Um, the little square brass heatsink on the motherboard fell off..

[Known Unsoldier]

So I got all of my parts the other day from Newegg, and as I'm taking out the motherboard (Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 rev 2) I seriouslly BARELY touched that heatsink -- i believe on the "chipset" -- and one of the spring-loaded corner screws just popped right up. Obviously it wasn't secured very well through the circuit board, but now I'm not sure if I should RMA the thing (if they let me), or if I should just take the whole thing off, scrape the gunk clean, apply some AS5, and refasten it. Shouldn't be too hard to do, and I have to do this kind of stuff with the cpu anyways, but I'm still a littler uncertain about it. The exposed area of the chip is pretty small, so I'd prolly just put a little dab of arctic silver in the middle and then re-clip the heatsink. Am I overly worried about this or what?

 

[MarcVenice]

Probably overly worried yes, you're probably talking about the NB heatsink, no? You wouldn't be the first guy taking it off, applying as5 and reseating it. RMA-ing shouldnt't be a problem, but shouldn't be a problem either if you try reseating it but it doesn't work.

 

[dandragonrage]

Dude, don't RMA it, it's only going to cost one of these companies money when it's not even a real issue. AS5 the sucker.

 

[Cutthroat]

I only wish the heatpipe on my P5K Deluxe was that easy to get off.

 

[Known Unsoldier]

Will be AS5'ing the sucker!

I never know how much of that goop to use, though, as I used it once on a 6800 with mixed results. Don't want to use too much, don't want to use too litte.

 

[MarcVenice]

Sucker that AS5 !!!

Oh oops, think I got carried away a little. I suggest using a drop the size of half a rice grain. Less is more.

 

[Known Unsoldier]

Thanks for the advice on the AS5. One half of a grain of rice it is.


Wait... is that long grain, sushi, wild, or brown rice? All I have is Uncle Ben's! Guess that'll have to suffice.

 

[GenHoth]

Originally posted by: Known Unsoldier
Thanks for the advice on the AS5. One half of a grain of rice it is.


Wait... is that long grain, sushi, wild, or brown rice? All I have is Uncle Ben's! Guess that'll have to suffice.

this was actually one of the funnier posts in this forum for a while

 

[Known Unsoldier]

=)

Last night I finally built my first computer. As a total and complete noob builder, I went slowly and deliberately. I reseated the NB heatsink thanks to the advice I got in this thread, plugged the incredible mess of wires in to the motherboard and tied them back, closed her up, said a quick prayer, and flipped the switch. Omg it works! Guess it really wasn't so hard after all, heh. And I was always kind of scared to do this. At any rate, after playing with her for 4 or 5 hours last night, I even slightly tweaked the FSB in BIOS and successfully got a little OC going. I am shocked that I encountered zero problems in my first build (/knocking on wood (skull))

Couldn't have done this without the guides and member advice in this forum. Seriously, I don't think people say thank you enough on this board. So: Thanks all.


My new homemade computing machine:

-Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 9 rev 2.0
-E6420 - currently at 2.4ghz
-2gb Corsair 800mhz ram
-80gb 7,200rpm WD hd (oem)
-8800 GTS 320mb
-TT 550w
-Cooler Master Centurion case

Think that's about it. It's BF2 time on my 37" lcd tv, baby.

 

[joejccva]

Originally posted by: Known Unsoldier
=)

Last night I finally built my first computer. As a total and complete noob builder, I went slowly and deliberately. I reseated the NB heatsink thanks to the advice I got in this thread, plugged the incredible mess of wires in to the motherboard and tied them back, closed her up, said a quick prayer, and flipped the switch. Omg it works! Guess it really wasn't so hard after all, heh. And I was always kind of scared to do this. At any rate, after playing with her for 4 or 5 hours last night, I even slightly tweaked the FSB in BIOS and successfully got a little OC going. I am shocked that I encountered zero problems in my first build (/knocking on wood (skull))

Couldn't have done this without the guides and member advice in this forum. Seriously, I don't think people say thank you enough on this board. So: Thanks all.


My new homemade computing machine:

-Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 9 rev 2.0
-E6420 - currently at 2.4ghz
-2gb Corsair 800mhz ram
-80gb 7,200rpm WD hd (oem)
-8800 GTS 320mb
-TT 550w
-Cooler Master Centurion case

Think that's about it. It's BF2 time on my 37" lcd tv, baby.

Great job!

 

[betasub]

Good work with the build, KU! It was also nice to read your feedback. Happy OCing!

 

[40Hands]

If you don't mind me asking, how much did that setup run you? My PC needs an overhaul and I am trying to price things out.

 

[Known Unsoldier]

Originally posted by: betasub
Good work with the build, KU! It was also nice to read your feedback. Happy OCing!

Originally posted by: joejccva
Great job!

Thank you, sirs. I'm going to be a cave dweller this weekend and horse around with the new machine. Can't wait to get off work!

Originally posted by: 40Hands
If you don't mind me asking, how much did that setup run you? My PC needs an overhaul and I am trying to price things out.

Throw in a $17 OEM dvd-rom drive, Arctic Silver 5, some ties and a couple SATA cables and it came to $840.00. All from Newegg. I'm sure if I had froogled everything and pieced it together from multiple sources I could have saved 50 to 75 bucks, but I trust Newegg's RMA policy and shipping so I got it all in one shot. Also, I already had a copy of Windows XP, keyboard/mouse, and monitor.