[ale] Heatsinks

[Jeff Hubbs]

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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