Heatsink QUestion

[Logic-Pro]

Hi there,

My DragonOrb from themaltake is full of dust and realy crappy at the moment, Thunderbird 1.4 (not overclocked) running 50-52 IDLE jesus §§§§ing christ.

I need to cleen it but the screw are all eat up.

my friend bought a new AMD XP 2200+ retail (with retail heatsink)
My question is : Can i use that heatsink on my 1.4 Thunderbird? without problem (aluminium AMD retail heatsink..)

Thanks alot

[Tweaked!]

Yes you can, with those oem heatsinks though, check the bottom and make sure it isn't anodized. If it is, lap (sand) it. Use some wet/dry 800 grit or better after you rough it up a little with like 200 grit, and then make sure you use a good silver bearing thermal compound between the cpu and the hsf (only using a small thin coating). Don't use none of those thermal pads, they're not very good at transfering the heat.:)

[felix88]

a friend of mine bought my 1.4GHz Tbird and he wanted me to give him the heatsink that came with my xp1800 Tbred. the heatsink was a pretty crappy one and i didn't think it would work, but it did. he even used the TIM that was attached to it.