richarizard
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Ok I actually finished building yesterday, and all I need to do is wait for my SSD to arrive and I can finalize my build. But there was a slight problem.
After I installed the CPU into the socket, I went ahead and put in the heatsink. Now being a first time builder and having no knowledge and also being nervous, I tried locking in the pushpins onto the motherboard. During this, one of the pushpins made a weird noise and didn't have that click sound like the other pushpins so me being nervous, I thought I had broken it. I took the heatsink back OUT of the motherboard and checked; fortunately it did not break and before I installed it I asked my friend who has experience with computers on Skype. First he said no do not put the heatsink back on and tells me I need to go out and buy thermal paste. I told him I didn't even turn on the computer as I wasn't even finished with the build. After that he said I should be fine then.
This was before I did a POST boot of my sort of "pseudo" computer if you would. When I did the POST boot I heard one beep and thought I should be okay. I'm still extremely skeptical because it might overheat or just blow up lol.
Mguire what do you suggest I do? Should I redo the whole thing with thermal paste?
After I installed the CPU into the socket, I went ahead and put in the heatsink. Now being a first time builder and having no knowledge and also being nervous, I tried locking in the pushpins onto the motherboard. During this, one of the pushpins made a weird noise and didn't have that click sound like the other pushpins so me being nervous, I thought I had broken it. I took the heatsink back OUT of the motherboard and checked; fortunately it did not break and before I installed it I asked my friend who has experience with computers on Skype. First he said no do not put the heatsink back on and tells me I need to go out and buy thermal paste. I told him I didn't even turn on the computer as I wasn't even finished with the build. After that he said I should be fine then.
This was before I did a POST boot of my sort of "pseudo" computer if you would. When I did the POST boot I heard one beep and thought I should be okay. I'm still extremely skeptical because it might overheat or just blow up lol.
Mguire what do you suggest I do? Should I redo the whole thing with thermal paste?
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