Smoking artic silver II

[dhollcroft]

I installed a thermalright sk6 on an athlon 1k and it was slightly tilted when i booted. This was on an Abit kt7-raid. I think the cooler touched one of the raised conductive parts of the proc. while booting, anyway i could smell the thermal compound before the system shut itself down. i tried rebooting several times after properly installing the cooler with no results. the mobo. will not post or anything. all drives will power up though, i don't get a bios screen. Is is likely that my proc. is ruined and/or the mobo. as well.
does anyone have any ideas? the mobo will not power down with the power switch after a boot try.

 

[Jerboy]

<< I installed a thermalright sk6 on an athlon 1k and it was slightly tilted when i booted. This was on an Abit kt7-raid. I think the cooler touched one of the raised conductive parts of the proc. while booting, anyway i could smell the thermal compound before the system shut itself down. i tried rebooting several times after properly installing the cooler with no results. the mobo. will not post or anything. all drives will power up though, i don't get a bios screen. Is is likely that my proc. is ruined and/or the mobo. as well.
does anyone have any ideas? the mobo will not power down with the power switch after a boot try. >>



You have to hold the power but for 5+sec. Arctic silver isn't a good enough conductor to heatup when connected to electrically energized parts, so if you smelled something funny you cooked the processor.


After confirming your processor is dead, go to Da' Athlon busting survey and give an appropriate answer

 

[dhollcroft]

I thought that artict silver II is very conductive and is one reason cpu shims are available.

 

[Jerboy]

<< I thought that artict silver II is very conductive and is one reason cpu shims are available. >>



I thought you meant electrically conductive part. ASII is relatively thermally conductive while being an electrical insulator.

Sounds as you busted the processor by installing the heatsink improperly.

Shims can do more harm than good if you used properly. You need to apply thermal compound(Radio Shack stuff is fine) on the purple square in middle of the CPU and no where else. Make sure the recessed side of heatsink goes to raised side of the socket. Attach the hook, place the heatsink on CPU and push down on clip on the other side without pushing the heatsink to install.

 

[Mitzi]

I think the cooler touched one of the raised conductive parts of the proc. while booting, anyway i could smell the thermal compound before the system shut itself down.

What raised conductive parts of the proc? The little pads on each corner of the processor? They are not conductive - they are used to help stabilise the seating of the heatsink and fan - nothing more.

I thought that artict silver II is very conductive and is one reason cpu shims are available.

Arctic Silver II is used to transfer heat from the CPU core (the little gold square in the centre of the processor) onto your heatsink. From the statement above I get the impression you don't know what shims are for - shims are used to assist you in not crushing the core of the processor when mounting the heatsink - they are not used to help cool your processor!

I think you need to read the application instrutions fully from the Arctic Silver web site - it sounds like you are doing something wrong.

 

[Mats]

Smoking gives you lung cancer, besides, if smoking Arctic Silver didn't kill you, you must have a pretty bad headache by now.

 

[OCDuron]

<< Smoking gives you lung cancer, besides, if smoking Arctic Silver didn't kill you, you must have a pretty bad headache by now. >>



Smoking AS2 gives you a nice high...so I've heard.

dhollcroft,

Have you checked to see if you have any chips on your CPU core? I'm also thinking that you fried your CPU. When I saw your thread title...I was almost too scared to read your post. Sorry.

 

[Wind]

<< I installed a thermalright sk6 on an athlon 1k and it was slightly tilted when i booted. >>


Thts the prob. A burned CPU.

 

[baldy]

uh, fried.

takes only a few seconds.

i have read many a post regarding this heatsink, you HAVE to be real careful when installing, it can hang on the socket side if it is just slightly off center.

best way is to install carefully, then remove and check the pattern left by the core, i think you can figure out the rest.

frankly, it only takes me maybe twenty minutes to remove the m/b and attach the heatsink and reinstall, so visual checking for a perfect fit is easy. you can also check the installation with a small mirror and a very small penlight shining from an opposite side it you want to leave the board in the box, i think you can figure out the rest too.

err, your motherboard should be fine, i had a k7m that i fried four processors on due to my stupidity, but never fubared the board.

just be more carefull with the heatsink attachment next time.

baldy

 

[dhollcroft]

Thanks for the replies guys. I did install the cooler very carefully and look at its position. That particular clip is more offset than the one i had so it creates more room for error and it may have been resting on the socket causing it to not sit flush on the core. The Proc. has no physical damage such as chipping etc. All that i noticed was some burnt thermal compound on the edge of the core. I thought that maybe the cooler had touched one of the 12 raised circuit-like parts around the core. (i'm not sure what those are or if they are even circuits). I guess my only option is to buy a new proc. and give it a try. i was concerned about the mobo. but maybe it will be fine

 

[chizow]

As Frank Black, ie Black Francis would have said had the Pixies still been around......

This T-Bird's Gone to Heaven!!!.................

Chiz

 

[Mitzi]

I thought that maybe the cooler had touched one of the 12 raised circuit-like parts around the core. (i'm not sure what those are or if they are even circuits). I guess my only option is to buy a new proc. and give it a try. i was concerned about the mobo. but maybe it will be fine

I hope your MOBO is okay - only by fitting a new CPU in it will you really know.

Also those twelve circuit-like parts around the core are the CPUs' bridges.

Here are some good articles on Athlon bridges..

VIA's KT133A - Overclocking w/ the 133MHz FSB: The "Issue"

AMD 1000Mhz (1Ghz) T-Bird CPU Review

Hope you have a little more luck with your next CPU