Hi,
I've just bought a Duron 750 (guarenteed @ 1Ghz), a Abit KT7-RAID, and a GlobalWin FOP38 heatsink. I've downloaded the AMD guide to plonking the CPU on the motherboard, but i'm a bit worried about the attaching of the Fan to the CPU. As I understand it if it's not properly secured on I could fry the chip in seconds. But when I try to put the two components together they are nowhere near touching. The 4 black circular pad things on the Duron prevent the heatsink from touching the blue thing in the middle (there is a good 2-3mm gap).
Do I just need to use a hell of a lot of thermal compound? Or is there something I am missing?
Thanks.
BTW is there any other info do you think i'll need when doing the upgrade? Do you think i'll need to reinstall windows, or could I get away with it (I'm going to buy a new HD in the coming weeks, so I don't want to have to do it 2 times almost in a row). Thanks.
I've just bought a Duron 750 (guarenteed @ 1Ghz), a Abit KT7-RAID, and a GlobalWin FOP38 heatsink. I've downloaded the AMD guide to plonking the CPU on the motherboard, but i'm a bit worried about the attaching of the Fan to the CPU. As I understand it if it's not properly secured on I could fry the chip in seconds. But when I try to put the two components together they are nowhere near touching. The 4 black circular pad things on the Duron prevent the heatsink from touching the blue thing in the middle (there is a good 2-3mm gap).
Do I just need to use a hell of a lot of thermal compound? Or is there something I am missing?
Thanks.
BTW is there any other info do you think i'll need when doing the upgrade? Do you think i'll need to reinstall windows, or could I get away with it (I'm going to buy a new HD in the coming weeks, so I don't want to have to do it 2 times almost in a row). Thanks.