[OT] AMD Athlon fan
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
Re: [OT] AMD Athlon fan
The Athelon cpu runs very hot. I had one on an Asus MB that toasted the whole shooting match cause the fan (came with the cpu in OEM packaging) broke off the socket and melted down the cpu. I have since taken to installing monster fans and heat sinks. That works fine. When in doubt, throw it out. Get the best fan you can. I also cool the box with two additional vent fans. Best of luck. P.S. AMD sent out replacement (took two weeks) at no charge. The main board was also replaced, but it took quite a bit of convincing and finger pointing to get it done. (threats from NJ Attorney General's Office became necessary) 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 -- Perrussels Law; There is no job so simple that it cannot be done wrong.
Re: [OT] AMD Athlon fan
On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 08:37:08AM -0400, Bob Brown wrote: The Athelon cpu runs very hot. I had one on an Asus MB that toasted the whole shooting match cause the fan (came with the cpu in OEM packaging) broke off the socket and melted down the cpu. I have since taken to installing monster fans and heat sinks. That works fine. When in doubt, throw it out. Get the best fan you can. I also cool the box with two additional vent fans. Best of luck. P.S. AMD sent out replacement (took two weeks) at no charge. The main board was also replaced, but it took quite a bit of convincing and finger pointing to get it done. (threats from NJ Attorney General's Office became necessary) 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 may be wrong, but I believe that white patch is like the thermal paste you are not seeing. I think it melts onto the cpu when you first turn it on. Check out the AMD website regarding installing heatsinks. I think it was there that I had read this. I got the same thing, and after reading some I just put it on. It has been working fine and Temputure is within acceptable limits. -- Kevin C. Smith There are three kinds of men. The one that learns [EMAIL PROTECTED]by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves. -- Will Rogers
Re: [OT] AMD Athlon fan
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
