i just installed q6600 on my new intel mobo dp35dp and then i tried to fit heatsink on the processor the heat sink sitted on the processor fine and then i pressed 2 pins they r under the hole fine but when i tried to press other 2 these 2 r out of the holes im keep trying but cant take all four in the same time plz help me also tell me did i screw the thermal paste or thermal pad i dont have any extra thermal paste or pad im confussed and pissed plz tell me what to do

There is a direction arrow on top of the Push pin on the Intel cooler. That direction is for removing, so for installing the direction is reverse.

Install them one by one diagonally and you will hear a click when it is fully inserted. Push the cooler with one hand and push the pin from the other.

Also before that check if the CPU is sitting in the right orientation.

but what about the thermal i removed a heatsink almost removed it i mean for few second and then i quickly set on the processor so the thermal pad or thermal paste still working?

If you didn't run the board the pad is fine to use.

run the board u mean power on the board i did power on the board for 2 few seconds i think but i dont have case so i didnt fully turn on even the fan was not running if im not not the cpu was also not running its just some light on the board green anyways how to turn on the cpu and fan without cpu case??

run the board u mean power on the board i did power on the board for 2 few seconds i think but i dont have case so i didnt fully turn on even the fan was not running if im not wrong the cpu was also not running its just some light on the board green anyways how to turn on the cpu and fan without cpu case??
sorry for double post

YOu evidently need to remove the HSink. Look at the pad. If it is all mented down flat then you need to completely clean it off and apply a new pad or thermal paste. You can buy paste at many different stores.

what u mean mented down flat i dont get u when i removed for few second i noticed some silver stuff on the thermal thats all i know anyways i will check the temperature if its normal then i dont need thermal paste if it will go higher then its mean the heatsink is not working properly and i need thermal paste what is the different between thermal paste amd thermal pad??

what the hell i think i putted too much pressure on the heatsink im worried now maybe i damage the pins inside the processor socket

The more you try, the worse you're making things. Take the HSF off & see what the heck is happening.

"what is the different between thermal paste amd thermal pad??"

A pad is generally pre-installed on the bottom of the heatsink. It's perfectly flat & usually square in shape.

Paste comes in a tube or a small packet & MUST be applied (& applied correctly) to the top of the CPU before the HSF is installed.

Why did you get a quad-core in the 1st place? We discussed this a couple of weeks ago in the CPU forum & you said that you changed your mind & were gonna get the E6600 instead?

And then there's this:

http://www.computing.net/hardware/w...

whats that q6600 go for about $250.00. I wish I could spend that on my "hobby". I'm posting from a compaq PIII, my neighbor threw out. I installed ubuntu 6, just finished downloading version 7, can't wait to install it. This dog had a PIII 800 but I installed a 1000, I also found in the trash. I struugled for the last 2 weeks whether to spent $25.00 on a board for a 1.8 duron I pulled out of the trash.

larry

If you watch an installation video from Intel, it says that you should push down on the center of the heatsink(not too hard, though) to keep the pins you already pushed down on from disengaging. Don't feel too bad-I did something similar to you a few weeks ago. i wasn't used to these news HSfs with the push pins. I ended up getting a HSF that screws into a backplate below the mobo. It was much easier to install.

yea i got q6600 not that dual core coz quad core is future proof thanx u still have that discussion in mind lol i cant fix this heatsink so i will buy different one with screw not pins i believe that will come with paste not thermal pad thermal pad is better or paste?

screw fans r more pain like zalman fans i need to join several parts in order to make the fan and heatsink work properly im going to the computer shop i cant take this anymore bye

Good video to watch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGTa...