Fallen Kell
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Originally posted by: TheBeagle
Hello Mr. Fallen Kell.
Yep, I know where to buy one. Look here: Sharka Computers. The Item # is: zm-cs2, and it sells for $6.95 (USD). How's that for service?
I believe that you can still keep the Crazy-Cool-2 backplate in place and mount the Tuniq unit. I was personally thinking of buying an extra couple of those mounting kits, since a number of Zalman units use them, and the plastic backplate is rather easy to cut the four rounded corners off and custom mount the unit. Hope that helps. TheBeagle
SWEET!!! Thanks. I have been looking for the last 4 hours trying to find where I could get this. I knew I had seen someone post it earlier, but for the life of me, I could not find the post. It doesn't help that Zalman doesn't list these on their site at ALL. And any/all searches on the net for "Zalman backplate", "Zalman replacement parts", or "775 backplate", etc., etc., only turned up complete heatsink/fans, not the mounting bracket/backplate.
I ordered 2 (just in case I screw one up). Now to measure how long my mounting studs are for my case. I think I have 1/4" standoffs (which is just over 6mm). I hope they will work, as I do not think the I/O backplate will fit if I use the larger standoffs (8.5mm?).... Well, I will see how easy/hard it is too modify the backplate.
What exactly did you do to your backplate TheBeagle? From looking at them online, did you file down the area that would cover the crazy cool 2 heatsink and just lay it over the heatsink? Or did you do something else? Have any pics or detailed discriptions? Thanks in advance, and thanks again on where to get the backplate.