[NTLUG:Discuss] how to?

[terry]

Chris Cox wrote:
> terry wrote:
> ..
> 
>> Could be defective cpu fan.  The chip will immediately heat up and if 
>> it goes beyond a certain temp., it'll fail.  Be sure your fan is good 
>> and you're using plenty of grease.
> 
> 
> Actually with an Athlon, just a dab of grease will do.  Very small
> surface area.  The AMD64's have heat spreaders similar to the Intel's.
> Too much grease can cause other problems.  Just a thin layer covering
> the surface will do.  If you're trying to fill a massive gap, you're
> going to blow up eventually anyway.  Shouldn't be an air gap regardless
> of grease.
> 
> 

Yea, I was in a hurry when I said that, you don't want to use to much 
grease, just wanted to make sure you were USING grease.

ALSO, if you look closely at the bottom of the heat sink, you'll see a 
ridge that must match up with the socket surface on one side, if you put 
it on backwards, it won't make solid contact across the small surface 
area of the chip.