Thermalright XP-120 motherboard compatibility

[pddaum]

The new Thermalright XP-120 heatsink...you know that huge thing with the 120mm fan natively. So i saw a preview of it a while back (now it's available) and the guy had it on an ABIT IC7. He didnt mention anything about compatibility. I have the IC7 MAX3 and I'm wondering if anyone might have tried this heatsink or knows if it will or won't work. I saw a recent article and the guy said it wouldn't work on the IC7-G MAX2 Advance. He said the northbridge got in the way on one side and the capacitors on the other. Can capacitors be slightly bent if needed? If I try to remove the northbridge hsf is it adhered to the chip? Anything pertaining to these issues please... thanks

 

[Colt357TW]

wont work, plastic OTES mechanical interfere with the heatpipes, and turn it 180 degrees wont help either

 

[pddaum]

well the plastic OTES is just screwed on and can be removed, but the capacitors under it may collide with the heatsink. If it is only slight, can they be bent a bit? Also A little off topic...what the hell is the IC7-G MAX II Advance? Abit doesn't even list this board on their site...Is it the same as the IC7-G...people just call it max 2 advance as some codename or something?