[ale] Heatsinks

[Jay Finch]

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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