David,

The front side bus should stay at 133, the CPU performs 2 data transfers per
clock cycle.

The sticky tape covers a thermal compound on the Volcano, you are not
supposed to need extra thermal grease.  Be ready for the Athlon to run hot.
I have a 7k rpm Volcano on my 1.4 GHz and it runs normally around 55C,
sometimes as high as 60C.

Good luck,
Rand Blunck
Why Not Try Computing
Glendale, AZ

Subject: [PCBUILD] New Athlon 1.4 System Setup

(The front side bus is then set at twice CPU external Freq? Right?)

I also have a Volcano 5 Themaltake cooler. It has a piece of sticky tape
which says to remove before install. Is this some type of thermal compound?
Or do I need to also use thermal grease?

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