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Does the Alpha PAL8045 Heat Sink fit the KS75A v3.1 Motherboard?

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According to one compatibility source, it says the Alpha PAL8045 Heat Sink will not fit an ECS K7S5A version 3.1 motherboard due to version 3.1 having larger caps.


I carefully measured the surrounding objects on my motherboard comparing it to the PAL8045 drawing measurements and found no such issues.


Perhaps there are 2 versions of the 3.1 motherboard, one having larger caps?


Anybody know for sure?


Thanks,


Ira


P.S. (This is not a thread to say how much you love/hate the K7S5A board:) )
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i have an 8045 on my K7S5A although unsure of the rev number. if you tell me where it is silkscreened, i will take a look as long as its not on the backside of the board.
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Hi Rick,


The Rev 3.1 number on my board is at the back (I/O Connector) corner of the motherboard where the PCI slot furthest from the Power Supply is located and is on the component side.


Thanks for looking,


Ira
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Hi Micj:


___I have installed the 8045 on the first rev’s as well but the 3.1, I do not have a clue. I believe Alpha listed the first rev’s as being non-compatible with the ECS K7S5A boards. I purchased Alpha Pal 8045’s for the ECS boards after seeing two individuals that had installed them successfully on their own K7S5A’s during the time of initial release. I posted your question in a thread regarding the Rev 3.1’s in the ECS 2002 forums over at OCWorkbench. Just keep up with the link provided and you should hopefully have your answer in a day or two.


___Good Luck


___Wayne R. Gerdes

___Hunt Club Farms Landscaping Ltd.

___ [email protected]
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Wayne,


Thanks for posting that. I don't spend that much time on the OCWorknbench board as I don't really believe in overclocking (other than for schmoo testing). Nevertheless, they are a wonderful forum resource on the inner workings of boards, just as this is for Home Theater.


Regards,


Ira
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the little white sticker says "V3.1"


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Rick,


Thanks for your info.


This is the link (Alpha's web site)
http://www.micforg.co.jp/mb_inf_pal8045e.html

that indicated the large capacitors.



Regards,


Ira
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i'm sort of laughing reading that page. first line says...


"This motherboard list may be inaccurate"


perhaps they were trying to put the heatsink on sideways? ;)


there are no resistors or anything blocking the installation of the 8045 heatsink on my V3.1 board.


Wayne: thanks for the tip on the PC power&cooling fan it is silent!
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As a followup, I got my PAL8045 heatsink and installed it with no problems on my 3.1 board.


I'm using a PAPST 8412 NGMLV 80cm fan. My CPU temperature is hovering at about 52 to 56 degrees C for the Socket A sensor and an Athlon 1800 XP. Do you know if that seems typical, or do I need better thermal paste?


Regards,


Ira
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