peculiar DX2-66 Boxed with no markings

sammyc · Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Posts: 1668 Location: Scottish Borders

This arrived in a box of processors this morning.

It had a sticker on it which said DX2-66 SX750

But i took it off - and look at the chip: no markings.

JAC · Joined: 24 Jul 2005 Posts: 3469

I had one like that too... I took the heatsink off and all was well.

I take the heatsinks off by clamping the heatsink in a big vice, then close the vice down, the heatsink bends and off the chips pops.. NO DAMAGE. I have done it hundreds of times.

sammyc · Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Posts: 1668 Location: Scottish Borders

so underneath it was just a normal DX with the normal logo etc?

JAC · Joined: 24 Jul 2005 Posts: 3469

sammyc · Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Posts: 1668 Location: Scottish Borders

well, The heatsink appears to be an Intel Heatsink? is it part of the CPU?

JAC · Joined: 24 Jul 2005 Posts: 3469

yes, in as much as its stuck onto the surface of the chip.

sammyc · Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Posts: 1668 Location: Scottish Borders

I man, did they come from intel in this condition, or did a computer manufacturer add this heatsink?

JAC · Joined: 24 Jul 2005 Posts: 3469

It looks like an Intel heatsink, and its fixed down really well, so I am 99% sure it is an intel fit, probably to customer requirements about the markings/or lack thereof.

I had one just like this before, no markings on the heatsink, I popped the heatsink off and there was all the markings as expected on the ceramic itself.