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- From: astsloke@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg
- Subject: Re: CPU Heat Sink or Heater? Plus CPU Warranty Labels?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep11.225059.1@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg>
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- Organization: Nanyang Technological University - Singapore
- References: <26224@dog.ee.lbl.gov>
- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 14:50:59 GMT
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- In article <26224@dog.ee.lbl.gov>, twcaps@tennyson.lbl.gov (Terry Chan) writes:
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- >
- > 2. We are wondering whether this would dilute or even worsen the
- > cooling benefits of the heat sink since the sticker prevents
- > contact of the sink with the chip over that part and allows
- > an additional layer of air which could defeat the purpose of
- > the heat sink. Further, depending on how much air space there
- > is between the sink and the chip, the chip may be worse off
- > because (much) hotter air would be trapped over the chip by the
- > sink. Any thoughts on this?
-
- There should be a good thermal contact between the heatsink and the device
- inorder for the heatsink to effectively dissipate heat. See below.
-
- >
- > 3. Someone mentioned that there is a sort of gel/goop available on
- > the market that one applies to the heat sink to allow a good
- > contact between the sink and the chip thus facilitating cooling.
- > Has anyone had any experience with this stuff?
-
- Yes. You should put heat sink compound between the chip casing and the
- heatsink. This is usually a whiteish paste. This stuff is place on the chip
- and the heatsink is usually secured down with screws. But in the case of CPUs,
- they may be just stuck on. The firmer the contact, the lower the thermal
- resistance between the chip and the heat sink and more heat can be dissipated.
-
- All this aside, if your 486 is a true 486-50 there shouldn't be a major problem
- running without a heatsink on the CPU. Make sure that the casing is well
- ventilated and the ambient temperature within the case does not get too high.
-
- I used to have a 286-10 CPU which I ran at 12.5 MHz. Together with a ST251, it
- used to really cook. A fried of mine used to call it a diskette toaster and
- diskettes used to come out WARM (and in this country the ambient temperature
- is about 27 to 32 deg centigrade on average) after a few minutes in my system.
-
- It worked without a hitch for 4 years before I sold the thing off to someone.
- And it is still chugging along last I heard.
-
- Regards.
-
- T.S. Loke
- Nanyang Technological University
- Singapore
- * Standard Disclaimers Apply
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