Re: Installing the Zalman CNPS9700 LED

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Ok, it bugs me enough to the point where it's off now. I just uninstalled it
and cleaned it off with a blue shop towel dabbed with rubbing alcohol. The
Zalman cleaned right off, but the CPU chip looks a little bit grey. Although
some thermal paste did come off. No, I think I'm being a bit ticky tackey. It
looks ok, both ends are clean. Right, you take some rubbing alcohol and wipe
it off with a little elbow grease. It's only been on for 2 days.
Ok, the next question is now what should I use. Should I use the thermal
grease that came packaged with the device or should I open the unopened
arctic silver pack that's been sitting in my draw for almost 2 years?
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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