Hey guys, I have a dell Inspiron 570 and it originally had the athlon II, I upgraded to the AMD phenom II x 4 and finally got it in the mail yesterday. When I went to install the new heatsink the brackets are completely different and there's no way to install it. I called AMD and they said they are familiar with this issue and suggested I buy an aftermarket heatsink bc they do not make one. Thing is I'm a newb and don't even know where to start... Can someone please help me with this? I don't want to of wasted that much money for a new CPU and burn it up, bc I tryed installing the old heatsink and when I play games the CPU temp gets up to 71c! Any advice would be great, thank you guys!
Upgraded to AMD Phenom II from Athlon II and now I can't install the new heatsink...
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MineIQ1701
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What socket are you running on again? AM3 right? Also wil you be doing any overclocking?
He's using a Dell mobo, so there won't be any overclocking. And yes, the 965 is AM3.
The only thing you can do is be sure you put new, clean thermal paste on when you put the heatsink back on.
The only thing you can do is be sure you put new, clean thermal paste on when you put the heatsink back on.
MyCattMaxx
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He still hasn't answered on if he cleaned off the old heatsink compound and put new compound on.
I suspect that the problem is there.
I suspect that the problem is there.
He said he cleaned the old stuff off. I don' think he put new paste on.
Yes I cleaned it off and yes I applied more, but I did put a decent amount on and someone said that might be the prob. Im fine with buying a new heatsink if needed I just have no idea how to be 100% sure it'll work with my pc bc I don't wanna just waste more money.
I'm guessing you have a standoff where you screw the other half of the heatsink in? Take a pic and post it.
Yes that's exactly what I have! Can't post a pic ATM tho but go to that link and there is a pic on the last page of it.
http://www.computerforum.com/210085-newish-upgrading-pcs-what-should-i-do-next-2.html#post1756093
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Okay, this is slightly different than I expected.
The only way you'll know if you can get another heatsink is to pull the entire motherboard up and see if the backplate is removable or not (It might be attached by strong adhesive - you can heat it up with a heat gun and pull it off). Then you can buy a decent aftermarket cooler (Such as the Cooler Master Hyper N) as several of them come with the correct backplate..
I was also going to suggest just buying a bracket for the AMD heatsink, but the standoffs don't protrude up enough to install the bracket.
However no matter what, I CANNOT guarantee even an aftermarket cooler bracket would fit.
The only way you'll know if you can get another heatsink is to pull the entire motherboard up and see if the backplate is removable or not (It might be attached by strong adhesive - you can heat it up with a heat gun and pull it off). Then you can buy a decent aftermarket cooler (Such as the Cooler Master Hyper N) as several of them come with the correct backplate..
I was also going to suggest just buying a bracket for the AMD heatsink, but the standoffs don't protrude up enough to install the bracket.
However no matter what, I CANNOT guarantee even an aftermarket cooler bracket would fit.
A stock AMD CPU bracket will not fit. The holes for the bracket are way to far apart.
Yeah I didn't think they would. They didn't look right.
Alot of these OEM board are just raped. Its just wrong to do that.
Well went to best buy and geek squad seems to think that this might work. What do u guys think? I ended up buying it but won't be able to work on it for a few hours.
http://m.bestbuy.com/m/e/search/results.jsp#searchresultsdiv
Link doesnt work.
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Fixed the link above, now try lol.
As far as I can tell, no it will not fit. I uses a standard AMD bracket, that you dont have. Or it uses a push pin Intel setup, which your doesnt have either.
Well, you already have a decent CPU. Now save up for everything else you need.