Mount ANY s478 Heatsink/Fan on a CT-479!!!

[uclajd]

Well if it is so obvious how come nobody posted it until now?

Yeah, it's a pretty obvious mod. Only works on boards with screw on brackets. Every P4 board I own uses a push-pin version. You can buy the screwdown kind for ~ $5 though I suppose.

[Lithan]

Well if it is so obvious how come nobody posted it until now?

Dunno. My boards are all push pin so I didn't do it. I actually was regretting it because I used to have a screw-down socket A heatsink adapter that also had p4 loops so it would have worked just dandy, but I sold it awhile ago. I just kind of assumed it went without saying. I mean if I was looking for a way to mount and I had a screwdown (ironically my p4c800 arrived today and it's got screw-down) spacers would have been the first idea that came to mind. Long before the crazy heatsink mod's we've been seeing. The only thing I'd worry about is that without the bracket being flush with the board, if it's a plastic upper bracket and you use a heavy heatsink/high clamping pressure. The bracket would be at much increased (since it can much more easilly "push-out" at the center) risk of warping or even snapping. Hence why I regretted not having that nice steel adapter anymore. You might try to find them. I payed ~ $5 + ship at bestbyte.net a couple years ago for mine.


edit: Here it is http://www.bestbyteinc.com/prodinfo....er=HSK-TRI-P4A

I might buy another so I can use this mod myself. I don't like having the clamping pressure pulling my xp-120's mount screw out instead of in which is how I have it rigged up now.

Not trying to raid on Charlies parade, but like he said... it's not a complex mod. Hardest part is finding bolts in the right size. My local hardware stores don't carry anything less then 6-32's. I think the size needed are 4-40's... but they might be 6-32's I'll have to check.