zuiko21
Well-known member
Hi all,
I purchased one of these -- with the sole intention of housing my maxed-out 7600 mobo
However the original board and PSU work just fine and I could keep them for experiments... but now that I'm used to those beautiful, sparkling boards, this one looks filthy to me :disapprove:
I'd love to wash it, just like any other vintage board I have, but I don't know how to handle that Peltier device over the PPC601... especially since the service manual warns about not disconnecting it from the board! Yes, this 7200 does have the extra fan on top of it, besides the PSU frame -- I'm afraid I should remove it in order to fit the 7600 board.
So far, I think I should remove the heatsink and the Peltier, clean off any dry thermal paste residue and wash as usual. But then, for reassembling, should I put a bit of new thermal paste between the CPU and Peltier? Between peltier and heatsink? On both sides? None?
Thanks a lot in advance!
I purchased one of these -- with the sole intention of housing my maxed-out 7600 mobo
However the original board and PSU work just fine and I could keep them for experiments... but now that I'm used to those beautiful, sparkling boards, this one looks filthy to me :disapprove:
I'd love to wash it, just like any other vintage board I have, but I don't know how to handle that Peltier device over the PPC601... especially since the service manual warns about not disconnecting it from the board! Yes, this 7200 does have the extra fan on top of it, besides the PSU frame -- I'm afraid I should remove it in order to fit the 7600 board.
So far, I think I should remove the heatsink and the Peltier, clean off any dry thermal paste residue and wash as usual. But then, for reassembling, should I put a bit of new thermal paste between the CPU and Peltier? Between peltier and heatsink? On both sides? None?
Thanks a lot in advance!