Unable to mount cpu cooler on older motherboard please help

Aj Koepf

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Hello, thanks for checking out this thread. So last week i was given an old Intel core 2 duo e8500 along with a lga775 cpu cooler from a buddy for free, so like what most people would do when given a fully working piece of technology i went out to buy myself an Lga775 motherboard for this cpu (after looking up the socket for it). once i got the motherboard i put in the processor and continued on to go and put the cpu cooler on it and realized that this motherboard i bought does not have any mounting holes in it, well at least not in the normal places to mount it in. the motherboard i bought it the "Dell 200DY Optiplex 780 LGA775 DDR3 SDRAM Desktop Motherboard", the link to the exact one i bought will be down lower. but my question is, how am i going to be able to attatch the cpu cooler to this motherboard given that the holes are not in the right place? if anyone would know it would be greatly appreciated thank you very much. :)


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-200DY-Optiplex-780-LGA775-DDR3-SDRAM-Desktop-Motherboard/201635194191?_trksid=p2054502.c100229.m3211&_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140505115423%26meid%3D6d74e936f1604801999c4d5e9420c5e5%26pid%3D100229%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D13%26sd%3D162165848298
 

BIGMACASSASSIN

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the dell motherboard came with a cpu cooler that was made for dell computers only if you want to use that cpu cooler you need to buy an aftermarket motherboard or find an oem motherboard that doesnt require a certain cpu cooler i am currently runing a core 2 quad q9550 witch is lga 775 and i bought a refurbished asus p5p41t-le(supports ddr3) for about $66 on ebay and i love it the cooler im using is a cooler master hyper t4
 

Aj Koepf

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so essentially i cannot buy any aftermarket cpu cooler and use it with this motherboard at all?
 

Aj Koepf

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ok, well i know about that case thing, and that isnt really a big issue but this sucks, now i need to try and return it... wish me luck lol
 

samuelsajones

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samuelsajones

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I FOUND THE WEBSITE TO PURCHASE THE CORRECT FAN FOR THAT MOTHER BOARD ITS CALLED I PREFFER YOU PURCHASE IT NEW BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF CPU YOUR USING I AM USING THE INTELL 86OO TOO TRY PARTS.PEOPLE.COM
 

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