Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 23:38:03 -0700 From: "Charles Burns" <burnscharlesn@hotmail.com> To: mwm@mired.org, ovanes_m@yahoo.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Athlon CPU health.. Message-ID: <F67k69rEIU5MsTEi6BF0001e8c5@hotmail.com>
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> > b) how to solve this problem. > >If it's the CPU, get a bigger heat sink and fan, and more heat grease. > > <mike Quick clarification as this statement could be misunderstood-- More heat grease (heatsink paste) as in adding a thicker layer will increase temps if nothing else. Less is more. Unless you have none. The thinner the layer, the better. Even the really excellent pastes like Arctic Silver are terrible at heat conduction compared to the copper plate of the heatsink itself, which is where you want to go in the first place. The paste is for filling in the tiny gaps and imperfections in both the heatsink and CPU, and is especially useful when using cheap heatsinks with a rough surface. Charles Burns _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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