Intel stock heatseak question on E6850

[jack]

Hello,
Does anyone know if the stock fan/heatsink has a clear plastic film
covering the thermal compound at the base? If it does, I didn't remove
it prior to installtion on the cpu. If it is there, did I damage the
cpu running it this way? There was no mention of this in the sparse
install doc that came with the cpu. But now I'm reading online threads
that say it is attached. Also, whenever the heatsink is removed does
it require a new thermal pad to be installed or can I just reuse what
thermal compound is stuck to the base.

 

[Peter van der Goes]

Hello,
Does anyone know if the stock fan/heatsink has a clear plastic film
covering the thermal compound at the base? If it does, I didn't remove
it prior to installtion on the cpu. If it is there, did I damage the
cpu running it this way? There was no mention of this in the sparse
install doc that came with the cpu. But now I'm reading online threads
that say it is attached. Also, whenever the heatsink is removed does
it require a new thermal pad to be installed or can I just reuse what
thermal compound is stuck to the base.

What is the CPU temperature? If there was plastic film covering the TIM and
you left it in place, I think the temperature would have spiked triggering a
thermal shutdown.
Are you just experiencing high temperatures? If that's the case, I'd suspect
that all four pint on the HSF were not fully inserted into your motherboard.
Give us some numbers/specific symptoms to work with.

 

[jack]

What is the CPU temperature? If there was plastic film covering the TIM and
you left it in place, I think the temperature would have spiked triggering a
thermal shutdown.
Are you just experiencing high temperatures? If that's the case, I'd suspect
that all four pint on the HSF were not fully inserted into your motherboard.
Give us some numbers/specific symptoms to work with.

Sorry. I'm getting 30-35 Celsius as viewed from the Bios. Ambient temp
is 24 C. I don't have an OS installed yet.

 

[Fergus]

Hello,
Does anyone know if the stock fan/heatsink has a clear plastic film
covering the thermal compound at the base? If it does, I didn't remove
it prior to installtion on the cpu. If it is there, did I damage the
cpu running it this way? There was no mention of this in the sparse
install doc that came with the cpu. But now I'm reading online threads
that say it is attached. Also, whenever the heatsink is removed does
it require a new thermal pad to be installed or can I just reuse what
thermal compound is stuck to the base.

I am looking at a stock Intel fan for the Q6600 which I did not fit and it
does NOT have a film over the compound.........

 

[~misfit~]

Somewhere on teh interweb jack typed:

Hello,
Does anyone know if the stock fan/heatsink has a clear plastic film
covering the thermal compound at the base? If it does, I didn't remove
it prior to installtion on the cpu. If it is there, did I damage the
cpu running it this way? There was no mention of this in the sparse
install doc that came with the cpu. But now I'm reading online threads
that say it is attached. Also, whenever the heatsink is removed does
it require a new thermal pad to be installed or can I just reuse what
thermal compound is stuck to the base.

I've never seen a plastic film on a C2D HS but then again I've only seen a
couple. I think that, if one was on yours you would have seen it?

You can't re-use the TIM if you pull the CPU. You'll need to remove the old
stuff (meths and a rag will do it) and use some after-market thermal paste.

 

[Peter van der Goes]

Sorry. I'm getting 30-35 Celsius as viewed from the Bios. Ambient temp
is 24 C. I don't have an OS installed yet.

Nothing wrong with those temps, IMO.
Go ahead and install the OS of your choice.

My 6420, overclocked to 2.76 GHz, runs in the 35C - 55C range depending on
load and is 100% reliable.

 

[Keith]

It (E6850) does not (at least the one I received 3 weeks ago)