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Replace The Rubbers on CPU
Name: The Eagle Date: February 27, 2007 at 02:15:07 Pacific OS: XP Home CPU/Ram: XP3200 1GB RAM Product: Gigabyte MB
Comment:
I do not know correct terminology but two of the four nipples on the back of the CPU got burnt when the fan packed in. The CPU works perfect still. How do/can I replace these please.
Name: jam Date: February 27, 2007 at 09:50:25 Pacific
Reply:
I had to do this on a CPU that I purchased from eBay. What I did was go to a local craft store & buy some peel-n-stick foam "dots" that were roughly the same size/thickness are the original pads. Actually, the girl at the store gave me some from an open pack, so I got them for free :-)
Make sure the ones you get aren't too thick or they won't compress enough & the heatsink won't make good contact on the CPU core.
These are probably much bigger, but at least it will give you an idea of what I mean:
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