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Zalman CNPS9700 NT
- Thread starter Smialee
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That's an easy one. Have a small flat head type screwdriver or small flat thinner not too thin study flat item? The bracket simply locks a tab at one end and snaps down over another at the other where the second smaller piece slips through that end of the bracket.
By lifting on one of the corner of that second piece it will pop off of the square plastic tab seen on the socket itself. The retainer bracket will then simply spring release the tension holding it down. You simply lift the Zalman and the twp piece bracket right off.
By lifting on one of the corner of that second piece it will pop off of the square plastic tab seen on the socket itself. The retainer bracket will then simply spring release the tension holding it down. You simply lift the Zalman and the twp piece bracket right off.
I pulled it off before reading this, but I'm having trouble understanding what you mean. I need to pry one of the ends off with a flat-head?
Also, I am wondering about CPU heat. The reason I wanted to take it off was that no heat is blowing out of the end where the Zalman blows. When I take the cover off after restarting the computer, the heatsink isn't hot at all. For some reason nothing has temperature sensors so I have no way of monitoring my heat (other than the GPU). I had a few freeze-ups and was wondering if the CPU was getting too hot.
Also, I am wondering about CPU heat. The reason I wanted to take it off was that no heat is blowing out of the end where the Zalman blows. When I take the cover off after restarting the computer, the heatsink isn't hot at all. For some reason nothing has temperature sensors so I have no way of monitoring my heat (other than the GPU). I had a few freeze-ups and was wondering if the CPU was getting too hot.
For a Zalman cpu cooler the AM2 board sees a metal bracket reaching across the copper base where you either push down on that to see it snap inplace over a small plastic tab or secure it down with two screws like seen on Socket 939 models.
The large copper fins disipate heat fast! I found that out fast when one of the 110mm fan blades was found pressed in against the fins when first firing up the new build here. That saw the entire hsf heat right up. By the time the system was shutdown(like lightning there) and the side cover was offf the Zalman was room temperature. That was seen when SpeedFan and the Asus temp probe were first installed on the new Asus AM2 build here.
SpeedFan and another freeware called the System Information for Windows(SIW) have worked well and accurately for reading temps from the board's senosrs here. The Asus temp probe Probe II is also noted for accurate readings when compared to what is seen in the bios when looking at the hardware monitor there.
For SpeedFan you can find that at http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php The actual download link is the name seen in the second paragraph there.
For SIW which gives a complete breakdown on hardwares and softwares as well as displaying various temps for drives as well as the cpu you can find that at http://www.gtopala.com/siw-download.html The screenshot below shows how that looks when opened and you simply scroll down to the hardware section and click on sensors to see board, cpu, and drive temps.
http://img205.imageshack.us/my.php?image=boardinfolv1.jpg
The large copper fins disipate heat fast! I found that out fast when one of the 110mm fan blades was found pressed in against the fins when first firing up the new build here. That saw the entire hsf heat right up. By the time the system was shutdown(like lightning there) and the side cover was offf the Zalman was room temperature. That was seen when SpeedFan and the Asus temp probe were first installed on the new Asus AM2 build here.
SpeedFan and another freeware called the System Information for Windows(SIW) have worked well and accurately for reading temps from the board's senosrs here. The Asus temp probe Probe II is also noted for accurate readings when compared to what is seen in the bios when looking at the hardware monitor there.
For SpeedFan you can find that at http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php The actual download link is the name seen in the second paragraph there.
For SIW which gives a complete breakdown on hardwares and softwares as well as displaying various temps for drives as well as the cpu you can find that at http://www.gtopala.com/siw-download.html The screenshot below shows how that looks when opened and you simply scroll down to the hardware section and click on sensors to see board, cpu, and drive temps.
http://img205.imageshack.us/my.php?image=boardinfolv1.jpg