Didn't get a retention bracket with my AC 64 Pro

farhad_nikkhoo · 6 Nov 2006 at 20:57

If I've posted in the wrong section then please move it to the right section.

As the title suggests, I did not get a retention bracket with my arctic cooling 64 pro heatsink, Am I supposed to?

I have the AMD dual core 4200 socket AM2.

My motherboard's retention bracket is of the wrong type, as you can see why from these images.

These are the clip orientation on the Arctic Cooler.

This is my motherboard's bracket, and it's screwed on by 4 screws on all sides

This is what I need, which is only screwed on at the middle on both sides.

Help! lol what do I do?

Oh and incase you're wondering, I've already attached the fan, and it's very unstable, as I need all 3 clips attached, not just the middle one.

Can I get the right brackets from anywhere?

TaKeN · 6 Nov 2006 at 22:18

I think that heatsink is for Socket 939 only boards

MeatLoaf · 6 Nov 2006 at 22:21

The freezer 64 works fine on socket AM2. I had one with an AM2 chip and used just the middle lug and it was fine.

farhad_nikkhoo · 6 Nov 2006 at 22:34

Ok well.... the retention clip on the bracket broke, because there's only one of them on each side

Now I'm in a real mess. my motherboard is the MSI M2N4

Does anyone know of any fan that has that bracket? I know that the bracket is a socket 939 type, but it MUST be of the type with 4 screws.

EDIT:

I believe this is what I need:

This is the AM2 revision A bracket from Thermalright. Does that mean that if I buy a thermalright heatsink one of these will be included? I can't seem to find where I can buy one on their own

MeatLoaf · 6 Nov 2006 at 22:57

The original freezer came with a 939 bracket if i recall right, but thats no good for AM2

El Jimben · 6 Nov 2006 at 23:38

MeatLoaf said:
The original freezer came with a 939 bracket if i recall right, but thats no good for AM2

The Pro version for 939 doesn't, it looks exactly the same as above. The 939 socket on the mobo has 3 clips on each side so that it fits the freezer pro perfectly. My board for instance - http://www.itnewsonline.com/images/news/Asus-A8R32-MVP.jpg

If it does fit (badly) on the AM2 socket, it doesn't look that compatible to me. The artic cooling website says it is though.