Heatsink Fastener and Card Reader Help

Truckman

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Heat Sink Question:
I just received an Asus P5G41CM-LX motherboard to replace my HP (Asus) motherboard. When I went to put the heat sink on the CPU and screw it into the new motherboard, I discovered that the screws for the heatsink (from the original HP computer) didn't fit - they were too small for the holes on the new mobo. I checked the old mobo and found that there was an "X" shaped backplate. I checked the new mobo - and it doesn't look like it will accommodate the backplate. The Asus manual talks about some different style of fastener than what I have, but Googling "heat sink fastener" hasn't helped at all. Does this mean I'm going to have to buy a whole new heatsink/fan assembly? Or is there some other way around this?


Card Reader Question:
The multi-card reader that came with the HP computer has a connector that is one row of 5 "pins" with the end "pin" blocked out - almost like 1/2 of a USB2.0 connector. There is no matching connection on the new mobo. Am I SOL here, too? Or is there a way around this, too?
 

MRFS

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131650&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-Motherboards%20-%20Intel-_-ASUS-_-13131650&AID=10440897&PID=2147730&SID=cpu-1s-87954


LGA 775

Read and heed:

http://www.supremelaw.org/systems/heatsinks/warning.htm


This $5 part is a very cost-effective solution, assuming
you still have the stock Intel HSF:

http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/lgbowiscsp.html


Those stock Intel HSFs are very easy to find:
e.g. eBay, Fry's etc.

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Intel-Stock-Fan-Heatsink-LGA775-775-E8400-E3200-/300438127171?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item45f3820243


Here in Seattle, REPC.com stocks them:

http://www.repc.com/


They look like this:

Intel%20Stock.1.jpg

MRFS
 

Truckman

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Yes, the old motherboard has a back plate. It's permanently attached with some sort of adhesive.

Based on the links below from MRFS, I think I'll just pick up that backplate he linked to....

Oh, and it's a Cooler Master HSF assembly.