Heat sink for PCI dos card.

[crazyben]

I have this card but it is missing heatsink. Can anyone suggest some options for me to use here?

 

[Unknown_K]

The heatsink for the CPU? Either buy a dead card for the heatsink or find something close and pull tie it on.

 

[Byrd]

Any sort of low profile heatsink with long thin spines would do (like the later Intel Socket 370 heatsink or something for Socket A). I'd use thermal heatsink tape to hold it in place, but wouldn't trust just this to secure it. You could perhaps fabricate a wire like the stock unit to clip the heatsink down in the grooves - thin zip ties might also suffice.

 

[crazyben]

Thank you. I will do that.

 

[crazyben]

I bought the heatsink and upon further inspection I found that one cap is blown and one is missing. L12 and c82 in the picture. I am guessing C82 is 47uf 16v. How do I find the value for L12

 

[obsolete]

Odds are good that L12 is the same value as its neighbors, but you'll need something like an RLC meter to find out.

 

[crazyben]

Odds are good that L12 is the same value as its neighbors, but you'll need something like an RLC meter to find out.

I don’t have RLC meter. I guess I am out of luck.

 

[Byrd]

L12 is an inductor, purists will scoff but I would cannibalise the same component of similar dimension from a junk piece PCB, as it will be a low rating whatever it is. Cap looks like it was knocked off (compared to corroding itself off), a quick enough replacement. Also deep clean the board if you can. The VRAM can be also cannibalised from a junk PCI video card with same chips and you then have 2MB.

 

[crazyben]

Wow nice. Yeah I have few parts board that I can lift same components from.

For the VRAM would any chip work as long it is a pci video card?

 

[Byrd]

Most of the time it was the same VRAM, yes but check data sheets just in case and make sure the same speed or less.

 

[crazyben]

will do thank you.