RAM Heat Sync

Hi,
This is kind of off topic, but someone in my company managed to order some XServe RAM from Crucial.co.uk, but without the Heat Syncs....does anyone know where/if you can buy the heat syncs for these separately?
Regards,
Dan

Yes i do!!
I have DR2 PC2-5300 Ram...4GB worth in 512MB strips....anyone want some...?!
So i take it nowhere will sell the extra parts i need then? I have some proper XServe RAM here that i could take the parts that i need off those, but i don't think i have enough of those. And then i'd be in the same situation with those bits as well...****!!
Anymore ideas, besides selling or throwing away?

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