On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 02:31:21AM -0600, jh wrote: | Hello all. I am setting up an AMD Athlon box and have a question about the | cpu fan. There is no brand name info on the fan box but the unit itself | says it is an ARX. My question concerns how the heatsink side mounts to the | processor. There seems to be white paper on that side that is really stuck | down. I thought there was some kind of adhesive under it. I have torn it | away in a small area revealing a white undersurface. Also there is none of | that heat gel that is sometimes included with a new fan. There is no | documentation accept what little mechanical installation info is printed on | the box. I want to install everything right. Any help would be greatly | appreciated. Thank you in advance. -Jeff H
I just recently bought a Duron (and motherboard, and ...). My Duron came with some pinkish (looks like silly putty) stuff on the bottom of the heatsink. It also had a piece of paper with a bit of plastic on it half over the pinkish stuff. According to the directions, the paper was supposed to be covering the pinkish stuff, and was some sort of protective film for packaging. I removed the paper and put the heatsink on the CPU. According to the directions, that stuff is some sort of thermal conducting compound. It seems to be a replacement for the more traditional grease that must be applied manually (this is actually the first one I have put together). I had a bad motherboard at first, and got a replacement yesterday. Now it boots! Yay! I haven't had it on for more than a couple minutes, but I think you will be fine just sticking the heatsink (with that sticky putty-like stuff on it) on the CPU. Now it is time to find some docs on monitoring the temperature ... -D
