Hey, I can help you out with that, there is a video on the AMD site on how to put a heatsink on a CPU. As for the "goo" or thermal greese as it's called here is the deal. Your heatsink usually comes with something that's called a thermal pad (a small square of something that looks like electrical tape) on the bottom of it. Now if you have that it's straight forward just put it on the CPU no greese required, however if you take the sink off you will need to get rid of the melted pad and replace it with another or use "goo". As for goo usage, make sure your CPU and your heatsink are clean, put a pea sized amount of the grease on the CPU (you can follow Brian's way and spread it around with a business card or something to get an even coat) then you drop the heatsink straight on top of the CPU and hook the holders onto place. It should be just fine, also make sure your airflow is fine, maybe your CPU cooler is not up to the specs. Feel free to bother me for a hand if you need it. Goodluck.
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Date: 2005-04-05 10:18 pm (UTC)As for goo usage, make sure your CPU and your heatsink are clean, put a pea sized amount of the grease on the CPU (you can follow Brian's way and spread it around with a business card or something to get an even coat) then you drop the heatsink straight on top of the CPU and hook the holders onto place. It should be just fine, also make sure your airflow is fine, maybe your CPU cooler is not up to the specs. Feel free to bother me for a hand if you need it. Goodluck.