Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 19:06:39 +0800 From: "PangMeng" <pangmeng@pacific.net.sg> To: <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Crashes with 6x86L-P200+ Message-ID: <199703311104.TAA13557@simon.pacific.net.sg>
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Replace the Heatsink with an Heatsink using in Audio Amplifier, add in some heatsink compound. Or add in a extra 5" fan, blow toward the CPU. ---------- From: Doug Russell <drussell@saturn-tech.com> To: Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com <michaelv@MindBender.serv.net> Cc: Paul Southworth <pauls@locust.etext.org>; freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Crashes with 6x86L-P200+ Date: Monday, March 31, 1997 3:07 PM On Sun, 30 Mar 1997, Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com wrote: > All the Cyrix chips I've seen come with a Cyrix-approved heat sink/fan > combo. Cyrix got some flak for sending out chips that would fail with > no-name heat sinks and fans. They are using large heat sinks with > fans that spin faster than "normal" cheapo fans. They do this so they > can ship out chips that run hotter at the higher speeds, by > guaranteeing the provided heat sink/fan will keep the chip from > burning up. The Cyrix heatsinks are terrible. Or at least every one I have seen has been totally inadequate. I tried them, and gave up. The machines we sell with Cyrix chips get set up with a big monster heatsink and a fast fan on top. Totally eliminates any chance of putting a full length card in a couple of slots, but that isn't normally a problem these days. The PC Power and Cooling fans work great on the slower chips (and I use them on our Pentium systems, well, and when we used to do 486es too..) but they don't move enough air for the 166/200 chips. Later...... <Doug>
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