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Tommorow i am receiving a brand spanking new PC..... but only problem mayb is that a Duron 800 is fitted on it just incase couriers bugga up...... so this guy is sending me a Athlon XP 1600+ early next week can anyone guide me anywhere, to find out about doing this?
I will be phoning this guy for help tho, but i like to get to know wot to do in advance.

I could cut the pins off, but lack the technology to do such a thing, and don't feel like bending each one individually. This one was actually luke's CPU, he chipped some of the die off it and gave it to me. The one I killed was after no installing the HSF properly before switching on the box..."What's that smell? Ohcrap.."

Why don't you cut the pins off? how did it actually get ontoa chain anyway? were you overclocking it or just installing it? I think Sniper might get paranoid about installing his chip now :)

Shh, I like my keyring, it's infinitely more useful stabbing me in the side of the leg than in a PC..

If the heatsink on the Duron 950 is the model you're going to use on the XP processor then make sure it has enough oomph to cool your new processor. If made-up PCs have an achilles heel then it is with adequate cooling: make sure you apply a thermal grease as Reaper suggests. Even then make sure you use your motherboard's ability to track CPU temperature, and automatically shutdown the system if it gets to hot.

And now it makes a lovely keyring!

Ok, presumably the mobo will take an XP...It's not a particularly difficult procedure, as long as you're careful, and don't lose patience. It should be a fairly sizeable heatsink to cool the xp1600, so be very careful when taking it off and replacing it - you will have to put some pressure on it, but make sure that the motherboard is on a flat surface - you may want to take it out of your case before you start, just makes it all easier to work with.

Depending on which motherboard oyu have, you may find it easier to remove your ram before you start - if it looks like you might hit it while waving a screwdriver around. Basically, you shuld see that the heatsink is attatched to the CPU socket by a metal clip on opposite sides. Take said screwdriver and find the side of the heatsink with a small hook on the clip that you can fit a screwdriver in to, push down in to it and move the clip down and out, off of the plastic pegs. Lift that side up, and then unhook the other side - shouldn't need any tools for that bit. Open the lever at the side of the socket, then lift the cpu straight up out of it.

Stick the XP in, apply any thermal compound you may wish to use (www.arcticsilver.com for a guide) and put the heatsink back on. You'll have to attatch it at an angle, the side without a hook first, then push the other side down and over the pegs, locking it in place.

You may not have a hsf which attatches with clips, most socket A mobos will accept screws to mount the heatsink. If so, it's fairly self explanatory, just screw/unscrew instead of clipping/unclipping. This is a little safer, as you're not exerting a lot of physical pressure on a single point and your screwdriver wont slip...just don't screw it down so tightly that you crack the die. Ask on here for any specific help, only killed 1 CPU in my time..good learning experience.

Tommorow i am receiving a brand spanking new PC..... but only problem mayb is that a Duron 800 is fitted on it just incase couriers bugga up...... so this guy is sending me a Athlon XP 1600+ early next week can anyone guide me anywhere, to find out about doing this?
I will be phoning this guy for help tho, but i like to get to know wot to do in advance.