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The pink pad is where the die should be. To the trained eye (yeah, right) something was definitely wrong. This CPU, where it was crushed by the heatsink, sort of looks like it has glitter on the side of the die where it had been scraped up by the GOrb. See the below photo.
The above photo (and many more to follow) represents a CPUs that was once functional, but is now completely DESTROYED, not because of faulty engineering, but because of gross user error. This has prompted me to bring to light the rights and wrongs of HSF installation on a Socket A CPU.
First I need to communicate to you that if you install the CPU and heatsink OUTSIDE OF THE CASE things will progress MUCH easier because you can get a good eyeball of whether or not that puppy is really on the die or not. I've actually made it a habit to install my CPU and RAM and do bench tests of the core components BEFORE installing everything in the case long before Socket A's were a twinkle in AMD's eye.
One good reason to install outside of the case was actually submitted by the man who brought us Arctic Silver. Nevin stated that if the CPU is not all of the way in the socket (as shown below. No it's not Socket A, but it was handy) then the heatsink may "seem" to be installed correctly, but the PC may lock up, heat up, etc. for more reasons than I care to list! It's a rare mistake, but it DOES HAPPEN! So make sure that puppy is FLUSH in that socket!!!
In this first photo below, I'm getting the first clip on the socket. Note the clip in between the row of 5 capacitors. It is important that this clip is as much on the socket as possible for doing ANYTHING ELSE.
I then put the CPU down, flush on the die. I DO NOT attempt to clip the other clip on in the same motion as making the heatsink flush with the same hand.
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