So I got my XP-90 today...

[Drudenhaus]

I got my new Thermalright XP-90 in the mail today to replace my stock HSF..yay! I attached my high speed Panaflo and proceeded to take out my mobo (Gigabyte GA-K8N Ultra-9 NF4) tray... The instructions explicitly say to use the stock retention plate to attach the new module...however the new module (quad corner clip vs stock 2 clip + arm locking thingy) is threaded for screws whereas the stock module uses a plastic clip system:

The plastic clips don't fit into the new retention module...nice, right? After 30 minutes of frustration (a.k.a looking for something to rig it with), I found a bag of nuts and bolts and 2 that fit, but were a bit long (you can see they stick out of the retention plate in the pic below). I ended up using the screws with the non threaded stock retention plate, the 2 nuts I found to hold it together, and a bit of electrical tape to avoid contact with the mobo tray.

Did I just happen to pick the one board that doesn't use screws to hold the stock retention module in place or is everybody that owns a S939 board + XP-90 having to do something like this?

 

[.xXLucidXx.]

my screws just went right into the back retention plate put some thermal paste on there and clipped the bugger in
sounds like ur specific mobo had some troubles

 

[Aaron_ATX]

I got my new Thermalright XP-90 in the mail today to replace my stock HSF..yay! I attached my high speed Panaflo and proceeded to take out my mobo (Gigabyte GA-K8N Ultra-9 NF4) tray... The instructions explicitly say to use the stock retention plate to attach the new module...however the new module (quad corner clip vs stock 2 clip + arm locking thingy) is threaded for screws whereas the stock module uses a plastic clip system:


The plastic clips don't fit into the new retention module...nice, right? After 30 minutes of frustration (a.k.a looking for something to rig it with), I found a bag of nuts and bolts and 2 that fit, but were a bit long (you can see they stick out of the retention plate in the pic below). I ended up using the screws with the non threaded stock retention plate, the 2 nuts I found to hold it together, and a bit of electrical tape to avoid contact with the mobo tray.


Did I just happen to pick the one board that doesn't use screws to hold the stock retention module in place or is everybody that owns a S939 board + XP-90 having to do something like this?

Nope, afaik its just us gigabyte owners. +5 points for the electrical tape.

 

[Drudenhaus]

Nope, afaik its just us gigabyte owners. +5 points for the electrical tape.

Awesomeness. Good news is that my max load temp on 1.55V dropped from 44C to 39C and the AS5 hasn't even broken in yet.

 

[_Korruption_]

Nope, afaik its just us gigabyte owners. +5 points for the electrical tape.

Yup, Thermalright says you need to buy the rear backplate because Gigabyte likes to do their own thing.