Problem putting XP-120 on Asus board
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Problem putting XP-120 on Asus board
i'm trying to put the XP-120 on my ASUS P4P800 SE board. the board is listed on thermalright's site as compatible with the XP-120 so no problems there.
the problem comes in when i try to put the retention bracket on the board. i got thermalright's LGA775 RM that's made for socket 478s. the problem is that the LGA775 doesn't align with the holes on the motherboard. the holes on the X (that metal piece) of the LGA775 form a square but the holes on the P4P800SE form more of a rectangular shape.
does anyone else have any experience with this? thx.
the problem comes in when i try to put the retention bracket on the board. i got thermalright's LGA775 RM that's made for socket 478s. the problem is that the LGA775 doesn't align with the holes on the motherboard. the holes on the X (that metal piece) of the LGA775 form a square but the holes on the P4P800SE form more of a rectangular shape.
does anyone else have any experience with this? thx.
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Many places sell them online, including Intel themselves, centrix-intl.com, directron, and even Newegg used to sell them.propheci wrote:
is there any place that would sell retention brackets for asus motherboards? i have no idea where i put my original bracket. my previous heatsink was an alpha and it didn't need the bracket.
Since your location's not in your profile, I can't help with B&M stores, but Fry's and Microcenter here in the US carry them.
actually, i'm in Sunny SoCal myself, too. i guess i'll be visiting Fry's after work today.Ralf Hutter wrote:Since your location's not in your profile, I can't help with B&M stores, but Fry's and Microcenter here in the US carry them.
so these brackets are standard from Intel and not something specific to Asus?
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