Pads for chipset coolers

[whovous]

I am buidling a new system around a DFI Ultra D motherboard and an Opteron 165. I already have one system with thsse parts, and so I knew in advance I wanted to replace the chipset fan with something quieter and more reliable.

I liked what I saw in the Jing Ting cooler, so I paid the big bucks for same and installed it. Now, I find my system won't boot, and it looks Iike I will have to RMA the motherboard.

I can remove the Jing Ting and put the original fan back on the defective motherboard, but what do I do when it comes time to put the J-T on the replacement board? There is a little square pad that comes with the Jing Ting that surrounds the chipset. That pad is now used and presumably not reusable. Any ideas on where I get another one? Just what are they called, and who sells them?

 

[potato28]

Take the little square pad off the stock cooler and glue it onto the J-T cooler.

 

[whovous]

I can and will give that a try, but they don't look like they want to come off in one piece.

Does anyone know what these things are called, and who sells them?

So far, I have found square pads from AOS and ShinEtsu, but both are just square, and I do not have the patience to cut out their centers to match the originals.

 

[TrevorRC]

Originally posted by: whovous
I am buidling a new system around a DFI Ultra D motherboard and an Opteron 165. I already have one system with thsse parts, and so I knew in advance I wanted to replace the chipset fan with something quieter and more reliable.

I liked what I saw in the Jing Ting cooler, so I paid the big bucks for same and installed it. Now, I find my system won't boot, and it looks Iike I will have to RMA the motherboard.

I can remove the Jing Ting and put the original fan back on the defective motherboard, but what do I do when it comes time to put the J-T on the replacement board? There is a little square pad that comes with the Jing Ting that surrounds the chipset. That pad is now used and presumably not reusable. Any ideas on where I get another one? Just what are they called, and who sells them?

AFAIK, you voided the warranty replacing the cooler, even if it wouldn't boot WITH the original cooler. Hence always verifying it works first, upgrading/modding after.
--Trevor

 

[whovous]

I've already told DFI, and they don't have a problem, though I've not talked to my mobo vendor yet. I plan to simply put it back on.