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- From: aron@archangel.ced.berkeley.edu (aron bonar)
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- Subject: Re: Heat and 486 again
- Date: 12 Nov 1992 01:07:22 GMT
- Organization: University of California, Berkeley
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- In article <1dm7vqINNp6t@sam.ksu.ksu.edu>, sdoran@sam.ksu.ksu.edu (Steven Marcotte) writes:
- |>
- |> I bought a 486DX/50 about two months ago. When I bought it
- |> I had a heat sink with fan installed, this is something that isn't
- |> included in all systems, you have to specially request it. Anyway,
- |> after several attempts the fan that is attached to the heat sink is still
- |> loud and causes vibration. The case seems to have adiquate air
- |> flow, so would a heat sink be enough to provide enough extra cooling to
- |> the chip? If not, what other options are avaliable to cool things off?
- |>
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- Yeah..I just have a heat sink on top of my 486-50 cpu and the system seems fine.
- Although...I do run my computer with the case open so air can get in and circulate.
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