protecting the core

[daven1986]

I have a zalman 9500 HSF and im going to take the IHS off my opteron, however my computer is a tower therefore the 9500 is horizontal, i know this will cause it to rock on my core so i would like to put some foam on the sides to stop this occurring. so here are my questions:

1) any special type of foam or tape, or will any do?
2) how thick is the core, and therefore how thick should i make the pads?

thanks

daven

 

[Logan321]

I left my micrometer in my other pants, so I didn't measure the thickness of the core when I had mine exposed. The ridge around the outside of the heatspreader is about 1/16" thick, and there was some thermal "paste" on the core, though it was a solid when I opened it up.

I would just make sure whatever you use will compress down to 1/16" or less, or else you may end up holding the heatsink off the core and then it'll poof.

 

[daven1986]

thanks

 

[Borgschulze]

Use electrical tape. Layer it up till it's level with the core.