Look or a z-clip w/heatsink, similar to that shown in this thread,
My Ultimate VL/EISA 486
If you find a supplier of them, let me know. I could use a few more.

But aren't there thermal pastes known so be very adhesive to begin with? Not literally glue, but with a strong bond? I've used paste before that was a trick just to separate a huge heat sink tower from the CPU without pulling the chip right out of the zif socket - and that happened a few times too. A small sink would never fall off with the stuff I was using unless it was struck at just the right angle or twisted off.

At any rate you could test it. Bed the sink, burn it in for a while, and give it a tug..

If your heat paste is adhering, it's dried out and no good anymore. Remove the dried on paste with non-polar solvent and reapply.

Personally, I bought a roll of Seksui heat tape.

Hatta wrote:

..I bought a roll of Seksui heat tape.

Is that the double sided foam-like take you get with metal clip on ram sinks?

Hatta wrote:

If your heat paste is adhering, it's dried out and no good anymore. Remove the dried on paste with non-polar solvent and reapply.

Personally, I bought a roll of Seksui heat tape.

Does that leave a mark on the CPU if you remove it in, say, 5-10 years?

Hatta wrote:

If your heat paste is adhering, it's dried out and no good anymore. Remove the dried on paste with non-polar solvent and reapply.

Personally, I bought a roll of Seksui heat tape.

Arctic Silver seems to adhere a little naturally and straight out of the tube.

Thanks for all the replies.

Ill start searching for a Z clip.

I have some heat sink tape but I don't feel its going to transfer the heat as reliably as arctic silver 5.

So why did almost every 486 boards have those clips? whats the point? there's no product for them? I have never seen a Z clip on any PC.

Because yes some 486s do use that springy z clip. It's just one option.

I'd just get some thermal tape. It's adequate for the minimal power output here.

You can also try a 3-holed socket 370 clip and heatsink if the clip is flexible enough, however I found the Z-clip works a little better. Some 486 boards also don't have enough clearance around the tabs for the socket 370 clip. Also, I'm not sure if "z-clip" is the official name; that just seems to be what people on here have been calling it, so I adopted this term.

tincup wrote:

But aren't there thermal pastes known so be very adhesive to begin with? Not literally glue, but with a strong bond?

This stuff from dealextreme functions like that. It takes just a bit of shear force to pop a heatsink back off.
I've also used black silicone engine gasket sealant in the past. Doubt it's ideal, but at least it's designed to adhere under high temperatures! 😵

feipoa wrote:

Look or a z-clip w/heatsink, similar to that shown in this thread,
My Ultimate VL/EISA 486
If you find a supplier of them, let me know. I could use a few more.

Here's one selling 50:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/50x-CPU-Cooler-49-5 … =item43bdcc5024

Group buy anyone?

wow good find. I spent ages looking and could not find any.

Half-Saint wrote:

Group buy anyone?

I'm in. I want 5 😉

Someone in the UK should buy as he has free domestic shipping.

5 for me.

I think 5 is a good number. If someone steps forth to buy this, put me down for 5 as well.

Nice

That is 15 out of 50. Must be more that are interested.

I sent the seller a message requesting him to put up an auction for 5 units at 15 pounds due to multiple interests. We'll see what happens.

I did the same 😀

The more who ask, the more likely he'll agree!

Good idea! Hope he agrees because I'm in for at least a couple and having 5 certainly doesn't hurt... much 😁

Give us a quick list of what you have on hand that maybe we can make a decent suggestion as to solving this. You can make wire clips that would make the cooler to the cpu your self on the corners if there is enough of a gap between the cpu and the socket. The other is the glue method but stuff out there will eat through super glue like water does elmers glue xD