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Thunderbird 1Ghz Question, Please Help

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This goes out to anyone who has a Thunderbird 1GHz or other. When installing my HSF onto the chip, I had a hell of a time getting it on there. First I got the thermal paste, sploched it on in a nice even layer over the bottom of the HSF, then I go to put it on. Uh Oh... the damn heatsink is too big. Grind it down a bit, repeat. Damn, clips arnt latching on very easily. press harder... hope this dont break the processor. click. its on.

Here's my question. I'm not sure if the HSF is going to draw enough heat away from the processor, due to the fact that, well, it seems like the HSF is only touching the little feet looking things on the processor and the piggybacked extra chip sticking out of the processor. to get the thermal paste to touch everything, i would have to use like the whole little tube of the stuff (they're supposed to be good for 3 cpu's). Ive read horror stories about people frying their processors within a few seconds of bootup so i want to be sure im pretty safe... any advice?
 
It would help if you provided the type of heatsink you are using, but I am guessing that you have a heatsink that is not specifically designed for a Socket processor... can you grind the feet down? The HS should be totally flush with the chip.

Good luck!
 
It would help if you provided the type of heatsink you are using, but I am guessing that you have a heatsink that is not specifically designed for a Socket processor... can you grind the feet down? The HS should be totally flush with the chip.

Good luck!

Doh! Damn sloppy on the double post. Apologies.
 


<< then I go to put it on. Uh Oh... the damn heatsink is too big. Grind it down a bit, repeat >>



What exactly was too big and what did you grind down?
Which H.S.?

There shouldn't be ANY gap between the H.S. and die.
 
unfortunatley i dont know the model of the HSF. I bought it at a computer show as a package deal type of thing... its a big friggin blue heatsink (stands about 4&quot; off the motherboard) with a fan sunk into it... the heatsink is sleightly twisted looking. the base of the heatsink is a circular surface, and it was made for the processor (or at least thats what the guy said)
 
What heatsink fan are you using?? As far as I know, the heatsink surface should only touch the center part of the processor and the little rubber feet. The amount of thermal paste you put on should have no relation to the amount of space between the heatsink and processor because the thermal paste is only there to fill the miniscule dips and cracks between the two. The layer of paste should be very very thin.
 
that was my major concern, any motherboard that I have purchased previously has always had the HSF already on there, so I had never done it before... If its only supposed to touch the center of the chip and the rubber feel, thats great.

CRV: I ground down the heatsink itself because it was pressed up against a few capacitors on my motherboard, nothing major
 
yes, the HS should touch only the die and the 4 rubber feels at the corner. If your HS touches the whole chip, you have crushed your tbird die 🙂
 
now i cant wait till i get home to hold the board up to the light and see if in fact its only touching the center piece and I didnt blow my money... of course, if it IS crushed, I'll return it and say that the guy put it on for me... wait, that wont work... i ground the heatsink... DOH

CRV: voodooextreme rocks man... too bad its down.
 
sounds like an orb. a blue one at that. maybe you got an older model that's not compatible with socket A. That's what it sounds like.
 
sorry guys, but i would have to disagree with you on this one, Im 99% positive its not for a videocard. it has the clips to clip onto the socket, and if im not mistaken (which in this case im not 🙂 ) theres no socketA type connection on any video card that ive ever seen 🙂

however it DOES look like this one, http://2cooltek.safeshopper.com/1/107.htm?742 but its blue, taller and with the fan sunk in more. (notice that its for socket boards)
 
My guess is that he has an ABIT KT7 with the new super duper ORB, big tall mutha, not even sure its made by thermaltake. My suggestion, pitch it. I normally recommend TAISOLs but for your 1 gig baby i'd recommend the Globalwin FOP-38, sounds like a jet engine but at least you can be sure your BIRD doesn't cook to Turkey he he.
 
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