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First post, by appiah4

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Anyone know of STLs out there for attaching heatsinks to 486 CPUs?

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Reply 1 of 7, by Horun

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Nope but one time used Permatex "RED" hi-temp gasket maker to attach aluminum HS to a 486, worked great and still attached 10 years later. Just cleaned everything with alcohol, used HS compound in middle of HS and put very small ball of Permatex on the corners of the cpu. Press on and put a little weight on it, let it dry overnite.
Not the perfect solution but a better alternative to adhesive pads, etc imho

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Reply 3 of 7, by SETBLASTER

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these are the only two i saw online

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2459258

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4659201

but i dont like because you need a heatsink of an specific height.
you can update the design tho, but im not sure what can be modified in order to make it for a customized heatsink.

Reply 4 of 7, by pentiumspeed

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maxtherabbit wrote on 2021-04-27, 23:09:

Sadly no. But IEC has NOS clip-on 486 HSF in stock for $8. I just ordered one last week

IEC?

Cheers,

Great Northern aka Canada.

Reply 5 of 7, by Horun

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maxtherabbit wrote on 2021-04-27, 23:09:

Sadly no. But IEC has NOS clip-on 486 HSF in stock for $8. I just ordered one last week

Thanks !

pentiumspeed wrote on 2021-04-28, 00:04:

IEC?
Cheers,

check yer Inbox

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Reply 6 of 7, by appiah4

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Horun wrote on 2021-04-28, 01:07:

check yer Inbox

Please indulge me as well 😀

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Reply 7 of 7, by appiah4

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SETBLASTER wrote on 2021-04-27, 23:37:

these are the only two i saw online

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2459258

First one looks like it will do the job for me, thanks!

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