hi there,
Im sad to say that a stable overclocked Duron has bit the dust. I thought that I had done plenty of research when looking for a cooling solution for my buy.com Duron 650mhz. So I went ahead and jumped on the alpha 6035 heatsink. Well over the last week I began having my PC run at hotter temps than with the stock HSF combo, so I figured that the alpha was not making good contact with the cpu. I carefully removed it several times (knowing sharky killed a duron and thunderbird because of the heatsinks, and other websites that have stated to be VERY careful installing and removing them) and repositioned it (Alpha) on the cpu in two different orientations. Well Im positive that the clip on the alpha was not applying pressure evenly across the core, since I noticed that two corners of the core were chipped pretty bad. Is there a company out there that sells a clip for the alpha which will work with the duron/thunderbird? I contacted 3dfxcool.com about just returning the HSF combo but have gotten no reply on the clip issue. All I wanted was to get a refund or exchange for the globalwin FOB38 or the Taisi HSF.
To make it short I have a new duron enroute today from buy.com (a 700mhz) to replace the poor old 650 (which ran stable @ 970mhz! 1.85-1.80v! Win2kPro rock solid and was spanking the PIII 1ghz on Sandra!!)
If I cant return the Heatsink, does anybody have a recommendation? I mean I understand that the alpha hs rocks, so if this problem can be fixed with just a new clip or a modification I would just as well keep the alpha.
Thank you!
Carlos
Im sad to say that a stable overclocked Duron has bit the dust. I thought that I had done plenty of research when looking for a cooling solution for my buy.com Duron 650mhz. So I went ahead and jumped on the alpha 6035 heatsink. Well over the last week I began having my PC run at hotter temps than with the stock HSF combo, so I figured that the alpha was not making good contact with the cpu. I carefully removed it several times (knowing sharky killed a duron and thunderbird because of the heatsinks, and other websites that have stated to be VERY careful installing and removing them) and repositioned it (Alpha) on the cpu in two different orientations. Well Im positive that the clip on the alpha was not applying pressure evenly across the core, since I noticed that two corners of the core were chipped pretty bad. Is there a company out there that sells a clip for the alpha which will work with the duron/thunderbird? I contacted 3dfxcool.com about just returning the HSF combo but have gotten no reply on the clip issue. All I wanted was to get a refund or exchange for the globalwin FOB38 or the Taisi HSF.
To make it short I have a new duron enroute today from buy.com (a 700mhz) to replace the poor old 650 (which ran stable @ 970mhz! 1.85-1.80v! Win2kPro rock solid and was spanking the PIII 1ghz on Sandra!!)
If I cant return the Heatsink, does anybody have a recommendation? I mean I understand that the alpha hs rocks, so if this problem can be fixed with just a new clip or a modification I would just as well keep the alpha.
Thank you!
Carlos
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