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Skriven 2007-01-06 23:04:00 av JIM HOLSONBACK (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av JEAN PARROT
Ärende: Still freezes.
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-=> On 01-05-07 09:40 JEAN PARROT wrote to TOM WALKER <=-


 JP>     Hello Tom, nice talking to you !

 TW> I would suggerst looking at Cable Arangement to se if anything is
 TW> restricting hte Air Flow arround hte CPU cooler and also the CPU tov
 TW> Coler contact.

 JP>         Everything looks good inside the box, Tom. But you should have
 JP>    seen it before I got my fingers in there.

 TW> Did you remove the Stick on conductive tape and apply an appropate dab
 TW> of Real Conductive Silicon heat sink compound?

 JP>         This I have not done. I merely applied some thermal grease,
 JP>    moved the cooler around until I felt that it was back into the
 JP>    broken tape, what was left of it, I could feel it sitting as in a
 JP>    key. For the last two days, this Compaq has been faultless, keeping
 JP>    my fingers crossed.

I'll give this one last try, just in case the box comes back like a bad
penny.  Here are a few quotes from the AMD Website Socket A AMD
Processor Installation Guide (2000)

"The phase-change thermal compound is very importantto the efficiency
and success of the heatsink.  The compound must be applied evenly to the
surface of the heatsink so it can (basically) melt and fill any
microscopic voids in the surfaces of the processor and heatsink with a
thermally conductive material.

"Caution: Do not remove the heatsink from the processor,, once it has
been permanently installed.  The phase-change thermal adhesive material
cannot be reused.

and

"Once the phase-change thermal compound has come in contact with the
processor surface, the heatsink must be replaced, since the phase-change
material cannot be reused."

No need throw the old HS&F away, as a lot of experience has shown that
the interface pad can be replaced with standard silicone heatsink
compound, after removing all traces of the old material from the bootom
of the heatsink and the top of the cpu die as at two of us have
recommended. I have not seen anyone recommend that the remnants of that
old material may be successfully left in place.

YMMV, and you may be just right, or maybe just lucky.  Time will tell.

- - -  JimH.

... Computer Hacker wanted. Must have own axe.
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