URGENT computer question/problem

[JR]

No problem Omar, I am glad it all went back well
Enjoy your weekend as well!

Dude, can you come over and align my miter saw? I'm having the same kind of hyperventilation as Omar!



JR

[RAFlorida]

Happy to see Omar got the help needed!

And his computer working. Great site for help on ANYTHING! Bunch of good people here.

[parnelli]

john, thanks a bundle!!

the white goo was real sticky, but i removed all the extra on the outside of the chip and the thin blade slid under the corner of one side of the chip and then all of a sudden it popped off the heat sink! phew, man i was scared silly that i had messed up!

So there's still white goo between the chip and the heat sink then right? Doesn't need much- just a thin smear- but it's there to help transfer the heat out of the chip into the heat sink.

[chopnhack]

LOL. Be right there, i'll bring my trusty starett, too!

Dude, can you come over and align my miter saw? I'm having the same kind of hyperventilation as Omar!



JR

[footprintsinconc]

And his computer working. Great site for help on ANYTHING! Bunch of good people here.

You Bet!

So there's still white goo between the chip and the heat sink then right? Doesn't need much- just a thin smear- but it's there to help transfer the heat out of the chip into the heat sink.

i am thinking that when i was applying some lateral pressure and the chip wont budge, there was 'over flow' of this goo from the sides. that extra goo was real sticky and may have had a part in not letting the chip off the heat sink. so i just removed the extra on the out side.

i did not remove the goo from the top of the chip or the heat sink where the chip is going to set. there seem to be plenty of goo left on the chip and underside of the heat sink, so i am thinking that there is plenty left to transfer the heat.

[alpha]

Just to be on the safe side, you probably should monitor the temperature of your cpu since you did not apply new thermal heatsink grease. Since you are using an AMD processor, you can do a Google search for a program called "core temp". It is a free program and will give you an instant reading for both cores. (It will not work on Intel processors).

Depending on your motherboard, you also may have software to monitor the CPU temperature. Finally, you can check the CPU temp by going into the BIOS if you are comfortable doing that. The easiest way is to just use Core Temp.

I have an AMD 6000+ and my cores are running 42C and 32C and are not overclocked. If your CPU is running about the same or maybe a little hotter you should be okay. If your temps are running 75-80C that's way too hot and you will need to remove & heatsink, remove the old grease and apply new, and reinstall.

A bad seal between the heatsink and motherboard could cause the CPU to overheat and could damage it. Most motherboards will shut down if the CPU gets too hot.

Bob