Slot 1 HSF question...

[nightowl]

I have a P2 450 that was in a Compaq PC and the original HS as come off. The CPU is a SECC2 packaging and I have a SECC2 HSF. Now, does the HSF need to come in contact with the cache memory on the CPU or do they only require air cooling? The cache on the CPU does have thermal paste on the chips, at least it looks that way.

 

[nightowl]

Anyone?

 

[snowwie]

I could have sworn that P2 uses SECC packaging, and SECC2 is for P3 slot chips

I have a P3 450 sitting here and it has two cache memory chips on it, maybe that's what you have?

but I'm pretty sure the cpu sits higher than the memory chips, and the chips are not cooled by the heatsink
that's how my P3 is...
the only P2 450 I ever had was fitted with a giant heatsink that was nearly impossible to remove, so I never saw underneath

 

[shoman94]

Originally posted by: nightowl
I have a P2 450 that was in a Compaq PC and the original HS as come off. The CPU is a SECC2 packaging and I have a SECC2 HSF. Now, does the HSF need to come in contact with the cache memory on the CPU or do they only require air cooling? The cache on the CPU does have thermal paste on the chips, at least it looks that way.

No it doesn't touch....

 

[nightowl]

That is what I thought, but the cache memory chips have what looks to be some type of thermal compound on them. I was not sure if there was a metal shim between the chips and the HSF or not.

 

[shoman94]

Nope...no shim...it's probably just a coating....