Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Problem

2008-10-08 11:58:53

#1

rammunition: Fully Loaded; +143|6128

ok, i have just received this cooler and want to use it on my sisters computer due to her pentium 4 reaching 65'+ on idle all the time.

she has a Pentium 4 3.4GHz HT 775
1GB DDR ram
Ati R600
Asus P5gd1-fm/s mobo.

now the problem is that the stock heatsink has screws rather than clips that the current 775 heatsinks have. The 4 holes for the heatsink on the mother board are screws and are tiny so i cannot put this heatsink on.

is there any way i can fit the cooler on???

i have tried to remove the clips and swapping them with the stock heatsinks screws but its difficult.

if not, whats the best 775 cooler that uses screws rather than clips

2008-10-08 12:03:12

#2

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6464|Winland

Umm, remove the screws? That mobo has standardized mounting holes for socket 775. There shouldn't be anything but the bare PCB around the CPU socket, remove every trace of the old cooler.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-10-08 12:12:49

#3

rammunition: Fully Loaded; +143|6128

this mobo has 4 tiny holes, which are screws, the stock heatsink uses screws that are about 2mm in diameter.

the freezer 7 pro uses clips as 99% o 775 coolers but the clips are too large for the hole.

the computer is old btw, about 4 years

2008-10-08 12:16:38

#4

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6464|Winland

rammunition wrote:
this mobo has 4 tiny holes, which are screws, the stock heatsink uses screws that are about 2mm in diameter.

the freezer 7 pro uses clips as 99% o 775 coolers but the clips are too large for the hole.

the computer is old btw, about 4 years

I googled the mobo. It has nothing but standard mounting holes.

Have you removed any eventual backplate? If not, dismount the mobo and check/remove said object.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-10-08 12:17:39

#5

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6834|NYC / Hamburg

https://www.geeks.com/imageshare/P/300x300/P5GD1-FM2-BULK-unit.jpg

I can see the standard mounting holes fine

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2008-10-08 12:20:43

#6

rammunition: Fully Loaded; +143|6128

i have checked round for anything else that may need removing and it seems clear.

my mounting holes on my gigabyte mobo are twice as large tbh

so how the hell you mount this bugger???

2008-10-08 12:20:52

#7

Brasso: member; +1,549|6897

if there is a black rectangular piece of plastic around the CPU socket, remove that. thats the clip adapter.

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2008-10-08 12:23:32

#8

TheEternalPessimist: Wibble; +412|6887|Mhz

If your mounting holes are double the size of the ones in Max's pic you'd need bolts from a truck to fit anything to it lol.

I think we're going to need a pic of the inside of your case to clear this up.

Last edited by TheEternalPessimist (2008-10-08 12:27:06)

2008-10-08 12:25:41

#9

rammunition: Fully Loaded; +143|6128

i'll post some pics in a bit to make it clearer

2008-10-08 12:30:45

#10

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6464|Winland

rammunition wrote:
i have checked round for anything else that may need removing and it seems clear.

my mounting holes on my gigabyte mobo are twice as large tbh

so how the hell you mount this bugger???

It's on the other side of the mobo. You can't see it without removing the board.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-10-08 12:59:38

#11

rammunition: Fully Loaded; +143|6128

there is no backplate on the mobo, removed mobo and theres nothing

here is the computer opened

https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm101/Rammunition1/IMG_2758.jpg

now this isn't clear, but on he bottom left hole i put in a small hair clip to show how small the hole is

https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm101/Rammunition1/IMG_2760.jpg

now here is the stock heasink, on top of this was a 92mm cooler master case fan, cheap heat sink, you can just about see the screws

https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm101/Rammunition1/IMG_2763.jpg

now here i have tried to put the screw/pin connectors of both stock and the freezer side by side , not clear but you can pick out the stocks screws

https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm101/Rammunition1/IMG_2766.jpg

2008-10-08 13:01:49

#12

Brasso: member; +1,549|6897

macro, damn it

it's hard to see. take a pic of the F7P as well. and please make sure you clean that thermal paste off before mounting the F7P.

Last edited by haffeysucks (2008-10-08 13:02:49)

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2008-10-08 13:19:02

#13

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6464|Winland

It seems whatever OEM that is have customized the mobo a bit. See if you can get the small metal rings in the holes away.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-10-08 13:32:48

#14

TheEternalPessimist: Wibble; +412|6887|Mhz

Looks to have a mounting bracket still attached on the back of the mobo, pull the mobo out and pull the bracket off.

2008-10-08 13:50:29

#15

FFLink: There is.; +1,380|6957|Devon, England

TheEternalPessimist wrote:
Looks to have a mounting bracket still attached on the back of the mobo, pull the mobo out and pull the bracket off.

Yeah, I concur with this.

2008-10-13 11:02:51

#16

rammunition: Fully Loaded; +143|6128

ok, i got the heatsink fitted on now.

i have checked the temps, the fan is spinning at 60% and in bios the target is 56', the CPU is between 50-60'.

but my problem is that the fan is only runnign at 1800RPM, not the full 2500RPM it can do.

i have tried to change the speed in bios by setting it auto and tried speed fan but no luck.

any ideas???

2008-10-13 11:05:23

#17

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6464|Winland

rammunition wrote:
ok, i got the heatsink fitted on now.

i have checked the temps, the fan is spinning at 60% and in bios the target is 56', the CPU is between 50-60'.

but my problem is that the fan is only runnign at 1800RPM, not the full 2500RPM it can do.

i have tried to change the speed in bios by setting it auto and tried speed fan but no luck.

any ideas???

The BIOS is set to keep the CPU around there. It'll stay around there and not go over what it's set to. There's no point in running at full speed all the time unless your cooler can't handle the heat. And a Prescott runs fine at 80C.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

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