[ale] Heatsinks

[Michael Snow]

I recommend getting some Thermal Paste at Radio Shack and put a liberal 
amount own.  It solved my heat problems.  I also installed a aux fan in the 
case which blows at the cpu also;  proably a combination of both.. Good luck.

Best regards -- Michael 

On Sun, 13 Aug 2000, Jay Finch wrote:
> I just went through all of this myself when I was upgrading my PC... :~)
> 
> The tape you removed was probably "Thermal Tape" which is used to better 
> conduct the heat transfer from the CPU to the Heatsink.
> 
> I would recommend going on-line and getting some "Thermal Paste" to apply 
> to the space where the heatsink fits onto the CPU.
> 
> Do you have any type of heat monitoring?  Also -- What type of case do you 
> have?  How's the airflow inside?
> 
> Here are some helpful links:
> http://www.overclockers.com/articles38/
> http://www.overclockers.com/tips21/
> http://agrose.home.mindspring.com/coolfans.htm
> http://www.coolingstore.com/Pages/thermal_tape_info.htm
> http://www.tweak3d.net/articles/casecutting/
> 
> There are a lot of articles on case airflow, cooling tips, etc. out 
> there...  I know it's helped me keep my case cool, my CPU cooler, and 
> running everything fine. :~)
> 
> Cheers!
> Jay
> 
> At 03:15 PM 8/13/00 -0400, Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> >Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> >
> > > I have a question pertaining to an Athlon heatsink but I expect that the
> > > issue would apply to other sinilar heatsinks as well.
> > >
> > > The original one I had gotten from GIM Computer developed a bad fan (in
> > > only 2-3 months!), so I went back for a replacement.  The original had a
> > > thin square (~1" on a side) piece of a soft grayish metal attached to
> > > the back which would have been in direct contact with the Athlon
> > > module.  The new one had something different.  There was a piece of
> > > transparent blue tape (which I presumed should be removed, which I did),
> > > covering a white ~1"-wide piece of thin plastic with a noticeable
> > > crosshatch pattern of about 2mm pitch in it.
> > >
> > > Even though I have redone my fans and am finally able to run my new
> > > computer with the side covers on, I still get lockups and crashes when
> > > running the SETI at home client.  The computer can run the client endlessly
> > > when the covers are off and can sit idle endlessly with the covers off,
> > > so I presume the CPU is running a bit too hot still.
> > >
> > > Does the thing with the white square on the new heatsink sound normal to
> > > you, or should I get a more serious heatsink?  I've also wondered if I
> > > should just try to remove the white square and set 2-3 laters of
> > > tighly-pressed aluminim foil in between.  Opinions?
> > >
> > > - Jeff
> > >
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> >Oops, I mis-spoke - I meant to say that the computer can sit endlessly idling
> >with the covers ON.  If I then run the SETI at home client, the display 
> >either goes
> >black or freezes, along with the mouse pointer.
> >
> >- Jeff
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