On 31 Jan 2008, at 01:57, DHSinclair wrote:
Well, I do not know the actual construction of the 'suspect'
heatsink. Thane is way up north. I am way south and west of him.
Snot like I got to put 'eyes' on the problem. I read here it was of
the new "heatpipe" varieties. I have no experience with a
"heatpipe" type HS yet.
I still live in the solid metal chunk heatsink world. They are
tough to fail, but I have read about trouble here too!
But, I do understand the basic physics that a "heatpipe" plays with.
So, I agreed with Thane that it seems that the HS is toast and needs
replacement. I was not aware that the heatpipe's might have some
sort of liquid as a transfer agent. I thought the current crop of
heatpipes used solid tubes to transfer heat to the "radiator." No
matter, whether liquid-filled or solid, if any of the "pipes" have
broken with the base, the device is toast IMHO. Perhaps I am way off
base. I can hang with that.
Best,
For it to qualify as a heatpipe, it has to be a hollow tube filled
with a liquid that has a low boiling point (in a lot of cases this is
merely extremely low pressure water)
I've never heard of one failing, but I suppose it's possible for one
to spring a leak or something of that nature.
-JB
