Hi.
I have recently bought an Antec Sonata II chassi, with AMD Athlon 64 3500+ processor and ABIT KN8-Ultra motherboard.
I applied the processor into the socket and closed it, then I was about to apply the heatsink on it, but it wouldn't go down wholly, and when I removed it to check what was wrong, the heatsink had already touched the CPU and applied the phase change material. I now read in the manual that if the CPU and the heatsink have been in contact I need to clean the heatsink and apply a new phase change material.
My questions are:
Do I need to remove the phase change material from the CPU too, or only from the heatsink, and how should I do it? I read that you can use a credit card on the heatsink, but what about the CPU? At the moment my CPU is on the motherboard, without heatsink on it, but it has still got the phase change applied, should I remove the phase exchange on it so that it doesn't dry and get hard to remove? A fast answer for this one would be appreciated.
Seeing that the heatsink made full contact with the cpu, but didn't really slide in correctly, is there a possibility that the socket is not compatible with my fan?
Well, lots of beginner questions for you, I would really appreciate ANY help.
If you're wondering why the hell a newbie like me goes building his own computer, I'll tell you it's just out ot curiosity.
I have recently bought an Antec Sonata II chassi, with AMD Athlon 64 3500+ processor and ABIT KN8-Ultra motherboard.
I applied the processor into the socket and closed it, then I was about to apply the heatsink on it, but it wouldn't go down wholly, and when I removed it to check what was wrong, the heatsink had already touched the CPU and applied the phase change material. I now read in the manual that if the CPU and the heatsink have been in contact I need to clean the heatsink and apply a new phase change material.
My questions are:
Do I need to remove the phase change material from the CPU too, or only from the heatsink, and how should I do it? I read that you can use a credit card on the heatsink, but what about the CPU? At the moment my CPU is on the motherboard, without heatsink on it, but it has still got the phase change applied, should I remove the phase exchange on it so that it doesn't dry and get hard to remove? A fast answer for this one would be appreciated.
Seeing that the heatsink made full contact with the cpu, but didn't really slide in correctly, is there a possibility that the socket is not compatible with my fan?
Well, lots of beginner questions for you, I would really appreciate ANY help.
If you're wondering why the hell a newbie like me goes building his own computer, I'll tell you it's just out ot curiosity.