On Fri, Oct 01, 1999 at 10:44:56PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Tonight I went to Radio Shack and picked up a small tube of thermal paste.
> I then took off the green heatsink that lays on top of the BX chip, put a
> generous coating of paste on it, and topped it off with a heatsink/fan
> combo from an old AMD PR133 I had laying around.
I don't know what exactly you mean by "generous coating", but it
doesn't sound like the best thing to do. The best thermo transfer is
still where the heatsink directly touches the chip. Thermal paste is
only supposed to fill the small gaps filled with air. The paste
transfers heat better than air but still not as good as direct contact.
I think the best way is to put a thin layer of paste on the chip and
then press on the heatsink and fix it in that place.
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