Intel 775 kits (1st pics)

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My new 775 kit arrived this morning,many thanks Phil.

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Kit contents :-

1x aluminium backplate

1x plastic frontplate

1x metal retaining plate

1x 12v,7.2w heater pad

8x m3x15mm countersunk posi-headed screws,1 full set of 4 + 1 spare set

2x m4x20mm s/s allen-head bolts,fitted with 1 spring,3 washers+1 rubber seal

4x additional washers

1x 5m sealstring

1x 3mm allen-key

1x 1.75g arctic alumina ceramic compound
 
1st thoughts

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The moulded plastic frontplate is more sharply moulded than previous kits and seems a slightly different compound.Looks more refined,but possibly a little more fragile too.

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Hmm,machining isn't the greatest

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No play in the mounting lugs,so no more bits of credit card or cable-tie to take up the play.
 
more thoughts

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Still got plastic threads,even more chance of stripping them with the new smaller finer threaded screws.Please be careful not to overtighten the screws in these threads;-tip-remove any sealstring from screw threads.

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Looks like the heater pads will require a little trimming with a sharp pair of scissors.

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Nice snug fit,even on whats probably the trickiest socket around,just clears all the little smd's around socket,holes line up well,going to have to be careful removing this once sealstringed on though,because that top part looks a bit thin and might snap with too much strain on it.It's probably this very motherboard that forced the new design to be the way it is.
 
Very nice. Great piccies too ThickBrit.
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They look good and it's nice to see ECT thinking about the socket kits a little more then nVentiv/Chip-Con ever did. The Alu backplate will also help stop bowing when tightening the screws too much.
 
great pics thickbrit, theyve run the fly cutter too quickly over the ally bit and it looks well rippled - could do a better job 'mi sen' !!:)

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Great review - very tight on that mobo though, maybe two layers of seal string might not be a good idea any more?
 
Excellent mini-review Thicky, I'm going to show this to the ECT guys - appreciate it.

Also, the A64 kits have been redesigned too, and follow a similar line to the above, along with the new aluminium backing plate and extra-strong lugs.
 
Having fitted the kit now,i would like to mention 1 more thing Phil,i particularly don't like the way there are no standoff's around the screwholes on the aluminium backplate.The backplate could potentially come into contact with smd components or the mobo itself and i dont like the thought of that.Also standoff's would allow one to judge when the screws are tight enough as you would see when the standoff contacts the mobo.As it is now the backplate just "floats" on the sealstring and its guesswork as to how tight to tighten screws.The only other problems with the install were,once i put sealstring under front plate i found the standoffs on that could do with being 0.5/1.0mm taller too,and lastly getting the frontplate (with sealstring on) between the socket and those caps on the left of socket was very tricky because the sealstring sticks to the caps on the way down,but this is mobo related and not something ect should particularly worry about.I only mentioned it for the benefit of anyone considering using this combination (875p-t).Fitting technique is pretty much the same as previous kits,i dc4'ed the socket,but didn't bother with conformal coatings as the kit fits tight to the socket and there are no smd's on rear of socket.Thats it.....its all fitted,no major issues and i'm very pleased with the results,thanks Phil.
 
nice review... and on my fav DFI 875P-T board too

i particularly don't like the way there are no standoff's around the screwholes on the aluminium backplate.The backplate could potentially come into contact with smd components or the mobo itself and i dont like the thought of that.Also standoff's would allow one to judge when the screws are tight enough as you would see when the standoff contacts the mobo.As it is now the backplate just "floats" on the sealstring and its guesswork as to how tight to tighten screws.
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kind of worrying that would be
 
With the advent of conroe, I thought it might be an idea for this to be stickied, mods?

Cheers Thickbrit.
 
Yes please sticky and great job Thicky :D

It would also be nice if there was one for a chilly1 mounting
 
fatty said:
Yes please sticky and great job Thicky :D

It would also be nice if there was one for a chilly1 mounting
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Stickied and I will post a new thread with pics of a base build for chilly mounts ;)

Mav
 
775 kit not mounting square.

I'm finally getting around to installing the LGA 775 kit on an EVGA NF68.

