[geeks] Dell T105 Server, CPU and RAM upgrade

[Lionel Peterson]

On Mar 19, 2009, at 9:14 PM, Shannon Hendrix <shannon at widomaker.com>  
wrote:

> On Mar 19, 2009, at 15:06 , Lionel Peterson wrote:
>>
>>
>> BTW, I like your T105 CPU upgrade - did you keep Dells fan/heatsink  
>> or something else? I am considering upgrading my T105 to the  
>> Opteron 1356 for $134 from newegg.com (RAM is already maxed out)...
>
> I picked up the 1352 on newegg as well.
>
> I used the Dell heatsink and fan shroud, since it is actually pretty  
> good.  Will save the AMD OEM for something else, maybe an OEM CPU  
> for another system.

Cool - I don't want to learn about AM2 coolers...

> A word of warning:
>
> When I removed the heatsink per Dell's instructions, it pulled the  
> CPU out of its socket.  The thermal paste forms a suction on the CPU  
> and is *VERY* hard to pull off without pulling the CPU too.
>
> This is fairly common with a lot of CPU assemblies these days,  
> because the cooling systems are huge and the better thermal paste  
> really holds onto the CPU.

On Intel/Socket 775 this doesn't happen, the chip is locked in, but I  
certainly would have assumed this socket was like the Intel, so thanks  
for the tip.

On older Socket 478 I developed the habit of twisting the heat sink  
before lifting, to break the vacuum.

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>> Also, the X1 HD tray arrived today - thanks!
>
> What's that?

Never mind, I got names confused...

Lionel