From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Jan 28 21:42:42 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA01138 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 28 Jan 1998 21:42:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA01085 for ; Wed, 28 Jan 1998 21:42:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA23555; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 16:12:16 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id QAA16535; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 16:12:16 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980129161216.57713@lemis.com> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 16:12:16 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Mike Smith Cc: FreeBSD hardware Users Subject: Re: Heat sinks and coolers: grease or pad? References: <19980129154037.61654@lemis.com> <199801290532.QAA01436@word.smith.net.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: <199801290532.QAA01436@word.smith.net.au>; from Mike Smith on Thu, Jan 29, 1998 at 04:02:26PM +1030 Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe hardware" On Thu, Jan 29, 1998 at 04:02:26PM +1030, Mike Smith wrote: >> I recently bought an AMD K6/233, and I'm still looking for a cooler >> which will keep it cool enough. Today I got a thing double the size >> of the last (well-dimensioned) one, and mounted it. It look bovine >> rc564 3 minutes to overheat the processor. > > Yay. Three cheers for AMD. 8( > >> I'm wondering what to do next. Both this cooler (which claims a >> thermal resistance of 0.8°C/W) and the previous one have a pad stuck >> on to the processor side, presumably in order to facilitate heat >> transfer. What's the best way to use this? Should I use thermal >> grease anyway? Should I use it instead? Any other bright ideas? > > How about a Peltier effect cooler? You suggested this already. Care to implement it? Greg