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Urgent help needed: new Athlon XP 3000+
On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 19:22:19 +0100, "nightic"
wrote: "Caroline" wrote in message .. . I'm sorry, I think this is gonna sound really stupid but I *cannot* work it out! I've built my own PC before, only that time a helpful dealer assembled the mobo, hsf and processor. This time I'm on my own... ..and so my new Athlon XP 3000 arrived today in a dull little cardboard box. I didn't get the retail kit cos I've bought a near-silent HSF. So there's just the chip and .... well, nothing. And that's ok, cos I do know how to do this stuff, how to apply paste and all that - been checking it all and reading tons. But here's the silly bit: has anyone had such a chip? Y'see, it has a definite pink sheen which makes me think the core has a plastic film covering over it. Yet I've studied it with a magnifying glass and if there is, it's gotta be the thinnest piece of film in the world. Yet the consequences of attaching a heatsink over a bit of plastic film rather make me shudder (!). Can anyone give tihs damsel-in-distress some heads up on what the core should look like... They (XP3000+ as well the rest of the AMD range featuring "Barton" = cores) look precisely as you've described (the pink-ish hue). Thank you *so* much heaves a sigh of relief and wonders whether there will be any more 'gotchas' Caroline Caroline Picking, Milton Keynes, England. |
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