Pal6035 - Little Feet?

[aznmist]

Hi. I have a Pal6035 and I want to mount it on a CopperMine. It do not have the little foam feet...should I just do it? Will this crack the core? What should I do?

 

[kyoshozx]

You can just mount it, but make sure it's sitting properly. But on the safe side you can always buy a copper shim.

 

[aznmist]

Copper shims are $$$$

 

[micron]

What costs more a copper shim or a cracked core?

 

[shiznut123]

a cracked core

 

[aznmist]

Okay..please give me useful info

shims are priced at 1/6 of my cpu!!

 

[micron]

The point that i'm trying to make is that the price of a copper shim is worth it to protect your core .

 

[micron]

Or find a way to get the little feet.

 

[aznmist]

will any feet do?

 

[shiznut123]

probably

 

[Lord Gwynz]

What I did when I transferred my old Alpha from my C400 to my C566 was use some adhesive foam I had left over from my pelitier setup. It wasn't too difficult to balance the heatsink once I applied a small cutout square of foam to the bottom of each corner of the heatsink where it would sit on the chip since the foam compresses pretty easily. The gap between the heatsink and the surface of the chip is almost paper thin so you'll have to trim down the foam quite closely. Then shine a light through the gap with a flashlight to make sure the heatsink it firmly sitting flat on the core.