This is a pic of a Gigabyte 7N400-L. I was thining of putting a heatsink on the nforce2 chipset. 1. Is it a stupid idea? 2. How does the heatsink stay on without screws. 3. Where can I buy small heatsinks to fit that chipset size?
That is called a south bridge, and yes, you can install a heatsink; you just need to use either thermal tape or a composite bonding compound good for heat transfer
Just to add to this... Be aware what you buy doesnt interfere with your vid card... it looks pretty close.
If you can find a low profile heatsink (approx 5mm) you'll be fine. My southbridge is crossed by my AGP card but there is clearance if you're careful. Make sure to use something non-conductive to attach as if it touches those legs it could pop your mobo.
You can just fix it on with superglue, or use a few dots of superglue in the corners and some thermal paste in the center
Indeed it will hold it on v well but you dont stand a chance of getting it back off again if you use that stuff. We used to mix it 50:50 with normal arctic silver paste which helped a bit but nowhere near as easy as the superglue method.
Yeh they come back off pretty easy, The more glue you put on the harder it gets to get it off again but usaly a good pull or a light lever with a screwdriver gets it off. Ive use that method 100s of times and never broken anything getting one back off. slater..
3M Thermal Transfer tape would be a good start 3M products are world renowned for their quality. This link will help you with everything you need to know click HERE I would avaoid the superglue and screw driver method because you would totally invalidate your warranty if something goes wrong. You can cover your traces with the thermal tape method. Good Luck
Apparently the AS two part epoxy combined with 25% AS5 makes it pretty easy to remove and excellent thermal transfer!