Processors don't usually have plastic covering on them, so I think you've got
a
metal top. By the way, you shouldn't be touching it as the grease from your
skin may affect heat transfer to the heatsink, but if you've done this
already,
one way to tell if something is metal or plastic is temperature. If (when not
powered on)
the top feels cold to the touch, it's probably metal, if it feels to be at
room
temperature, it's probably a plastic coating. Metal can have a pinkish tint to
it.

Please make sure that you evenly place the heatsink compound over the whole
of this metal area before applying the heatsink and once in place, do not
remove the heatsink again - if you have to, you should remove all compound
and put new compound in place. You may have a heatsink with the compound
already applied to it, so this save a task, however again, if you MUST remove
this later, you will need additional heatsink compound.

If heat transfer from the processor to the heatsink is not good, the processor

will simply cook and destroy itself in a matter of weeks !

Cheers/2

Ed.

Jim Byrnes wrote:

> I am building a second system for my use from a combination of new and
> used parts.  I don't do this often and have not built one in a couple of
> years so I am having trouble deciding whether or not the backing on the
> AMD Athlon is metal or plastic.
>
> It is a shiney sort of burnished pink in color.  Feels smooth to the
> touch and has some sort of logo or design that you can feel in the left
> hand corner.
>
> I think it is plastic though I can't seem to find an edge to lift to
> peel off, my daughter thinks it is metal.
>
> Can any of you experienced system builders help me out here?
>
> Thanks,  Jim
>
>
>
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>
>
>
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