Need tips (building Duron 850Mhz system)

[Luthius]

Hey all,

I am going to be building my new system in roughly 3 hours time, And I need some tips.

Here is what I am building:
Midi ATX Case
300Watt Power Supply (Pickup in 3 hours)
Tyan Trinity KT-A Mainboard (Pickup in 3 hours)
AMD Duron 850Mhz Processor
Thermal Engine Heatsink/Fan (Pickup in 3 hours)
128MB Kingmax PC-133 SDRAM
GeForce 2 MX 32MB AGP Videocard
Creative Soundblaster Live! Value PCI Soundcard
SMC Ez 10/100Mbps Ethernet NIC (ADSL Connection)
Firewire PCI Card (3 Port)
1.44 Floppy Disk Drive
Western Digital 10GB Hard Drive
Shintaro CDR 120 12x10x32x CD-R/RW
Generic PS/2 Windows Keyboard
Generic PS/2 3 Button mouse
Daewoo 518X 15" Monitor


All other parts I have assembled except the Thermal Engine HSF, Power Supply & Ram which I am picking up from the post office in 3 hours time, Any tips on putting the HSF Thermal Engine fan on, Is it easy of difficult?

-David Giles

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Launching April 21st

 

[Luthius]

^BUMP^

 

[SnoopCat]

the heatsink clip is sometimes hard to put on sometimes, i know the coolermasters are a b!tch. Just know that it shouldnt take all ur stregnth to try and put it on. U may need to bend the clip urself a little bit so it will be easier. I almost cracked my cpu by smashing it with the heatsink.

 

[Geek]

The heatsinks I have installed on Durons only go on one way, but that may not be immediately obvious. If you are having trouble with the heatsink clip, check the geometry and try flipping it around 180 degrees. NEVER force it!

 

[SerraYX]

It shouldn't be that hard, I thought the PAL6035 I used on here was really easy to get on. Coolermasters are a little tougher though, and it will require a bit of force. The 6035 could go on either way (it is square), but some heatsinks have an "overhang" that go on the obvious way. Personally I like using my fingers over a screwdriver. Make sure it looks like it *should* go on the way you have it, so it's not backwards.

*Always* check for loose screws in the case. I found one at the last second, and it could have meant disaster. Also, go slowly.

One last thing: check your boot disk. Took me a f@#$in hour to figure out why it wouldn't read my boot disk. It became corrupted somehow, uh: .

Good luck, the speed is well worth the trouble installing it