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post #1 of 20
4/9/05 at 11:55pm
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I have ordered a Northwood 3.4 and preparing to learn how to install it while waiting for it to arrive.
I know how to do everything up to the part that I remove the heatsink.
Then what?
Do I just pull it up? Or is it some kind of safety I have to release? I don't want to brake it.
And how do I apply the thermal paste? With my fingers?
Also, I won't have to reinstall windows or anything, will I?
Thanks
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post #2 of 20
4/10/05 at 12:25am
Using the manual helps
http://support.dell.com/support/edoc...pu.htm#1000550
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post #3 of 20
4/10/05 at 12:46am
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Mmm. Looks simple. Thanks. Do I need a thermal paste? I mean does dell put thermal paste on the processors, or is it only a heat pad like the radeon cards? If yes, how do I apply it? It says
"To ensure maximum cooling for the microprocessor, do not touch the heat transfer areas on the microprocessor thermal-cooling assembly. The oils in your skin reduce the heat transfer capability of the thermal pads"
Which are the heat transfer areas?
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post #4 of 20
4/10/05 at 12:55am
You will want to use a high quality Thermal Paste. AS5 is what I and most people here would recommend.
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post #5 of 20
4/10/05 at 1:14am
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Will I need to remove the thermal pads to use arctic silver? Does this void my warranty?
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post #6 of 20
4/10/05 at 1:28am
isnt it already void the warranty once you have swap out the CPU?
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post #7 of 20
4/10/05 at 1:33am
prescott is faster than the northwood, how would i know this, you ask? because i reformatted my 80GB hard drive today and it took 37 minutes in slow format. but my friend who has the same spec. but he has the northwood 3.2 and i have the prescott 3.2, it took him 52 minutes to reformat his 80GB.
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post #8 of 20
4/10/05 at 2:03am
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There are certain things that prescott is better and certain things that northwood is better. I would say there are more or less the same, except for the heat and battery life where Northwood is much better.
Check some benchmarks here:
http://www.hardwareluxx.de/cgi-bin/u...3&t=000014&p=6
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post #9 of 20
4/10/05 at 5:23am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Roland9100
prescott is faster than the northwood, how would i know this, you ask? because i reformatted my 80GB hard drive today and it took 37 minutes in slow format. but my friend who has the same spec. but he has the northwood 3.2 and i have the prescott 3.2, it took him 52 minutes to reformat his 80GB.
ROFL

That's really good! The perfect method to benchmark a cpu is formatting a hdd!
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post #10 of 20
4/10/05 at 11:39am
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Why doesn't anyone answer my question? Argghhh
Do I need a thermal paste, or can the heat pads do the same work as the thermal paste? And will I void my warranty if I apply thermal paste?
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post #11 of 20
4/10/05 at 2:59pm
when I changed my cpu in my I8200 I left the pad on and used artic silver 5. I went to their site on how to apply it. you need to clean off the old stuff with actone and a lint free cloth. dell is funny about stuff like that. if you don't damage your system during the install you will be ok. I plan on putting as5 on my new I6000 next week. Now I am sure if something goes wrong down the road dell will say your void the warranty if they find out you did that, but the question is will they find out.
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post #12 of 20
4/10/05 at 3:48pm
My 9100 (3.2 PrescHOT) had thermal paste apllied to the spreader from the factory. No thermal pads.
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post #13 of 20
4/10/05 at 4:03pm
TargetONE, why would you rely on some app when you can do a realistic test yourself?
i dont give a damn what benchmark says, all i know is that my computer is 15 minutes faster than my friend's in formatting an 80gb. if some benchmark tells you that your computer is faster but when doing a real task mine is faster, what does it tell you? hmmm, think about it.
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post #14 of 20
4/10/05 at 7:20pm
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Originally Posted by umop-apisdn
My 9100 (3.2 PrescHOT) had thermal paste apllied to the spreader from the factory. No thermal pads.
OK. Now I am confused. So I will need some thermal paste. What if I apply some thermal paste on top of the old one without cleaning it, will there be a problem with that? Will there be any problem mixing arctic silver thermal paste with normal thermal paste?
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post #15 of 20
4/10/05 at 8:03pm
@Roland9100
Ok, next really realistic CPU competition, your prescott vs my AMD 1.2GHz Athlon with 2x 40GB 7200rpm HDDs Raid 0 (80GB). I bet my CPU will be much faster than yours…

Lets compare with a game or with some other apps, but not with formatting a hdd, that’s what I mean, not any synthetic benchmarks.

Edit
It tells me that his hdd is slow as hell…
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post #16 of 20
4/10/05 at 11:50pm
if you went to the artic silver site and read the apply instructions you wouldn't have to ask those what if.
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post #17 of 20
4/11/05 at 1:56am
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Ok, thanks. I thought you meant the dell's web site at first.
But I am still not sure if it has thermal pad or not. Umop says it has thermal paste, but the manual says it has thermal pad.
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post #18 of 20
4/11/05 at 9:51am
I had paste, that's all I know. Bought it brand new.
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post #19 of 20
4/11/05 at 1:18pm
Go ahead and get yourself AS5 (like everyone has suggested) and 99% or higher Acetone. Isopropyl Rubbing Alcohol (70/30% Alcohol/Water) will also work as an astringent to clean the bottom of the heatsink and the top of the processor. I suggest using Q-Tips or cotton swabs. Be sure that excess alcohol and acetone has evaporated before putting on the AS5. And also as a word of caution, acetone will strip ink, melt plastic, and potentially make you sick.
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post #20 of 20
4/11/05 at 1:38pm
/me is jealous...I want to replace my 3.4 Prescott with a 3.4 Northy
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