On Fri, April 13, 2007 5:49 pm, Karl Cunningham wrote: > On 4/13/2007 4:19 PM, Lan Barnes wrote: >> On Fri, April 13, 2007 4:05 pm, Gus Wirth wrote: >>> Lan Barnes wrote: >>>> My concern is the three copper tubes between the heat sink and the >>>> radiator. Someone (Stewart? Andrew?) pointed me to the wikipedia page >>>> that >>>> explained that they're a whiz-bang heat transfer thingie. There was an >>>> implication that they have a finite lifetime. A little grease on a >>>> processor is one thing. A fancy proprietaty part is another. >>> It was me. >>> >>> Gus >> >> So you know the cheap fix, right? You, like, drill little holes with a >> dremmel and fill them with Karo syrup and seal it with solder ... right? > > Do that but then don't put it all back together. You can instantly tell > what's getting hot and what's not. If it's too hot break out the fans. > Or the vacuum. > > Karl
I was kinda kidding about my putative fix. But again, the machine is in the shop. -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
