Fan that came included w/q6600 has thermal pad?

wartrace · 01-31-2008, 03:51 PM

I ordered a q6600 chip and it arrived with a fan included in the box. The fan has three spots of what looks like thermal paste on the copper heat transfer pad. Is that a pre-installed thermal paste (aka pad) or do I need to add more paste?

Sorry for the stupid question but it would be even more ignorant of me NOT to ask and screw up the chip by doing the wrong thing.

daisymtc · 01-31-2008, 04:31 PM

yup.

But you can re-apply a better one

01-31-2008, 03:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
wartrace Bronze Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Tennessee Posts: 41	Fan that came included w/q6600 has thermal pad? I ordered a q6600 chip and it arrived with a fan included in the box. The fan has three spots of what looks like thermal paste on the copper heat transfer pad. Is that a pre-installed thermal paste (aka pad) or do I need to add more paste? Sorry for the stupid question but it would be even more ignorant of me NOT to ask and screw up the chip by doing the wrong thing.

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01-31-2008, 04:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
daisymtc Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: UK Posts: 3,924	yup. But you can re-apply a better one