how to mount socket A heatsink without rubber pads?

[Neon]

Hello,

I have a socket A chip that is missing the 4 rubber pads that a heatsink normally rests upon.

Can I mount the heatsink anyway, and go?
Should I place some rubber strips on the chip where the pads used to be (the strips are approximately the correct height)?

What do you think?

[CPUShack]

[KeVo-Computers]

if you tell what type and speed you have
because for some type`s they have copper plates that protect your proc.
for crushing the core

[CPUShack]

I have used the copper plates and do not like them, they increase the core heating significantly

[Neon]

The chip is a standard desktop Athlon XP 2800+ Barton which I got off of eBay. However, I think it may be a fake, because the label reads AXDA2800DKV4E, and I don't think any of the 2800 rated chips came with a 200 system bus.

So, I'd like to boot this chip up to see what I've got.

I'll probably use some 3mm rubber tape (used for weatherstrip), which is a little thicker than the normal pads.

FrozenCPU sells a mica shim. What do you think of them?
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/3534/shm-06/Universal_Socket_A_Non-Conductive_Shim.html

[CPUShack]

havent used the mica ones, but I have found that the airflow UNDER the heatsink does help cool.

(my Athlon 1400 oc'd to 1500 was a HOT chip to start with)

[Neon]

OK, I tried this today.

The good news is that 4 small pieces of weatherstrip worked fairly well. The heatsink attachment required only slightly more force. So, I learned that this method will work, in case it is required in the future.

The bad news is that the CPU is dead. The eBay seller had many many negative feedbacks starting several weeks after I bought this CPU.

The not so bad news is that I paid very little for the CPU.