<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/16/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Robin Smith</b> <<a href="mailto:1canuck2@gmail.com">1canuck2@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Your best bet is to remove the heatsinks and leave the CPUs in their<br>sockets. If your PC has an actual power switch on the power supply<br>turn it off but leave the cord plugged in (to get a good ground). If<br>there's no power switch (or a light stays on on your mobo, make sure
<br>you ground yourself first.</blockquote><div><br>You can usually discharge the remaining power by hitting the power switch with the PSU turned off or the system unplugged.<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Look at the pins on the underside of the CPU, one corner will have one<br>missing. Find the corresponding missing hole in the ZIF slot on the<br>other mobo and line up the pins. Place the CPU in the pins (Remember<br>the zero insertion force - it should drop in place easily). Then close
<br>the lever again.<br><br>Smear a bit of thermal compound on the cpu and spread it around paper<br>thin. You don't need much - too much is a bad thing for thermal<br>transfer.<br><br>Clean off the heatsink and place it back over the cpu and
<br>screw/click/lock it in place (there are different mechanisms for<br>different heatsinks, so I can't describe how to do this - just repeat<br>the method you used to remove it in reverse - they sometimes require a<br>lot of force, just make sure its downwards force).
</blockquote><div><br><br>Check here, scroll down to Build and Installation Guides - <a href="http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_739_3748,00.html">http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_739_3748,00.html
</a><br><br>This only lists socket A instructions, but the others should be on the AMD site somewhere.<br><br>A short writeup on properly applying thermal paste is here - <a href="http://www.ngtechnik.com/TIM.htm">http://www.ngtechnik.com/TIM.htm
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