Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 23:47:13 +0200 From: Olaf Hoyer <ohoyer@fbwi.fh-wilhelmshaven.de> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: thermal grease? Message-ID: <4.1.20000415234212.00c63c00@mail.rz.fh-wilhelmshaven.de> In-Reply-To: <42882.955823268@pinhead.parag.codegen.com> References: <Message from Barney Wolff <barney@databus.com> <38f8b28a0.3ca7@databus.databus.com>
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At 11:27 15.04.00 -0700, you wrote: > >That's odd - I found a tiny tube of the stuff in a Radio Shack around >here. It was in the electronics do-it-yourself parts section (with PC >boards, sockets, chips, etc) and not in the computer section. > Hi! Well, not that odd... Most of that part is used to put between transistors and their heatsink befor they are screwed together... So any electronic shop should carry that... CPU is not that wide application field. But, unless you are running a very stressed CPU (24h/7day server use, overclocked thingie or highest-end one like Athlon 1 GHz) then in normal cases you can leave out the thermal grease. Most coolers nowadays have some plastiv sheet under them that also helps in distributing the energy from CPU to cooler, and also prevents direct metal contact, which is helpful in case of power spikes... For real hard-core overclockers, there is special silver grease... Regards Olaf Hoyer -------- Olaf Hoyer www.nightfire.de mailto:Olaf.Hoyer@nightfire.de FreeBSD- Turning PC's into workstations ICQ:22838075 Liebe und Hass sind nicht blind, aber geblendet vom Feuer, dass sie selber mit sich tragen. (Nietzsche) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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