[OT] AMD Athlon fan

2001-04-05 Thread jh
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

Re: [OT] AMD Athlon fan

2001-04-05 Thread Bob Brown
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

Re: [OT] AMD Athlon fan

2001-04-05 Thread Kevin C. Smith
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

Re: [OT] AMD Athlon fan

2001-04-05 Thread D-Man
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.