praise the lord, I found it, it's the
ACER HI.10800.028 cooler and doesn't need and mounting bracket
It seems that this motherboard uses the same CPU cooler retention bracket for both Intel and AMD CPUs, sort of universal cooler mounting bracket.
Can you please confirm that the CPU cooler mounting screws form a square?
yeah they form a square, I've measured them too and it clearly won't fit any standard am3 CPU brackets
Brands like Dell, Acer... don't always follow standards.
You might have to remove the old retention bracket and replace it with a standard LGA 11xx mounting set like this if the dimensions are similar.
praise the lord, I found it, it's thethanks, ill try this, i cant find any non standardized Acer brackets, so it might be the only way
praise the lord, I found it, it's the
ACER HI.10800.028 cooler and doesn't need and mounting bracket
Yes it's s standard cooler for Intel CPU like the 775, in fact there is a mounting bracket that is on the other side of the motherboard.
If your motherboard already has the bracket, the fan will install without problem (given that the clearance with the capacitors is good).
yeah, thanks for the help
I thought it would need an extra place for the heat sync to hook onto like with some amd coolers (given that its an am3 motherboard)