A7V133 bad CPU socket

[Philip Wright]

One of the tabs to which the fan retaining clips attach on the
CPU socket of my A7V133 sheared off. As a consequence the fan
became unattached and the CPU burned up. Is it possible to have
a new CPU socket attached for a reasonable price, or should I
just pitch it.

Thanks,
Philip

 

[Paul]

One of the tabs to which the fan retaining clips attach on the
CPU socket of my A7V133 sheared off. As a consequence the fan
became unattached and the CPU burned up. Is it possible to have
a new CPU socket attached for a reasonable price, or should I
just pitch it.

Thanks,
Philip

Find another heatsink/fan with a "three point clip". This
will allow whatever remaining tabs you have, to hold the heatsink
in place.

http://www.thermaltake.com/coolers/volcano/rs/a1889b.htm

There are some other heatsinks, like the Zalman 7000 series,
that screw into place. That is a larger heatsink, for
which you must check the compatibility list, to see if
it will fit your motherboard. The advantage of a larger
heatsink, is the thermal resistance will be below 0.33
degrees C per watt of power dissipated, and there is
no problem cooling an AthlonXP with a heatsink like that.
I use one on my 3200+ and don't even bother to check
temps any more.

Paul

 

[GSV Three Minds in a Can]

One of the tabs to which the fan retaining clips attach on the
CPU socket of my A7V133 sheared off. As a consequence the fan
became unattached and the CPU burned up. Is it possible to have
a new CPU socket attached for a reasonable price, or should I
just pitch it.

There are some HS which will attach to all tabs, and some will attach to
thru-board mounts (which IIRC the A7V133 doesn't have?). However for a
board of that age it's probably time to pitch it and get a modern board
- except you'll then likely need to replace memory as well as the board
and CPU.

 

[Tim]

A7V133?

You could probably pick up a replacement board for a lower price than a
replacement heatsink.
I would expect to pay no more than $US20 for an A7V122 second hand now &
while you are at it, you could look into upgrade options since you need a
CPU, and heatsink or motherboard.

Shop around - look for a computer recycler near you.

- Tim

 

[Philip Wright]

Thanks to all who replied. This is an OS/2 system so it
doesn't need the latest hardware. I think I am going to
try the "three point clip" route and pick up an Athlon
CPU replacement on Ebay.

Thanks again,
Philip

 

[Egil Solberg]

Thanks to all who replied. This is an OS/2 system so it
doesn't need the latest hardware. I think I am going to
try the "three point clip" route and pick up an Athlon
CPU replacement on Ebay.

Be aware that maybe your board died too, when the cpu burned.