anti-cracking athlon plates

[fetuchin]

i've got an anti-core-cracking copper plate installed on my system, but my doubts are: is it preventing my hsf from getting fully in touch with the processor? is there a way to check for it?
and, the lack of air flow surrounding the sides of the chip, is it going to overheat it?
let me know.

 

[cocobell]

put some good thermal compound between cpu core, copper plate, and HSF may help. can you check cpu temperature through BIOS?

 

[Archknight]

copper transfer heat fast, there is little air flow on the side of the chip even without the copper plate. HSF don't blow air to the side of the chip. If it is blocking the air flow of the HSF, then it is a problem.

overheat, only you will know, check temp and see if you notice any lock up or funny stuffs like strange errors.

You basically putting a piece of metal between CPU and Heatsink, and is copper good heat conductor. If you have doubts put some thermal paste on both surface.

 

[p0tempkin]

One way to check is to put the plate on the CPU. Then take a clean, flat razor blade, and put it on the top of the CPU core so it runs across the core and the plate. Pretend the flat blade is like the bottom of your heatsink; if there is a gap between the core and the blade, you have a problem.

And about the lack of airflow; the answer is no, it will not overheat.

 

[fetuchin]

i'm afraid i did not explain it properly. it is not a thermal interface plate the one i refer to, but one of those spacers that surround the protruding part of an amd chip in order to prevent core cracking when you assemble your hsf, hence my reference to a lack of surrounding air flow (btw i do know there's little air flow there, but was thinking wether that little amount would be relevant as long as radiating surface of the core is so so so tiny in order to dissipate that much watts.

 

[TexDotCom]

What you are referring to is more commonly known as a "shim", and I have installed many of them along with Durons and T-birds without any adverse effects. You should not have to worry, but I do agree with that post about checking it with a flat razor blade first.