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Athlon cooling
I recently got an Athlon 800 and an Asustek A7V motherboard and I couldnt get the two to work although at first the board would go throught the BIOS, now it dosent do that either. I thought I would check a few assumptions with you guys first...(the retailer has taken them back for testing)
1) Can i use generic RAM (133MHZ) with my Athlon? someone suggested this may be a problem
2) Can you use a celeron heatink/fan or do i need a special Athlon heatsink/fan?
3) Can the heatsink just be clamped onto the chip like a celeron or MUST you use thermal paste?
4)I take it you just put a blob of paste on the shiny bit in the middle of the chip yes? Does this stuff stick permenantly or remain gelatinous?
5)If my inadequete cooling was letting my chip overheat (i noticed it was very very hot when i tried reseating it) Would that mean the motherboards sensor would just stop it booting? (I wasnt getting any beeps or video or anyhting).
Sorry for all the newbie questions...... I never had these problems in the celeron/pentium dayz......
I recently got an Athlon 800 and an Asustek A7V motherboard and I couldnt get the two to work although at first the board would go throught the BIOS, now it dosent do that either. I thought I would check a few assumptions with you guys first...(the retailer has taken them back for testing)
1) Can i use generic RAM (133MHZ) with my Athlon? someone suggested this may be a problem
2) Can you use a celeron heatink/fan or do i need a special Athlon heatsink/fan?
3) Can the heatsink just be clamped onto the chip like a celeron or MUST you use thermal paste?
4)I take it you just put a blob of paste on the shiny bit in the middle of the chip yes? Does this stuff stick permenantly or remain gelatinous?
5)If my inadequete cooling was letting my chip overheat (i noticed it was very very hot when i tried reseating it) Would that mean the motherboards sensor would just stop it booting? (I wasnt getting any beeps or video or anyhting).
Sorry for all the newbie questions...... I never had these problems in the celeron/pentium dayz......