Help!! Can I add second Xeon + cooler (604) from top of mo..

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Have a two processor Tyan Xeon board using socket 603/4 (forgot which)-
Can I cement or otherwise kludge a way to mount the cooler on top without
removing the motherboard and mounting the hardware from the bottom?

Know this sounds silly, but crazy glue??

TIA,

Ken

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On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 07:54:59 -0400, "Frank Perdue" <chicken1@aol.com> wrote:

>Have a two processor Tyan Xeon board using socket 603/4 (forgot which)-
>Can I cement or otherwise kludge a way to mount the cooler on top without
>removing the motherboard and mounting the hardware from the bottom?
>
>Know this sounds silly, but crazy glue??

That's crazy! ;-)

There is *significant* force applied to the heat sink to assure a solid
thermal path from case to cooler - a force that is high enough to require use
of the case as an anchor to avoid destroying the board itself.

You could never establish - never mind maintain - that force using glue to
attach the sink to the board alone...

/daytripper (but thanks for the laugh ;-)