> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of David
> A. Sinck
> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 8:16 AM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Re: Overheating system
> 
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> \_ 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
> 
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You missed the obvious...this would be called of course - a heat sinck.

Craig