Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 23:33:20 -0500 (EST) From: steve <syoung@idirect.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: FreeBSD hardware Users <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Heat sinks and coolers: grease or pad? Message-ID: <1.5.4.16.19980204233006.26874a2e@idirect.com>
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At 03:40 PM 1/29/98 +1030, you 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. > >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? > >Greg Hi, I have several amd k6-pr2/233 processors (all on dfi motherboards, 586ipvg); no heat problems with a (regular) heat sink and cooling fan - you can touch the edges of the cpu, it's just warm, not hot. Note that these processors should be 3.2 volts, not 3.3; I have more than once had some other board pre-configured and 'set' with the voltage too high. The result is burned fingers. Hope this helps, steve
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