SLK 900U Came with...

stan03 · Jul 31, 2003

My SLK 900U came with these little things made my 3M. One is a little white foam square and then there are two long and very narrow black peices of rubbery material that are also make by 3m... what are these and what am I supposed to do with them? They are not in the intructions...

newindy4130 · Jul 31, 2003

hi, cant answer that, but i'm thinking of getting the slk 800........so if you find some more infor. on that let me know.thanks

james.miller · Jul 31, 2003

the black strips are for putting between the fan and the h/s to reduce vibrations. the white pads are for putting on the base of the h/s to help reduce the possiblilty of crushing the cpu core. put one in each corner.

stan03 · Jul 31, 2003

im sorry, could you please elaborate? Where exactly between the fan? And the four corners of the heatsink? It wouldn't touch anything...

james.miller · Jul 31, 2003

between the fan, and the heasink. ie, where the fan would touch the heatsink.

cherryp00t · Jul 31, 2003

the slk-900 has steps.. you would put the rubber next to the steps depending on the fan size you use. you would put the rubber 1 step lower than the fan size you use. so if you're gonna use 92 mm put it on the 80 mm steps.. the rubber is slightly taller then the steps so when you put it there it'll reduce vibrations

stan03 · Jul 31, 2003

and the white foam parts? at the four corners of the heatsink itself?

james.miller · Jul 31, 2003

yes, on the base of the heatsink, like i said.

stan03 · Jul 31, 2003

sorry....but if i do that they don't touch anything

james.miller · Jul 31, 2003

yes they do. trust me. its what you have to do.

do you see the black round pads on the cpu? well they dont touch the base of the heatsink because the base it too narrow - thats why you stick the white pads to the base.

stan03 · Jul 31, 2003

I am using an Intel.... I don't have 4 black pads.

CrashOveride · Jul 31, 2003

stan03 said:
I am using an Intel.... I don't have 4 black pads.

Well nvm then, its for AMD.

stan03 · Jul 31, 2003

wait so don't use the white foam things at all?

FunkDaMonkMan · Jul 31, 2003

Well, if they aren't going to touch anything, I don't think you need to use them. Intel has a built in heat spreader which protects the core, while AMD chips dont. The pads are just used to protect AMD cores.

stan03 · Jul 31, 2003

ok thanks everyone

Tycho · Jul 31, 2003

and I don't use those foam pads on my slk's and sk's even though they are cooling athlons - just ignore them.

CrashOveride · Aug 1, 2003

Tycho said:
and I don't use those foam pads on my slk's and sk's even though they are cooling athlons - just ignore them.

Not everyone is that sure about their mounting skillz...

james.miller · Aug 1, 2003

it has nothing to do with mounting skills.those pad also offer some protection from shock. belive me, the slightest knock and an slk WILL chip your cpu without those pads on.

CrashOveride · Aug 1, 2003

james.miller said:
it has nothing to do with mounting skills.those pad also offer some protection from shock. belive me, the slightest knock and an slk WILL chip your cpu without those pads on.

Ah, thats a good point too... mountin skills still count, you can chip it like that as well.

stan03 · Aug 1, 2003

wait i thought you just said to ingnore them since i was using an intel... or were you talking to Tycho?

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