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17-February-03, 10:16 PM
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| Apex Master Tech Apprentice  |  This scares me. Alright, I'm trying to attach my Thermalright SLK-800 to my board nad I'm scared Sh&%less. It seems to me that the heatsink clip requires enormous force to attach it to the socket. I have the sink positioned right I think....the groove is sitting on the cambox of the socket, but still it seems like an awful lot of pressure! Any suggestions? | |
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17-February-03, 10:27 PM
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| Apex Tech God  |  It does take a good amount of force to clip those on........otherwise you dont get good contact witht he CPU...... You should be able to clip it in sitting down, (unless your a weakling) if you have to put any of your body weight into the pressure thats a bit too much | |
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17-February-03, 10:34 PM
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LOL haha...gotta type quicker clown. THough i disaggree with you on the point of using a shim, properly put on a HSF should not do a bit of damage to you CPU, and the shim is liable to do more harm then good. As ive saind before, an poorly made shim can actully decrease the effectiveness of your HSF, by decresing the HSF's contact with the core. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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17-February-03, 10:38 PM
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| Apex Master Tech Apprentice | Well clown, a few weeks ago I was asking about using a shim and the overwhelming response was not to use a shim. Soooo, I've used the little pads that thermalright provides, but damn, I'm afraid of crushing the core. And to think, those bastards recommend that you remove the sink everytime you move your rig! Ha..... | |
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then when i got it on i bent it back, and know it works perfectly 
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17-February-03, 11:31 PM
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| Apex Techie II  | "...Not sure if anyone else did this but when I got my latest heatsink the clips were a bit too stiff to comfortably get on. so I got a good grip and flexed em a bit (don't worry I seriously doubt it will snap as long as you don't bend it for hours.) I just flexed them till they weren't quite so unwieldy then tried again. Not that I didn't have to exert plenty of pressure since you have to with pretty much any sink... But it clipped perfectly no crushed core and no issues with it." Kit | |
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18-February-03, 12:36 AM
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| Dr. Hydro Pimp  | A shim is a wafer of (usually) aniodized aluminum which has holes to accomodate the core and all the electrical doodads on top of the processor. The metal wafer fills in the space between the heatsink and the core, and (in theory) distributes the force more evenly and prevents core crushes. The problem is that the shim must be exactly the same thickness as the core ...... too shallow and it is useless .... too thick and it will keep the core from mating fully with the heatsink. You don't need one. edit - typo slayer Last edited by putwig; 18-February-03 at 01:01 AM.. | |
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