From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Jan 28 21:50:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA02283 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 28 Jan 1998 21:50:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from word.smith.net.au (vh1.gsoft.com.au [203.38.152.122]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA02274 for ; Wed, 28 Jan 1998 21:50:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA01492; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 16:13:16 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199801290543.QAA01492@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Greg Lehey cc: FreeBSD hardware Users Subject: Re: Heat sinks and coolers: grease or pad? In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 29 Jan 1998 16:12:16 +1030." <19980129161216.57713@lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 16:13:16 +1030 From: Mike Smith Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id VAA02276 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe hardware" > >> 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? Why not just buy one? Ten seconds with AltaVista suggests http://www.computernerd.com/coolspec.htm as a place to start. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\