broke piece off cpu socket

[nttsorvas]

Well, I was installing my new chrome orb on my ss7 mb and the tab where it clips onto broke off the socket, seems to holding for now, any suggestions at repair, I don't want to buy another board, just got this one. Help

[nttsorvas]

also, I have an AMD K63, should I remove the metal plate sitting on cpu for better heat dissipation?

[fordvan]

You can get real small nylon ties that you may be able to connect the orb to the socket.
Leave the plate on the K6

[hackercarlos]

OH OH. Another Victim. You should have learned from my mistake :( Mine costed me 27.00 for a new slotket (shipped express mail)

http://206.161.202.65/forum/showthread.php?threadid=4984

[nttsorvas]

It's holding for now, but I'll try the ties and see how that works. Another thing, I read that the Golden Orb has to be twisted to lock, I don't think I have to do this to my Chrome Orb, tried twisting but didn't move, also I dont see any three wire connectors on my mb, the one for the fan is a two connector, what is the third wire for and do I need it?

[Alfie]

The Chrome Orb is designed for Socket A,not Socket 7.
The clip on the Orb is designed to attach at a greater force than socket 7 needs.
With AMD Socket 7's leave the metal face on the cpu,unless your out to destroy that too!:)
One person ground down a small piece of metal to replicate the plastic stud and epoxied it into place.
Another approach suggested by Hal,was to use some JB Weld(available at hardware and auto supply stores (epoxy with excellent heat transfer and non conductive properties)and attach the heatsink permanently onto the cpu.
Another approach is to weld a small bar onto the heatsink clip so the bar slides under the two ajoining plastic studs.
That's about all the suggestions I can come up with.

[LawyerRon]

The third wire is for rpm readout in the bios if your board supports this. If it did, it would have a 3-prong plug instead of 2.

[nttsorvas]

There is a little piece of the stud left that is holding the orb on still, I tugged at it a little to see if it would fall off with a little movement and surprisingly it stayed on! If it decides to fall off I'll probably JB weld it on, I know the stuff well being an auto mechanic. Thanks for the tip Alfie! much appreciated, I thought about it but was really unsure about attaching it to the cpu for good! As far as the three prong vs two prong, in the manual for the mb, it says something about U11: LM 75 for cpu temp detect, U10 is the Zif socket, I can't find U11 anywhere on the board and the manual doesn't state where it's at. Also it says JP2 is IR connect, I'm not familiar with this, can anyone give any info, you guys are great, thanks for all your help!

[Jenni]

IR connector is for Infrared. Truly wasted space-I doubt if even 1% of computer users ever use infrared for anything. I had a laptop for years and never used it.

[HAL9000]

I don't know if I would recommend using JB weld with the ORB unless there is availability of easily replacing the fan should it go bad. I have used JB weld to attach heat sinks before, but I have always used a heat sink with a standard, readily available fan should it ever need replacing.

[Alfie]

I forgot this trick,which I tried last night on a small chip on my mobo.
On the cpu place a thin bead of silicon around the perimeter(where the heatsink comes into contact with it).Place some heatsink compound(paste)in the center,being careful not to get any on the silicon.Press the heatsink firmly onto the cpu and allow to dry overnight.
The silicon has good holding power and can be cut through for easy removal.