The problem is (and I can even see it in the other pics posted in this thread) is the clips on the plastic top mount are not centered properly. Therefore the metal plate that the microfreezer attatches to also will not line up square with the top of the cpu.

I apologize for the horrible quality of this photo, and the even worse MS paint job but I only have a cheezy old PC to use right now to type this!

As you can see the metal plate is blocking 2 sides of the CPU. Even if I could install the microfreezer, its TOTALLY off center. The opening of the metal plate needs to line up with the CPU opening. This is my third mounting block (1st XP, 2nd FX, now 775) I never had this problem before. The mounts ALWAYS centered to the cpu opening so the freezer was square and flush with the top of the CPU.

This plastic mount ONLY goes one way (at least on this board) but as I said, I can see the metal plate is not centered in the pics above as well so I am clueless as what to do now?
 
It looks to me as though you have the correct orientation of everything and your socket does seem to be a little off centre,however i doubt it is any fault of the fitting kit as they are designed to fit the intel reference design.More likely for technical reasons the mobo maker decided to move the socket slightly.Not all fitting kits have always lined up square on the cpu's,i had a few 478 boards that were a little off.Anyway,i'm pretty sure you will have adequate contact and cooling in the chip area of the heatspreader,despite not having full coverage,to at least install it and have a trial run.
 
Yuck. It's way more than "slight". one whole corner of the freezer head will be off in space and that large gap concerns me for condensation not to mentio this is a quad core CPU I'm using so (to me anyways) proper surface contact is crucial. The plastic opening fits properly. Its not off center and the reason I know that is the widest part of the box (the one the ZIF lever nests in) is dead on. the narrow edges fit properly to the row of caps, etc.

The plastic tabs are too far to one side. The funny part is if I could flip it upside down the tabs reverse and the metal plate is square to the cpu opening!

I'm just not comfortable mouning it so far off center. seems to be defeating the purpose. What a bummer.
 
Ok,take a look at the 3rd pic in post #3 of this thread.Now rotate that pic 180 degrees,to put it in the same orientation as your pic,correct ? Now when my metal plate is fitted properly to the plastic housing and same orientation as your pic,you should be able to see that the largest gap between metal plate and housing in my pic would be at the top,whereas in your pic,the largest gap is at the bottom.Can you investigate any possible causes of this please ?.Also be sure to check that no part of the assembly is fouling the cpu socket at all,particularly the "hinge" parts of the flip-up cpu retainer.If needed we will compare measurements of the plastic lugs that hold the metal plate and even the plate if needed.We'll get you an answer.
 
Ok, I have a better picture now.

I have lined up the holes of the plastic block with the MB. I have just laid the metal mount on top in a centered fashion. You can CLEARLY see the black plastic mounting tabs are way too far to the right in relation to where the openings for them are on the metal mount. (assuming the opening is centered to the CPU as you see here).

It is so bad in fact that as I said before the opening in the metal itself physically contacts the CPU on (what is in this picture) the left side if I actually mount the metal plate into the plastic tabs.

as I said, the mounting holes thru the MB are lined up. The ZIF lever (you can barely see) is tucked exactly where it is supposed to be. everything in this picture is right EXCEPT the location of the lugs on the plastic block.

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I have measured my lugs and spacing as seen in your picture and from a total aperture of 55mm (left to right),i have the following from left to right :- 10.5mm gap ---> 7.5mm lug ---> 5mm gap ---> 5.5mm lug ---> 5mm gap ---> 9mm lug ---> 12.5mm gap.How does yours compare ?
 
Mine same orientation as pic measuring along the bottom.

total aperture opening 55mm

13mm gap ---> 9mm lug ---> 5mm gap ---> 5.5mm lug ---> 5mm gap ---> 9mm lug ---> 9mm gap (differences in bold )

See? my lugs are shifted RIGHT to yours! (i'm not as concerned with the lug width differences than I am from the left edge to tthe first edge of the first lug going right) You can even see it when you look at the pic. Look at the gap between the left edge of the opening and the right edge of the first lug-13.5mm! and if you eyeball the opening for thar same lug on the metal piece( I have centered to the CPU in the pic), it looks like it's around 9 or so from left inside edge-like your lugs actually are.

Something indeed is amiss!! And thank you for checking !!
 
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