Need help with Athlon (PLEASE READ if you own or owned one)

[killabeas]

Okay, PLEASE read this post all the way to the end.

My good friend is between a rock and a hard place with his 1.4 Ghz Athlon. When he was putting his system together, he pulled the 4 foam pieces off the corners. Well, the processor doesn't work, and the computer store won't take the cpu back without the foam bumpers on there, and all AMD will give him in exchange for it (after much negotiating) is a 950 Mhz cpu. If anyone has a burnt up processor, or one with a cracked core, and has foam bumpers that you could send to me, PLEASE do. Or if you know where you can buy these, please let me know.

Either email me, or PM me as soon as possible.

Thanks

 

[Bignate603]

you mean those 4 little foam pad thingy's on the cpu?

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

<< you mean those 4 little foam pad thingy's on the cpu? >>

im sure that's what he's talking about.
question though, why did he take them off?
edit: maybe you could pick up a used 600 duron or something for cheap. i think new 700's go for about 30$

 

[gygheyzeus]

Why would you take those off? they kinda help to safeguard from crushing your core. I'm sure they're the only reason why I didn't crush mine.

 

[killabeas]

yeah, i'm talking about the four little rubber feet on the corners.

he took them off because another one of my friends claimed to have read an article that said if you take them off you get a better connection between the heatsink and the core or something...........