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    Opteron Temperature

    The ambient temperature has been in the 90's here lately...farenheit. How do I go about separating the CPU from the Heatsink?...and how do I remove the compound? I heard the compound Spire ships with their products is no good... Thanks R
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    Opteron Temperature

    I just put together a system that uses an Opteron 146 processor with an ASUS SK8V. I bought afan/heatsink made by Spire to cool it. I'm concerned about the temperature of my chip. It seems its been idling around 40 degrees C, and under load, peaks at 66 degrees C. Which is hot. The AMD...