[Alien]

Originally Posted by keithwalton

Regarding the water cooler, have amd changed the retention method for the heatsink between the different A64 sockets ? IE would a 754/939 air cooler work with AM2 ? I have some recolection that they did tweak things abit which meant all good 939 coolers were just with AM2.

I'm not sure. I do know that the Freezer 64 Pro will do s754 & s939, & it doesn't come with any extra brackets or whatever, so maybe the mounting mechanisms for them are all the same.

Originally Posted by Web-Junkie

@Alien: No need to fit your cooler, I'll order one and if it works, it works, if it doesn't it hasn't broke the bank! The CPU fan is the stock AMD one. It's controlled by the mobo via PWM (4 pin CPU fan connector) and according to PC Probe it was spinning at 6000RPM, temp up around 60°C! Not sure whats gone wrong unless the clip has come loose on the heatsink. The additional fan in the Crosshair box is not connected, it's only used when passive cooling like a watercooler is used, not when air cooling is used so the stock cooler is plugged into the CPU fan connector.

I've just been looking at the ACF64P again, after reading a review of it. It is a rather big heatsink, & it looks like the fan will be above the first 1 or 2 RAM slots. Hopefully there'll be enough clearance so that I can leave the RAM in there, but once it's installed, if I wanted to remove the RAM I'd have to remove the heatsink [or at least unclip the fan, which is pretty simple] first. [when I eventually do it, I mean] Although your board is about 1.6" wider than mine, the RAM looks roughly the same distance from the CPU socket as mine, so you may want to bear in mind the above if you get the ACF64P.

More important than that though is that heatsink between the CPU socket & rear I/O ports. I was worried that it might be too close to allow the ACF64P to be fitted, but having spent a few mins looking at the pic of the Crosshair & the cooler I think you might just get away with it.

Originally Posted by Web-Junkie

At least the system is stable! It's not resetting, freezing or BSOD'ing, YET!!

Well that's always a good thing.

Originally Posted by Web-Junkie

As for the AM2 compatability, not sure! The board I put this water cooler in was a socket 940 and we had to remove the black bracket around the CPU and then put 4 bolts through the back of the mobo and backplate and then put a 'H' bracket over the bolts and slide it onto the water block then screw it down. It may work on an AM2, but won't know now he's selling it!

s940? So it was an Opteron board then? From recent reading, & as mentioned previously, I think it would have fitted, as it did say all K8, & AM2 is K8, as are s940 Opterons.