\_ SMTP quoth Paul Dickson on 3/17/2001 23:44 as having spake thusly: \_ \_ On Fri, 16 Mar 2001 09:12:41 -0000, Mark wrote: \_ \_ > I fried one of those suckers by forgetting to put heat sync compound on it. \_ > Ouch! The guy at our vendor said he had one guy who fried one by simply \_ > sticking a muffin fan on the processor with double-sided tape. No heat \_ > sync. \_ \_ That's sink, as in something with a drain. Sync is short for synchronize. \_ \_ I'd much rather have something on my CPU getting rid of heat instead \_ of keeping it. \_ \_ Although, you could possibly use "heat sync" compound to thermally \_ connect your CPU to your heat sink. For a substantial charge, you can attach me to your CPU, but YMMV and I'm pretty sure there's high overhead and maintenance on this setup. David Sinck