shim and fans

[TheNewGuy143]

Does a shim help or does it only cause temparature to rise???
And does any1 know about a place to order evercool fans in Canada???
TheNewGuy

[shiyan]

Shims could help you protecting the core from being crushed, but sometimes don't work.

and if you buy a shim that was meant for a Thunderbird and put it on a newer CPU, the CPU gets fried.

so my advice is not to use shims, and just be careful.

[TheNewGuy143]

Ha Ok!!! I've got one but looks like I am just gonna be careful because I dont want to fry it either.

[Deathknight]

IMHO shims are not neccessary if you take your time and install the heatsink properly. Firm, EVEN pressure is the key. Thats all the shim is going to ensure anyways.

[RedArmy]

What can you possibly do wrong installing a heatsink?

[shiyan]

I remember a friend who fried 4 CPUs in a row 2 years ago within a timespan of 2 months! Must be a record.

First was a Thunderbird, due to a faulty power supply. He said that somehow his whole case was electricuted. Second was a Palomino, due to a faulty Epox mobo. Third was my 1.4 Thunderbird, testing that Epox mobo. Fourth was his 1900+ due to not tightening the screws on his PAL8045. He thought the heatsink was on tight, but in fact it was only touching the four pads.

I helped him with mounting the Alpha when it came to the 5th processor.

I had to replace my 1.4 with a Palomino 1800+, which was around the time I was really into running 3DMark2001, and bought peltiers to fool around with. I got that 1800+ to run at 1800Mhz, then baked it using the peltier. (forgot to turn off the peltier power supply).

It all seems so funny looking back.