Does anyone know of any commonly available non-socket4 heatsink and clasp systems that will work for a socket 4 pentium 60? I'm assuming most Pentium 60/66's didn't have a glued on heatsink.
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Most P60s used glue, because most of them came from OEMs. That's why it's hard to find them in good condition.
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most the ones i see its just a heatsink epoxied or thermal taped to the top of a cpu with a fan attached.
Anyone here actually have a heatsink/clasp combo for a socket 4?
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I have one but I forget exactly what I used - I'll check this evening. Iirc I took one from an So5/7 system with a 'paperclip'-style clip and just bent it a bit to get it round the bigger socket.
Ahh, I tried it with a Z-clip and that poor clip looked miserable trying grab the offset.
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Would you be willing to upload a photo of this? I've never seen a socket 4 with a 486-style heatsink clasp.
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I also have one with plastic frame and one with the "bent" wire, see pic. The the frame goes with gold colered HS, the wire goes with the black HS.
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Thank you. Very interesting. I've never seen one of those plastic clip mounts for a socket 4. The heatsink looks a bit small in area, does it cover the whole socket 4 pentium chip?
How much longer is the Z-clip for the Socket 4 than it is for Socket 5 heatsinks?
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Yes both HS cover nearly all the top of the cpu but do not hang over on any side, the wire is about 1/4" longer than a standard socket 5/7 metal clip.
added: the straight part of the wire is 2-1/2" long, the heat sinks are right about 2-1/16" square. My P60 is almost exactly 2-1/8" square.
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i have bent the clasp downwards on a "manhattan socket7/370 cooler" and managed to fit it on socket 4. it even fits on socket 7 just fine after the bending. i'm not sure if there's any long term issues with using this on socket 4 due to possibly too high mounting pressure, but it seemed fine for quick testing.
a word of caution though, on the batman's revenge board there is a tiny smd capacitor right under one of the plastic tabs which can break off very easily while mounting/unmounting the cooler. it happened to me and i was able to solder it back on, but it was very annoying due to the position.
i also have some other "bent wire" style socket 5/7 cooler like in Horun's post, but was not able to make it fit on socket4.
Back in 1993 I bought a pc with a Diamond VLB board that came with this contraption. Still have it, It looks flimsy but is actually very effective:
