Vapochill LS/ Mach II GT / 775 questions

Hey guys/gals, I havent logged in a looong time, nice to see some familiar names still around.

Well heres my situation, I have a mach II GT (regassed with old baker block) , a mach II (regassed but stock mounting) and a vapochill LS (regassed with stock mounting head) . Crappy thing is , that there all still for my old 478 boards. I have three questions.

First, I have just purchased the Gigabyte EP45-UD3P motherboard, and obviously the mounting holes are off, its now 3 x 3 if I am correct. So none of my units will work and I can't find kits to purchase for 775 mounting solutions.
Anyone have suggestions? Im hoping to have someone fabricate me a block, and charge me....(or not ;) )

Second, I notice that around the entire CPU socket "frame" there is capacitors VERY close to the whole clamp frame thing...it looks as if mounting a phase change unit on this would be difficult. My two ideas are that neoprene just covers this area with a new mounting kit, or a new mounting kit, is very small.

Third....Once I get all this together ...IF i get all this together, Im still a little fuzzy on insulation and prepping. with Socket 478, you could smear a ton of non conductive silicon grease on the PINS and inside the pin holes on the mobo,....buuuut socket 775 doesnt have pins on the CPU, so is it safe to smear the grease inside the clam part? will the cpu still make contact appropriately? I used to just slap a ton of the grease inside everywhere and slap a lot of thick neoporene, can't imagine it's any different, but who knows, maybe im overlooking something.

Any help is much much appreciated , I am trying to stick my new rig together! :up:

Here's a goiod thread for Insulating with eraser, worksa great.

Best of luck!


PS, love the UD3P, it's a Storm Trooper, just rocks the 775 chips,... :surf:


http://www.xtremesystems.org/Forums/...d.php?t=201916

I recently killed my UD3P. When insulating with eraser, make sure to press it snuggly against the bottom of the socket. I didn't do it very well and frost formed on my socket and eventually enough built up to kill it.


If you do it wrong the first time you may be as lucky as I was to get a second, and even third chance to try. So long as you have a good hair dryer :)

Its the luck of the draw really just take your time insulating and if frost has developed well even if it does when your done using it unplugged all power from it and dont use it for 48 hours, frost or water doesnt kill it, its the electricity that kills it.

In my case I didn't even know frost was building up until a week later when it shut off/shorted out. Soon as I pulled the eraser off a gallon of water poured out of the socket.