[ale] k7s5a motherboard

[John Wells]

Ok, ok.  I'm sold.

But is it worth it?  I'm running with the old standard white thermal paste
currently.  Any estimation of drops I could expect?

Also, how much paste is too much?  I've read *SO* many conflicting
reports...from "it should be a barely visible smooth layer" to McKinney
3's "1/16" wide "V's" (hills and valleys).

Thanks!

John

Jeff Hubbs said:
> Paula -
>
> That's not even enough.  I once fixed a client's machine in which
> someone had left the backing paper on the patch, compressing the paper
> between the CPU and the patch.
>
> I know from personal experience that AS can get on cache chip leads on
> an Athlon Classic and not mess up anything.  It is said that AS won't
> conduct unless it's compressed.
>
> - Jeff
>
> On Tue, 2002-10-22 at 12:25, Eichler, Paula J. wrote:
>>
>>
>> Wow, don't understand this one.  Everything I read was scrape the
>> white square off the heatsink and use arctic silver for a good bond
>> with the CPU. Better heatsinks come with AS instead of the white
>> patch.  I guess the thinking is that the average Joe may not know what
>> to do and ruin the CPU in 2.5 seconds by not using it, so they include
>> it with CPUs ..pj
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: John Wells [mailto:jb at sourceillustrated.com]
>> Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 5:13 PM
>> To: hbbs at attbi.com
>> Cc: esoteric at 3times25.net; ale at ale.org
>> Subject: Re: [ale] k7s5a motherboard
>>
>> 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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