[geeks] Mac Pro 1,1 CPU Upgrade - failure?

[Nick B]

I didn't mean to offend.  I looked into replacing the CPUs in a mac pro,
found this out, and eventually gave up, unable to find a source for non-IHS
cpus, or a reliable method of ensuring good heatsink contact with the wrong
kind of CPU installed, which sounds exactly like the issues you face.
Nick

On Sun, Dec 11, 2016 at 3:27 PM, Mark Benson <md.benson at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 11/12/2016 18:07, Nick B wrote:
>
>> One thing to keep in mind, I'm pretty sure most of the MAC Pros use
>> special
>> CPUs without the IHS.
>> Nick
>>
>
> These have an IHS, they look identical physically to the ones I replaced
> them with. I think I'd have noticed the difference?
>
>
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