Am I screwed?

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I was removing my cpu cooler and broke the plastic frame that mounts
the cooler. I've checked a few places for a replacement, but it doesn't
seem to be distributed seperately. Does anyone know of a place that
supplies hard to find parts like this? I've got an Intel Midway P4
motherboard. I would google it, but I don't even know what the piece is
called.


Jon
 
I was removing my cpu cooler and broke the plastic frame that mounts
the cooler. I've checked a few places for a replacement, but it doesn't
seem to be distributed seperately. Does anyone know of a place that
supplies hard to find parts like this? I've got an Intel Midway P4
motherboard. I would google it, but I don't even know what the piece is
called.
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You'll have to figure out what socket your board uses and
whether your heatsink needs a special proprietary bracket or
not. Then use a search engine, for example;
http://froogle.google.com/froogle?hl=en&q=P4+heatsink+retention+bracket

Ebay is another good place to look.
 
Jon said:
I was removing my cpu cooler and broke the plastic frame that mounts
the cooler. I've checked a few places for a replacement, but it
doesn't seem to be distributed seperately. Does anyone know of a
place that supplies hard to find parts like this? I've got an Intel
Midway P4 motherboard. I would google it, but I don't even know what
the piece is called.


Jon
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I think you are better off buying an upgraded type. You can get decent
ones for under $40.
 
Jon said:
I was removing my cpu cooler and broke the plastic frame that mounts
the cooler. I've checked a few places for a replacement, but it doesn't
seem to be distributed seperately. Does anyone know of a place that
supplies hard to find parts like this? I've got an Intel Midway P4
motherboard. I would google it, but I don't even know what the piece is
called.
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I've got a dead board with that bracket on it, what part of the world are
you in?
 
Jon said:
I was removing my cpu cooler and broke the plastic frame that mounts
the cooler. I've checked a few places for a replacement, but it doesn't
seem to be distributed seperately. Does anyone know of a place that
supplies hard to find parts like this? I've got an Intel Midway P4
motherboard. I would google it, but I don't even know what the piece is
called.


Jon
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Is this what you are looking for?

http://tekgems.com/Products/et-11492-mbb-wrp4-16w1-51.htm
 
Thanks. CompUSA told me it would only be available with a new system
board, and I sure didn't want to go that route.
 
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I was removing my cpu cooler and broke the plastic frame that mounts
the cooler. I've checked a few places for a replacement, but it doesn't
seem to be distributed seperately. Does anyone know of a place that
supplies hard to find parts like this? I've got an Intel Midway P4
motherboard. I would google it, but I don't even know what the piece is
called.
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Did you break the entire thing or only one of the legs? If you have at
least two opposite legs intact then you can make it work.
 
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