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To: Monty Lenard who wrote (26198)	1/24/2001 12:23:52 PM
From: rsi_boy	Read Replies (1) of 275872

It is frighteningly easy to damage the core when installing the heat sink. Even an AMD approved heat sink (i.e. chrome orb) can break the CPU if installed incorrectly. It generally takes a lot of force to install a socket a heat sink, apply that force in a slightly nonvertical direction and you can break off a corner of the up-raised die. The silicon die is quite fragile and crumbles easily. And breaking off even an infinitesimal chunk will disable your CPU. Trust me, I know what I'm talking about:( T. Proud owner of: Duron 650 @ 997 MHz (105 X 9.5, ASUS A7V) Athlon 850 @ 0 MHz (keychain, RIP)

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