Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 19:30:13 -0500 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Quiet cpu fans Message-ID: <200007270030.TAA16722@nospam.hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: Message from Linh Pham <lplist@q.closedsrc.org> of "Wed, 26 Jul 2000 16:51:26 PDT." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007261650080.9086-100000@q.closedsrc.org>
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Linh Pham writes: > On Thu, 27 Jul 2000, Haikal Saadh wrote: > > > While were on this topic, I'd also like to ask: > > > > Is it necessary to use thermal grease when attaching a heatsink on > > nowdays? > > It is highly recommended that you put some thermal grease between the CPU > and the heatsink surface. The thermal grease helps increase the heat > transfer between the two surfaces but closing any gaps and my slightly > increasing the surface area. > > Just don't use too much. Correct. Remember that "thermal grease" is not a great conductor of heat. The only reason you use it is that its better than air gaps. So put the thermal grease on as lightly as you can and still "wet" both the CPU and the heatsink. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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