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Every time you remove a processor, you must replace the thermal grease on the processor heatsink. New grease and alcohol wipes for removing the previous grease are included with replacement processors. Instructions for applying the grease are included with the processor heatsinks procedure.
When removing or installing a processor, always hold the processor by the edges. Be extremely careful not to touch the gold pins on the bottom of the processor, as this type of connector is very sensitive to contamination. Also be careful not to touch the gold pins in the processor socket on the logic board.
We grabbed a pair of 2.4 GHz Clovertown samples and tossed them in the system, and to our pleasure, they worked just fine. Our samples used a 1066 MHz FSB, although we're expecting the final chip to use a 1333 MHz FSB, but the most important part of the test is that all 8 cores were detected and functional.