Hi Everyone,
Again another newbie and this time with a big mistake. Everything was working fine for a good month now until I noticed my PC kept shutting down. I later realized I did not leave that thermal layer on the heatsink. So I'm sure as most of you know this type of thing I basically melted either the CPU or the Heatsink. It's hard to tell because the damage doesn't appear to extensive but the peices are melted. It looks more like the heatsink melted leaving traces of it on the CPU.
Now the CPU still works, well the system still works (If I were to place everything back together, but what should I do? Should I replace both the CPU and the Heatsink or could I just replace the Heatsink and make sure I use that Thermal layer or some kind of other conductive substance?
The spec I think you might be wondering about are:
AMD 64 3400+
All fans were and are functioning
Large Antec Aluminum case.
Again another newbie and this time with a big mistake. Everything was working fine for a good month now until I noticed my PC kept shutting down. I later realized I did not leave that thermal layer on the heatsink. So I'm sure as most of you know this type of thing I basically melted either the CPU or the Heatsink. It's hard to tell because the damage doesn't appear to extensive but the peices are melted. It looks more like the heatsink melted leaving traces of it on the CPU.
Now the CPU still works, well the system still works (If I were to place everything back together, but what should I do? Should I replace both the CPU and the Heatsink or could I just replace the Heatsink and make sure I use that Thermal layer or some kind of other conductive substance?
The spec I think you might be wondering about are:
AMD 64 3400+
All fans were and are functioning
Large Antec Aluminum case.