First post, by GuyTechie
My Asus P5A and K6-2 350 MHz came today. To my surprised, there is a warranty void sticker on top of the CPU and even taking it off gives me these sticky "void" residue. That's surprising because I would have thought the sticker would hinder cooling performance. Not only that but there were no thermal paste and the HSF doesn't look like it's all that tightly secured (you can lift it slightly and slide it around).
I may be forgetting (it's been a while of course), but do these CPUs need thermal paste? After all, the factory etch the top with their logo and info, which isn't ideal for heat sink contact in the first place.
I do remember 486 CPU not having any heat sinks, and passive heat sinks with some Pentiums, though.
Anyone retrofit a modern HSF on a K6-2 or K6-3? I'd like to use a highly available 80mm fan for cooling instead of these tiny fans.