....so the heatsink is not square or round but elongated. Sorry frustration clouds the mind, so I hope this post makes sense, and someone will have some knowledge on this setup.
One other oddity is that the pci slots are where the kb/mouse ports should be, so it will not fit a generic case.
Edit: I forgot to mention that I need the heatsink for this thingy and that is why I need the model number of the gateway unit it came from. end edit:
I am perfectly willing to build a wooden case for it if need be, but I cannot boot this rig without a heatsink.
I would really like to make this thing work, so any info you can provide or point me to, I will be eternally grateful.
Edit again...I did some digging and realized that the board is a BTX mainboard and I found a few Gateway heatsinks, but I'm concerned because the holes on one end (of the board) go past a few components that are about 1mm tall. Is this an issue I should be worried about?
So much for building a rig on the cheap. The sad thing is that I have the ram, video and a P4 640 rated at 3.2ghz which would be a real improvement over my overclocked PIII [email protected]
Thanks in advance,
Doc
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