Reply 44000 of 53036, by kepstin
Shponglefan wrote on 2022-04-18, 22:28:Took delivery of an MSI MS5169 V4 board today (with K6-2 500 processor). […]
Took delivery of an MSI MS5169 V4 board today (with K6-2 500 processor).
Unfortunately it had been shipped with the heatsink attached and it broke off during shipping. After a cursory inspection, I don't think there is any other damage. Which is fortunate considering it had a chunky metal heatsink tumbling around on top of it.
I'd like to repair it so that it can still use standard Socket 7 heatsinks. Not sure how to approach that here. Normally for plastics like this, I'd pin it, but I'm concerned about creating a short given its proximity to the board and pins.
Alternatively I suppose I could replace the whole socket.
Good luck with that! My MS-5169 also shipped with a processor installed, but I guess I got lucky in that it was only a P-133 with a very lightweight low profile heatsink, so it arrived installed and intact. It's a great board for the K6-2+ and 3+ chips (but note that the 3.83 beta bios floating around actually *removes* K6+ support…) and if you're feeling adventurous it works with up to 1GB of ram 😀
Mine had bad caps - it still ran, but as soon as Windows 2000 or later power management kicked in, the system would hang. Your caps still look ok, but that's also a repair you might have to make down the line.