Author Topic: A question for Athlon experts (Read 397 times)

Edbert1 · « **on:** August 08, 2005, 01:10:34 PM »

Are the CPU fans and heatsinks compatible between an Athlon XP and a Athlon 64 or are the fans/heatsinks dependent on the pinout of the socket?

StarOfAfrica2 · « **Reply #1 on:** August 08, 2005, 01:38:07 PM »

Depends on the socket. If you even look at a 64 heatsink you will see how different it is from a XP heatsink.

Kev367th · « **Reply #2 on:** August 11, 2005, 11:40:00 AM »

The two mounting methods are different.

XP uses a spring loaded clip mainly, 'some' boards had 4 holes to allow mountiing heavier heatsinks/fans.

Athlon 64 - All use holes throught the board with a backplate to provide the strength/support needed for the heavier heatsink and fans.

Edbert1 · « **Reply #3 on:** August 11, 2005, 03:17:27 PM »

Once I went home and compared my box (FX53) to my son's (XP2100) I could see they weren't even close. Thanks for the replies though.

Now I've got to go back and try to figure out what was left out of the MB instructions for configuring a bootable SATA-RAID using the K8N Neo2 Platinum. I found losts of other folks are having the trouble too and have a long list of fixes and workarounds to try....sigh. Been installing motherboards for almost 17 years now, using RAID for 12 (at work on commercial server hardware)...it's never been this hard before.

buzkill · « **Reply #4 on:** August 11, 2005, 05:37:13 PM »

got a technique down a year ago...just been that long since i re-installed i can't remember how to get it right:rolleyes: i'll go over to a friends house tomorrow, where i have all my notes, and come back if i find it. it took a while to get right, so i have lots of notes

Edbert1 · « **Reply #5 on:** August 11, 2005, 08:12:32 PM »

Well, at least the install is going now, I ended up loading the fail-safe BOIS settings, disabled all onboard HW except the IDE/SATA and USB. Right now UDMA and PIO are both disabled and the RAM settings are 2T so she's a little slow.

I'm going to have to figure out which "optimised" setting was causing it to barf, but chances are that once I get Windows loaded up with all the correct drivers it wont be an issue only the floppy-based ones in the pre-installation (DOS) OS...one can hope.

stantond · « **Reply #6 on:** August 12, 2005, 07:23:15 AM »

The Athlon 64 is a K8 core processor and the XP a K7. That makes a difference if you are trying to install an aftermarket cooler such as one make by Thermaltake. Different mounting hardware is required for each core (K8 or K7). Although, provided the mounting hardware works, the heatsink/fan for an XP will work for a 64. Glad to see I could share this type of trivial with someone since I recently went through a new AMD64 cooler installation.

Regards,

Malta