Overheating system

\_ SMTP quoth Paul Dickson on 3/17/2001 23:44 as having spake thusly:
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\_ On Fri, 16 Mar 2001 09:12:41 -0000, Mark wrote:
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\_ > 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.
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\_ That's sink, as in something with a drain. Sync is short for synchronize.
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\_ 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