>> Henning Brauer wrote: >> >* Jeff Ross <jr...@openvistas.net> [2010-03-02 16:59]: >> >>I bought a replacement supermicro motherboard off fleabay that has >> >>dual Opteron 250 @2.4GHz. The cpus have passive heatsinks, it is in >> >>a supermicro 2U chassis with 4 front fans. >> > >> >do you have the air shroud? this plastic thing that forms a "tunnel" >> >over the heatsinks? it is required. >> > >> >> No, the motherboard didn't come with that. If I can find one will >> that mean I don't need the active heatsinks? > >that's how supermicro delivers the 2U systems, so i'd say yes, you won't need them.
I had this problem before, an old Cereal box + Scissors + tape fixed it right up. But your mileage may vary
