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mbunny
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For people who purchased Intel P4's retails (i mean the CPU and stockstandard HSF not a P4 system).
I work at a computer supplier/manufacturer and i was told about a HSF defect that Intel has with most of their stock heatsinks.
The "leverage" point can cause the black holding points of the frame to expand a little. Through movement and general vibrations, the HSF can become dislodged and thus endangering your CPU.
Its very easy to correct this defect though, hopefully the whitebox retailers will have done this for you but if you built your own system, just give the leverage a little squeeze and u may or may not feel the lever pop back into the frame depending on whether it was done for you or not.
This has been a public service announcement =)
I work at a computer supplier/manufacturer and i was told about a HSF defect that Intel has with most of their stock heatsinks.
The "leverage" point can cause the black holding points of the frame to expand a little. Through movement and general vibrations, the HSF can become dislodged and thus endangering your CPU.
Its very easy to correct this defect though, hopefully the whitebox retailers will have done this for you but if you built your own system, just give the leverage a little squeeze and u may or may not feel the lever pop back into the frame depending on whether it was done for you or not.
This has been a public service announcement =)