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 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....