Ok, this thing started bugging me too much, so I removed the Vendetta 2. A big mistake. The pushpins felt more fragile than the one's on intel stock coolers. For the first time in my life there now blood on the heatsink, haha.
Cleaned the sink and cpu with spirit, applied the grease correctly...
Thanks guys, especially BonzaiDuck for your in-depth advice!
Yeah, they didn't have arctic silver so I thought I'll just go with the paste that's bundled.
Gave a good press on the push-pins, they were all good.
1. and 3. I have the latest bios, i flashed it two days ago.
2. The bios that...
To me that sounds like way too much thermal paste.
Also you don't need to spread the paste around like that, pressing the sink on the cpu should be enough to make it spread evenly.
Did some of the grease squeeze out from between the sink and the cpu?
Hello all!
I'm new here and wish that someone could give me some advice on my current problem.
First off, here's my setup:
Q9550
Asus striker II extreme
OCZ vendetta 2 cpu cooler
OCZ ddr3 2gb 1600 MHz platinum
Asus 900 ultimate gamer case
2 x 9800gt
Vista home premium
The...
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