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February 11th, 2023 06:00

Cpu cooler

I have recently put a optiplex 7020 motherboard into one of the bigger 3010 case and now there are no mounts for the cpu cooler

 

any ideas of what I should do ?

  • redxps630

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    Posted February 11th, 2023 08:00

    You probably have 7020 sff motherboard which has no Dell backplate. The sff board is mounted to chassis studs/standoffs in sff case. The 3010 mt motherboard has Dell M3 backplate so it does not use chassis standoffs, thus mt case has no stand-off. To install sff board in mt case you could consider use generic M3 backplate for LGA115# socket such as this.E75A705A-6303-43A6-AD79-28B7A2BB3E9B.jpeg

    SFF case w stand-offSFF case w stand-offMT case no stand-offMT case no stand-offSFF board no Dell backplateSFF board no Dell backplateMT board w Dell backplateMT board w Dell backplate

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    Posted February 12th, 2023 17:00

    Also, 7020 SFF and 3010 MT have different front I/O panels.  So I'm not sure if compatibility issues will arise.

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    Posted February 13th, 2023 08:00

    brad has a good point.  SFF back IO shield is fixed in SFF case which means you can not move it to MT case.  I would just leave it without shield after swap.