Athlon Help!

Hello. I just purchased all the parts to build my second computer. I bought a mobo/processor combo. The processor is a 1.3 GHz Athlon 266 FSB. I had some questions about the chip itself. The bottom part of the chip (in the middle of the prongs) had a price-like sticker on it. Does this need to be removed or is it ok to stay? Also, the top of the chip has 4 small black circles that feel like rubber. I believe they might be used to cusion the crushing hold the heatsink/fan combo puts on the processor, but I'm not sure. Should they be removed?

Thanks!

Edit: Also, the fan/heatsink came with a "pre-goo" pad. If I were to buy a new and better fan/heatsink that also had this goo, would I first have to remove the original goo from the proccesor and then place the new on, or is it ok to just put the new goo on top of the other?

Joseph Karr Gilland
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Remove it! (Oh so carefully) If the sticker is covering the pins on the underside of the CPU, take it off.

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Very carefully remove the sticker. It is best not to use the tape that comes attached to the heat sink. Use a plastic credit card or something similar to remove it, clean it carefully with alcohol, let it dry and apply a good heat sink compound like Artic Silver II. Once the compound on the tape heats up you can’t reuse it and is extremely hard to remove. It makes future applications more difficult because all compounds sink into the microscopic pores and you cannot remove all of it so always use a quality product and stay with that same product

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Agreed. Matisaro, I like the way you help and provide info to people. Some people want the added protection of products like Artic Silver and expensive heatsinks for longevity. Never heard of anyone having to provide an I.D. that they were an OVERCLOCKER to purchase the best. And I believe anyone intelligent enough to by an AMD product will try to see if they can overclock.

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Crash is right, if you dont plan to overclock, then removing the tim may void your warrantee, which is not good for joe shmoe.

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If its underneath I dont see how it would hurt, but removing it shouldnt be an issue either, I would remove just cause I could. Makes no difference I would imagine.

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Usually, the "prongs" of the LED connector (the connector on the end of the wires) can be removed without hacking things up. Each prong is typically held in place by a flap on one side of the connector; there will typically be three of these flaps, side by side. You can pull out a prong by lifting up its flap and pulling it out; you can insert the prong in another hole simply by sticking it in and pushing the flap down. You can do this to move the two prongs to where they're side-by-side, and the empty slot in the connector can just hang off an edge.

If this is too much of a pain, you can actually take a pair of diagonal cutters, garden shears, what-have-you, and cut/break the header in the middle (right down the empty slot). This will probably void the warranty on the case, of course. The two separate pieces will then each contain one wire, and you can line them up however you please.

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I like to slip my prong into slots too kelledin! What a coincidence.


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