Hello,
I am in a dilemma. I recently bought and assembled my first computer. I bought an i5-6500 with the stock Intel heatsink fan.
When installing it on the motherboard, I noticed that one of the legs was wobbly while the other 3 push pins were firm.
I tried to push the wobbly pin down as hard as I could without putting a lot of stress on the motherboard, but it was still wobbly. So I figured, well three solid legs is good enough, so it should be good.
A couple of days later, I read online on how to properly seat an intel heatsink, so I opened the computer up, removed the heatsink, pushed down the wobbly leg and its corresponding opposite leg down first, then pushed down the other two.
Now all 4 legs are very firm, and I am glad that I did that cuz it gives me some peace of mind.
Now onto the question (thanks for bearing with a long read): Did the heatsink reinstall screw my thermal paste covering on the cpu? Will I need to clean the cpu out and buy new paste and reapply?
I am in a dilemma. I recently bought and assembled my first computer. I bought an i5-6500 with the stock Intel heatsink fan.
When installing it on the motherboard, I noticed that one of the legs was wobbly while the other 3 push pins were firm.
I tried to push the wobbly pin down as hard as I could without putting a lot of stress on the motherboard, but it was still wobbly. So I figured, well three solid legs is good enough, so it should be good.
A couple of days later, I read online on how to properly seat an intel heatsink, so I opened the computer up, removed the heatsink, pushed down the wobbly leg and its corresponding opposite leg down first, then pushed down the other two.
Now all 4 legs are very firm, and I am glad that I did that cuz it gives me some peace of mind.
Now onto the question (thanks for bearing with a long read): Did the heatsink reinstall screw my thermal paste covering on the cpu? Will I need to clean the cpu out and buy new paste and reapply?
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