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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
 Posted - 27 Dec 2002 : 17:19:14
EBIL EBIL EBIL!!!!!!I'm giving one of my Pentium 166s a complete stripdown and rebuild, and it turns out that whoever put the heatsink on went crazy with the friggen thermal paste!!!! I got it all over my fricken fingers, and then i had to go wash my hands before i could do anything else! Its fricken disgusting stuff! Its evil i tell you!!!!! It gets everywhere and then its a complete PITA to get off!!!! -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5
68k Macintosh Liberation Army
Number of 68ks Liberated: 6
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oldmacman
Full Member
USA
713 Posts |
Posted - 27 Dec 2002 : 17:37:24
I've always just used plumber's putty instead. It does the job, and it's not as messy.Official 68kMLA Music and NeXT Expert
Macs Liberated: SE (2), LC, IIsi, PB 145b, Quadra 700 (2), LC 575, 6100 (2), PB 5300, PowerMac 5400/200, Performa 6400/180
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~Coxy
Leader, Tactical Ops Unit
Australia
2822 Posts |
Posted - 28 Dec 2002 : 05:39:47
The only time I've come across it was when I pulled apart an LC PSU and turned it into a pencilcase.You should have seen the exam instructors asking me to open it up, maybe they thought that it was a bomb.  ~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit
Mayor of NuBus City v3.0
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 29 Dec 2002 : 13:45:19
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The only time I've come across it was when I pulled apart an LC PSU and turned it into a pencilcase.You should have seen the exam instructors asking me to open it up, maybe they thought that it was a bomb.
HAR!(TM) (Yes, i am on a PeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeCeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee atm) -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5
68k Macintosh Liberation Army
Number of 68ks Liberated: 6
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 01 Jan 2003 : 22:10:50
I have a PEESEE friend... he thinks that heat sinks won't work without the stuff... and... that is wrong... the Acer's heat sink... had this little heat absorbing pad... but not any messy goo... and... well other than that I haven't taken off many hear sinks... both of my dells have had goo... and a few other pentium class machineswhat I'm interested in... is if you need goo when you've underclocked... there's a P90 processor that I underclocked to 75... I never really got to look at it or see what it was doing... Official 68k videographer |
MacMoose
Junior Member
USA
176 Posts |
Posted - 02 Jan 2003 : 06:49:22
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what I'm interested in... is if you need goo when you've underclocked... there's a P90 processor that I underclocked to 75... I never really got to look at it or see what it was doing...
The general rule, or at least the one I was taught, is a heatsink on any Wintel processor over 50mhz, and a fan over 150mhz. Thermal paste, although nasty to deal with, is a necessary evil when considering the damage that can be done by not having proper protection. ------------------
MacMoose
Benevolent Genius, 68k MLA
Total 68K Macs liberated: 22 and counting
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Kady Mae
Junior Member
USA
261 Posts |
Posted - 03 Jan 2003 : 17:38:15
Well, no, you can have a heat sink on a X86 processor if it's properly designed and the case has superb venting.My PPro 200 had a heat sink and no fan. Thermal paste can make a difference in cooling. It conducts heat better than the microscopic gaps of air. And this can make a substantial difference in some cases. I noticed one before and after the tiny dab of Arctic Silver between the golden orb and my PIII 750. 10 degrees cooler. But, yes, it is EVIL.
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one more time....THERMAL PASTE IS EVIL!!!
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