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.
-Paul
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