Newbie Heatsink installation Help

[ace31216]

Hey guys? I?m a newbie when it comes to building computers. I need some advice. I have a thermaltake volcano II with a AMD T-Bird on an asus a7v133 board. I?ve read that putting too much pressure on the CPU from the heatsink may crack the core. My questions is there a particular method like installing it at a side angle and then clipping it or just put the whole thing on top of the processor and use a screwdriver to press down on the clip? I read that shims can?t be used for this HS. Any suggestions?

 

[L00PY]

Read AMD's HS installation guide. Short of buying a different HS you can: be careful, install the HS without the CPU in place to get a feel for how much pressure the clip needs, and be careful.

 

[Dayv]

http://www.hardwareoc.com/thermal.php
http://www.awaremag.com/tweaking/FOP38/fopinstall_1.html
Try those to sites. But basicly just be careful and take your time. If your worried about breaking the cpu you should try a better heatsink. One that is easier to install like a swiftech or the new alpha 8045.

 

[SWScorch]

<< Try those to sites. But basicly just be careful and take your time. If your worried about breaking the cpu you should try a better heatsink. One that is easier to install like a swiftech or the new alpha 8045. >>



hahahahaha! you called the 8045 "easy to install"!!!! Believe, after having spent over 3 hours last night installing my new 8045; it is NOT easy. It is a PITA, but well worth it IMO.

 

[GraveJoKer]

what happened SWScorch??
I heard the same thing and so went for it!!
Being a newbie I didn't wanted to risk frying a processor...

 

[Insidious]

Scorch dude,

My 8045 is gonna be here this weekend..... what happened? anything I should know? (are you talking about the dimm socket clearance thing?)