Re: Installing the Zalman CNPS9700 LED

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Ok, I get it. Your talking about if I have to rotate it to the other 2 empty
sockets where the other 2 screws would go that install the cooler, the short
bolts, I would have to take it off and reinstall it. I thought you were
talking about it could rotate while it was running, anotherwords without
fooling with unscrewing anything. Now, I get it. I guess I need to open my
eyes a bit. LOL
Ok, one more thing that bugs me. What lever are you talking about that
might give me trouble? Is that the CPU socket lever that holds the CPU chip
in place? I see it on the install video on Zalman's install video. That
puzzles me because I installed the CPU first by lifting the lever and then
put the chip in place and snapped the lever down again. I see during the
video install it is raised up once and then wtf?
All I can say now is it's installed ok by what I can see, but it bugs me
that the CPU fan motherboard controller is on the other side of the fan. It
would be alot easier to have it come right out and connect to the mobo
instead of me having to route it around the cooler and such.
If you were me, what would you do? Would you leave it like it is, or would
you change it so it's oriented the way I've said?
Any more help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, attilathehun1
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attilathehun1


"Paul" wrote:

attilathehun1 wrote:
I almost forgot, what is this your saying about the CPU lever? Are you
talking about how the cooler sits situated on the CPU chip? Anotherwords, to
be able to allow?
I'm a bit lost here, but I'll say right now that the Zalman is hooked up,
even though it looks like I'll have to reinstall now, and the CPU lever is
down and now being hindered. As far as being able to open the lever I figure
someone would have to take off the cooler first. Like I said I'm lost here on
what your saying about the lever.
Thanks, attilathehun1

I believe, if it all fit together, then you must have put the base on
correctly. It probably wouldn't have fit, if you put it the wrong way.
The retention frame has a "jog" in one corner, and the hinge of the
lever fits in that corner. The retention frame is top-center in this
picture, while the baseplate is on the right. In the picture, the
"jog" in the plastic, is in the upper right of the retention frame.

http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggImage/productimage/35-118-019-05.jpg

The Zalman heatsink part, can be rotated to the four compass points,
North, East, South, and West. The idea is, you turn the cooler, so the exhaust
from the Zalman fan, points towards the exhaust fan on the back of the computer.
That keeps the air all moving in the same direction. On my computer
cases, I try to move the air from "front to back", with most of my
intake vent space in front of the hard drives, and the exhaust fan
removes the hot air from the rear of the computer.

Back of <--- Exhaust <--- Zalman ----------- Cool intake air
Computer Fan Fan Front of computer

For some people, other heatsinks or objects in the computer, may
get in the way of the cooler. In which case, they turn the Zalman
cooler so it fits. The warm exhaust air may not be moving in the best
direction, but it may be the only way to get it to fit. Each motherboard
and case will present different challenges.

If I remove a cooler, I apply fresh paste. If you don't have a lot of
paste (say you just ran out), then in a pinch you can just slap it together
again. But if you have some paste left, just use a bit more.

So the direction of airflow, dictates how you install it. Then, plug in the
FanMate controller and route the wire so it doesn't snag on anything or
get caught in any fans.

If the wires on the FanMate were long enough, you could use nylon wraps to hold
it to any metal bars or structures inside the computer case. The Fanmate 2
has a hole on the end, that can be used to secure it to something. If there
was adhesive on the back, I wouldn't trust that to hold it in place.

http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1767

In general, it is hard to find spots inside a computer, to fasten things
to mechanically. I've added a few fans to my computers, in some strange
places, and in one case, I made a wooden stand to help me. One part of
the wood was jammed between some plastic parts. In two of my computers,
I use aluminum L-shaped strips from the hardware store, and fasten them
with a screw, to where the PCI slot cover screws go. And then I put a
fan on the end of the piece of aluminum, using nylon wraps. But generally
speaking, it is pretty hard to find a place to support stuff they
weren't expecting.

I think I have the FanMate 1 controller, as my cooler is an older one.
It has connections on both ends, one end goes to the motherboard, the
other end (on the left) goes to the fan.

http://www.comsmall.co.kr/p_images/fanmate1.jpg

I don't like adhesives for jobs like this, because some of them
get gooey when warm, and eventually can let go. I prefer the
nylon wraps, because you just cut them with diagonal cutters
when you want to change something.

Paul

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