Heat sink Question?

[Neal]

Will a heat sink made for a Socket Type:370 and Socket A work on a Socket 7?

 

[mcheu]

Will a heat sink made for a Socket Type:370 and Socket A work on a Socket 7?

Not without modification. Since a heat sink is simply a block of
metal, so long as you can make contact with the surface you're trying
to draw heat from, it will work.

I guess the answer is no, but as with most things, if you're
persistant enough, you can MAKE it work.

 

[kony]

Will a heat sink made for a Socket Type:370 and Socket A work on a Socket 7?

It can work, but you need be sure the clip isn't too stiff and breaks
the socket lugs, the later socket 7 CPUs were taller.

Also many socket 7 boards had less room around the socket, so it'd
have to be a relatively small socket 370 or 'A' 'sink.

It depends on the specific heatsink and motherboard.


Dave