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Originally posted by 8-Ball
I noticed you managed to get a dtek northbridge block atached using the regular HSF mounting clip from the IC7. How easy was that to do, since I've just picked up an IC7 and it's been puzzling me.
8-ball
PS, nice rig.
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Heh, I was rather proud of that myself. I just took a dremel with a grinding bit (sanding drum will work too) and took some material out of the inside so it would fit around the waterblock ... then took a tungston carbide drilling tip and cut the holes on either side so I could affix it to the waterblock. It works very well ... you have to be careful with the cutting of holes though ...
1) I broke one of my nice tips.... it was a very small one, drilled great, but just was too small and broke after I got it in. Perhaps I just wasn't steady enough.
2) If you use a fatter tip thats already the size of the hole you want to make, it'll be a bit tougher. You'll probably want someone to hold the object for you (you can't really do much with it on a vice, but I guess you could try using some other clamps) and then spend a lot of time stabilizing the portion of the dremel closest to the object. Otherwise it flies in every which direction.
Very hard metal... was a real pain in the butt
