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- Aug 26, 2007
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- Dayton, Ohio
I recently picked up a computer for 10$.
In my re-purposing it, I removed the heatsink (which came off the CPU really easily), wiped the thermal paste off it, then off the heatsink, which revealed a slightly bumpy and pitted surface, with imprints from the hole in the processor (P4 SL6EV - it has a hole in it).
Upon quick further investigation revealed a piece of aluminium foil attached to the heatsink with thermal paste. It doesn't look like it was homemade, but machine cut for this purpose.
My question is WTH? Was it suposed to be like this?
I know i'm going to have to check how well it seats when I replace it, but damn, that's just wierd.
In my re-purposing it, I removed the heatsink (which came off the CPU really easily), wiped the thermal paste off it, then off the heatsink, which revealed a slightly bumpy and pitted surface, with imprints from the hole in the processor (P4 SL6EV - it has a hole in it).
Upon quick further investigation revealed a piece of aluminium foil attached to the heatsink with thermal paste. It doesn't look like it was homemade, but machine cut for this purpose.
My question is WTH? Was it suposed to be like this?
I know i'm going to have to check how well it seats when I replace it, but damn, that's just wierd.