Okay, I am replacing my old, feeble 1800+ with a shiny and new 2500+. I got the retail version since at the time, it cost $1.50 less than the OEM (Take my heatsink...please!) and have a few questions.

First off, the wax on the core should be unmelted when it gets here, right? That would let me just pop off the heatsink and put on a decent one.

Next, I have a Tt CPU shim (I'm paranoid and I like to be able to jiggle my heatsink a bit, just in case). I have heard whispers that these leave a gap above the core when installed on Bartons. Is this true?

Also, can I use the Athlon retail heatsink on a vid card? If so, does anybody know how to remove the Corb I have epoxied on there now?

And finally, I know my board has a 1/6 divider, so I should have no trouble running at 166 FSB. Does it have a 1/7, so it will reset if/when I hit 200? I don't really like the idea of running my peripherals that far out of spec. Thanks for the help, folks!