- Apr 24, 2001
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Hi there,
Ummm... I need to ask this.
I bought this P4 Retail CPU, and I'm trying to figure out how to install the heatsink. Before you laugh, consider that the last CPUs I played with were AMD K6 and P3... and I had thermal paste to play with.
However, in my Intel package there were now only two items; the processor itself and the large heatsink. On the base of the heatsink there's a black square patch, made of some sort of rubber (haven't touched it, I don't know exactly). Do I have to understand that this patch plays the role that thermal paste used to play in the past? Just place the heatsink with the patch directly on the CPU, and then fasten it in the socket?
Ummm... I need to ask this.
I bought this P4 Retail CPU, and I'm trying to figure out how to install the heatsink. Before you laugh, consider that the last CPUs I played with were AMD K6 and P3... and I had thermal paste to play with.
However, in my Intel package there were now only two items; the processor itself and the large heatsink. On the base of the heatsink there's a black square patch, made of some sort of rubber (haven't touched it, I don't know exactly). Do I have to understand that this patch plays the role that thermal paste used to play in the past? Just place the heatsink with the patch directly on the CPU, and then fasten it in the socket?