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Scratches on a heatsink

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  • 23-02-2005 1:26pm
    #1
    pablo321
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    Hey Guys,

    Looking for a little advice:

    I'm putting together a new PC, I got a sempron 2200 and new motherboard and extras. I have to use an old AMD heatsink from an AthonXP 2100..

    It works fine, but while I was cleaning the old grease off I scratched it. they are not very deep. Do you guys think if I have applied the grease nice and thin that there will be any problems??

    Side Note: I thought I had fried the CPU, becuase the Diagnoise LEDs told me the CPU was damaged or not installed. I double checked everything and couldnt find the problem. But I googled today and found the MSI board I have has a separate 12v power suppy for the CPU that I never connected up, so I'm hopeing that is the problem.... Stupid manual didnt go into that..


    Pablo


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    jozi
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    I may be wrong but thats what the paste is for, filing the gaps to maintian good contact.

    Jozi


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    gline
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    jozi wrote:
    I may be wrong but thats what the paste is for, filing the gaps to maintian good contact.

    Jozi

    Your right, it fills in microgaps, i dont think it is supposed to fill in big gashes though, :D


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    pablo321
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    well they are not really deep... But it depends on your scale I suppose.

    I have some sandpaper at home would that smooth it down some?

    I really dont want to fry this CPU:)..


    Pablo..


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    BloodBath
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    A few small scratches won't make much of a difference. You will gain a few degrees but nothing serious. I've used severly scratched heatsinks in the past with no problems.


    BloodBath


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    gline
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    pablo321 wrote:
    well they are not really deep... But it depends on your scale I suppose.

    I have some sandpaper at home would that smooth it down some?

    I really dont want to fry this CPU:)..


    Pablo..

    If its very fine sandpaper then it will do no harm to smooth it down a bit


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    BloodBath
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    If its very fine sandpaper then it will do no harm to smooth it down a bit

    Only if he sands it perfectly flat. If he doesn't it could be worse than it is now. You want at least 4000 grit paper to do it.


    BloodBath


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    pablo321
    Closed Accounts Posts: 64 ✭✭pablo321


    thanks for all the advice:)

    I couldnt find any really fine sandpaper and on second look I though t it would be okay..

    So I put it together and its working fine..

    I have an old heatsink and its hovering around 32C.. I havent setup the processor FSB in the bios yet, but it is going at a fair clap...

    Pablo...


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