[ale] k7s5a motherboard

[John Wells]

I've read good reviews regarding Artic Silver, but the guy I spoke with at
tcwo.com was adamant that it shouldn't be used.  He said it has a much
higher conductivity than standard paste, among other things.

John

Jeff Hubbs said:
> More than once, I've removed the tape and used Arctic Silver thermal
> grease in its place.  I feel that the tape sometimes isn't getting
> squeezed down enough and making for too much of a gap.  You can also
> have a bad problem if there's even just a tiny bit of debris caught in
> between.
>
> - Jeff
>
> On Mon, 2002-10-21 at 16:00, Geoffrey wrote:
>> Irv Mullins wrote:
>> > On Monday 21 October 2002 01:01 pm, Geoffrey wrote:
>> >
>> >>Just out of curiosity, my expectation is that if the cpu is running
>> 45C (~112F), that the heat sink would be pretty warm to the touch,
>> but that does not appear to be the case.  Maybe not, since 112F
>> isn't but a few degrees above body temperature.  Maybe I've got my
>> upper limit wrong?? Input??
>> >
>> >
>> > Could it be that there is not good thermal bonding between the chip
>> and  the heatsink?
>>
>> Possibly.  This processor came with a heatsink and fan.  The processor
>>  is different then any I've seen in a while.  The sink only touches an
>>  area about 1 cm square on top of the actual chip.  The chip has four
>> little rubber feet at the corners that the sink rests on.  There was
>> thermal substance on the sink which is exposed when you remove some
>> tape  backing.  I guess I could pick up some new thermal goo and reset
>> the sink.
>>
>> >
>> > Irv
>> >
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