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First post, by Space Marine

Posted on 2014-04-19, 15:00

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Hi there,

long time since last time i passed by ^^'
I was rechecking my "retro hardware" lately and noticed that an athlon thunderbird CPU i have laying around has lost 2 of the 4 rubber feets on its top.
Looking on google i have found that those feets were there for protecting the core from cracking while mounting the heatsink.

Anyone with some Socket A/462 experience does know if it can be mounted even without those rubber feets on? How?
It would be a shame to crack the CPU core for something like that.

Thanks in advance for the answers 😀

P.S: i have read about existing CPU shims/spacers, but cant found any on ebay. So i would need an alternative solution, even DIY 😀

Reply 1 of 4, by obobskivich

Posted on 2014-04-19, 15:12

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Yeah you can still mount a heatsink - some of them don't even contact those feet, like some of the Thermalright models. TIM or a thermal pad can help to protect the die. Shims are also a very good idea in general.

Something like is what you need:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/AMD-Athlon-XP-Protect … =item4153824894
http://www.ebay.com/itm/CPU-Cooling-Copper-Sh … =item25759c8d0e

Reply 2 of 4, by Space Marine

Posted on 2014-04-19, 15:58

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Thank you for the answer 😁

from the shim images it looks like they are for athlon XPs, do you think they would be compatible with thunderbirds too? Dont wanna risk a short circuit, since they seems to be made of a metallic material 😁

Reply 3 of 4, by Space Marine

Posted on 2014-04-19, 16:00

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Also, i would mount on it a Thermaltake Volcano 7+ or a Volcano 9 (likely the 7+)

Reply 4 of 4, by obobskivich

Posted on 2014-04-19, 16:01

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Space Marine wrote:
Thank you for the answer 😁

from the shim images it looks like they are for athlon XPs, do you think they would be compatible with thunderbirds too? Dont wanna risk a short circuit, since they seems to be made of a metallic material 😁

Same package, should be no problem as long as they clear the bridges and they probably should. Socket 370 shims should fit too.

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