Installing my Socket A heatsink - need help
I'm trying to install my heatsink, and I'm a little nervous about this already. It doesn't look quite like it does in the manual and the video from amd's website. In every picture I've seen, the HS has an indentation on one end that sits over the processor socket. This one is flat and has a processor sized square coming out the bottom. What worries me is that the HS hangs over the edge of the socket (this was described as very wrong in the manual), but it doesn't touch like the picture.
Also, about the thermal compound: The documentation all had it covered by a thin layer of film, but other than the plastic that was around the bottom of the HS, it seems uncovered. I can't find any evidence that there is something over it. It appears to be a grey, tacky substance. Smooth to the touch, and not at all sticky... just dry... is this right?
Thanks for your help.
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