Heatsink woes

Alright folks, I'm in a bit of a pickle, and I'm wondering what people's suggestions / input might be.

I recently ordered:
- Abit VP6
- (2) 1GHz P3 - 133Mhz bus

I started putting this together this afternoon....and while mounting the heatsink on the 2nd CPU, one of the plastic "lips" on the Socket370 socket snapped off like a twig.

These "lips" are what the Heatsink secures itself too. Only 2 sides of the socket offers these "lips", so now that one side got blown due to faulty plastic...I'm left with only one lip http://dev.www.sharkyforums.forums.relay.cool/ Well in truth...the "lip" which snapped off still has about half of itself left....but unfortunately the Heatsink clip simply can't hold onto it without popping off in a matter of seconds.

So..I've rigged up a method involving some string which secures the Heatsink onto the CPU semi-well....but I'm really not liking this situation.

At idle process, the CPU which has it's heatsink mounted properly hovers around 23'C, while the "rigged" CPU/Heatsink hover around 46'C.

I'm just not liking the situation...and I'm pretty cheesed that Abit's plastic garbage socket snapped on me.


Are there other P3-FCPGA heatsinks I could buy out there which might have a better shot at handling this precarious situation?

I'ev already contacted the company I purchased this from, and they won't accept returns since this wasn't a product 'defect' in their mind, but rather a physical issue. They said I would have to contact Abit directly....if I were to seek a replacement. Ugh...going through Abit would be a long and painful process....

I would advise you to contact Abit directly, if Abit allows this. I know ASUS deals with warrranties with their customers directly and I've gotten 1 brand new board replacement for no charge.

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I use to be a Intel fan because that's all I knew about processors. Now I'm an AMD fan because I know all about processors.

I've seen a mod which involves a guitar string and patience. However, you're never going to have the performance that you'd have with a proper lugs. The person who made the original socket specification really didn't cater to the need of having a heatsink on top of the CPU. http://dev.www.sharkyforums.forums.relay.cool/

Moving to Cases and Cooling.

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