help! CPU close to being toasted...?

[llama_thumper]

hi guys,

was wondering if anybody could give me some hints on this. to make it brief, i got myself a Pentium D 805. I installed it with the stock heatsink/fan. Not realising what I was getting into , I took it off again. Needless to say, this disformed the thermal pad. I attached the heatsink/fan again, and during one of my BIOS inspections, noticed that it had 75C. Shut down the PC, and applied thermal paste (after cleaning the CPU and heatsink):

http://redo.net/temp/public/CIMG5102.JPG
http://redo.net/temp/public/CIMG5110.JPG

I did not apply any paste to the heatsink, it was very sticky when I tried (so I cleaned it again).

After putting on the heatsink/fan again, I got 95C in my BIOS - what am I doing wrong? Is the thermal paste applied correctly (Arctic Silver 5, it's a bit sticky)? Did I use enough/too much (2 grains of rice)?

Would appreciate any hints, before I toast my CPU, if I haven't done so already....

 

[llama_thumper]

yup, did clean both... bad contact you say? guess i can try pressing down the HSF even more, though i'm pretty sure it's all clicked in... it's the stock intel HSF.

 

[llama_thumper]

alright, thanks.

how will i know if my CPU is damaged? failure to boot, error message at POST...?

 

[llama_thumper]

are you guys sure about that 1 grain of rice/dab for my type of processor? (as on the pix, pentium d 805... more than 2cm by 2cm)

should the AS be sticky? (it was in a closed tube, but I did use it before, a couple of months ago).

 

[llama_thumper]

right, will try then... and how can i find out whether i've managed to fry it? no screen at all, or some error message? want to know when i have to check my bank account balance

 

[llama_thumper]

thanks for the earlier advice - i pressed down the HSF even more and got down the temp to 65C and then, after pressing even more, to 55C. Now it runs 15C hotter than my identical twin system, which had a thermal pad which I did not mess about with.

so, basically, there was lacking contact, and there still is - the intel HSF is not that great, it clips on but isn't apparently completely 'in touch'.

thanks again for the help - might be back with more questions though, ie "how much pressure do i have to apply to the HSF before it cracks the CPU casing/motherboard? "