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sph1000k   12-10-2004 at 11:48:45 PM

greetings!

please take a look at this picture:

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i accidently removed a part of this "heat pad" on the bottom of my boxed athlon 64 cpu cooler (see left lower corner). my question is now:
can i still use it? or do i have to remove the whole pad
and apply artic cooling (or similar). i do not overclock, it is an athlon 64 3500+

thanks for your help!

greetings, sph

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Robc1880   12-11-2004 at 12:19:18 AM
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even if it was the whole pad I would still suggest taking it off and replacing it with Arctic Silver 5. Even if you don't do overclocking the as5 will help keep your CPU cooler and extend the life of the CPU. Cooler is always better.

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endyen   12-11-2004 at 03:14:14 AM
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Is it one of the new winchesters? If it is, you better return it, so it can go to an ocer, no point in having one of those if you aint ocing. OK so I'm kidding. Dont sweat that little scratch. If it is a 90 nano part, you could probably take off half of the TIM, without worry. If it's a 130 nano part, still no problem.

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Cybercraig   12-11-2004 at 04:15:40 AM
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STOP! Send this to me immediately for testing along with the CPU. I will give you an opinion in a couple of months. Better safe than sorry!

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Nights_L   12-11-2004 at 05:31:38 AM
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You can still use it

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Ned_Flanders   12-11-2004 at 06:58:31 AM
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good idea, but instead send it to me

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endyen   12-11-2004 at 09:03:24 AM
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If he sends it to you, you'll probably use the "penis cooling method" and get it all sticky.

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