is there any way to repair a broken lug on a socket 370? when looking at the board, the left side of the socket, middle lug the left side only has one lug now and its at the bottom, and the right has the middle and top i have a 3 lugged high-pressure waterblock clamp so even if there is a way to put a lug on the top left side? any input would be great
Get hold of a Taisol cooler, they use all of the lugs not just the middle ones I have heard of people glueing lugs back on, but it's so risky. Most people just buy a taisol in your situation. Though you have quite a few lugs missing by the sound of things, quite an inbalance infact (!)... touch wood you'll be ok though.
he said hes using a waterblock, and he said thats a 3 lugger. he also said its s370, do i doubt a Soa Taisol 760 would fit... ? If you cant securely and safely attach the block onto the lugs then your really messed up im afraid. if you had a motherboard with the four mounting holes, this would of been a different story. only way to really sort this out is to buy a new motherboard im afraid. thanks, .icecube
heh i didnt spend $600CAND on a liquid cooler that wasn't even gonna get a year's use if i can find a type of glue i will glue it whats best for the material that the socket 370 is made of,,,doesnt look like plastic to me. it appears to be made up of some sort of carbon meh anyone whos has previous situations that have worked out using a type of glue, pls post
buy a new what? doh such a nice board i once owned but i shall not give up *whips out tritanium reinforced epoxy*
You may want to try another solution entirely such as rigging the heatsink with nuts AROUND the socket, or using Arctic Silver Adhesive (that'd be a fairly permanent solution though )
I'm afraid you're pretty screwed.... S370 doesn't have 3 lugs (that's socket A), but rather has one central lug, and then two more diagonally opposite one another (for twist-in clips). Basically you need to find yourself a heatsink with a twist-in clip (much like the NB heatsinks on S478 mobos), or a new motherboard. This is why we have a dangerous heatsink thread... Anyone still wish to dispute the value?
Oh I thought he meant he could use a waterblock as backup (or something) Isaac I'm sure i've seen s370 with a full set of lugs, ABIT ST6 ?
would thermal adhesive (not the tape kind) work with JUST holding on the waterblock, no type of clamp? im aware that the waterblock is heavy then your average heatsink, but, i had an olg tnt2 ultra that was brutally raped in the process of removing the heatsink, if all thermal glue is as strong as whatever cdreative used for their tnt2ultra, then perhaps it will work stand alone without a clamp? possible?
as someone has already mentioned, you could use the Artic Silver epoxy stuff, but it would be a very permenant solution. It would do the job but you would never get the block back off. thanks, .icecube
