On Feb 5, 2010, at 11:59 PM, Clark Martin wrote: > On 2/5/10 7:56 PM, John Carmonne wrote: >> >> On Feb 5, 2010, at 6:48 PM, Clark Martin wrote: > >>> The bigger memory shouldn't cause heating. More likely the >>> heatsink didn't connect properly on re-assembly. Make sure you >>> renew the thermal compound. >> > >> >> Clark >> >> Can you elaborate on the thermal compound on the Wally heat sink? I >> have two machines and the contact surface of the heat sinks to the >> chip appears to be a tacky type of material. Are you suggesting that >> I apply some thermal paste on it? Also the thermal paste I have is a >> white one that I use on the Cubes and MDDs, would that be suitable. I >> have two 256MB sticks in the Wally's. >
> Off hand I don't remember the details of the Wallstreet's heatsink but if it > has a pad then you likely don't need heatsink compound. When you say it was > running hot, what was, specifically? The chip was hot, But I didn't have the heatsink on at the time and gave it no thought until you mentioned it, because I was testing the ram stick, what do you think about putting the 512 stick in the lower slot? I remember some machines liked the RAM in certain slots. Super cool to get 1 GB in a Wally? > -- > Clark Martin > Redwood City, CA, USA > Macintosh / Internet Consulting > > "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" > John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
