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On Mon, 7/16/18, 'Paul D. DeRocco' pderocco@... [chromapolaris] <chromapolaris@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Subject: RE: [chromapolaris] RE: Polaris Later version Secondary board
To: chromapolaris@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, July 16, 2018, 11:29 PM
> From: Tracy
>
> Just take it slow because it could be easy to bust a
pin
> below the container. Not only that, they can get
stubborn
> and hard to slide. But, if you take your time, it
works
> fine. No way to put the chip back in wrong because of
the corners.
>
> Was it a bad thing to put some Arctic Silver on top of
the
> CPU, which would be under the lid? My thought was to
cool it
> down some. The power supply "heat" decreased
after I did
> that and it ran a little cooler. Just a PC repair
topic that
> works and for many CPUs, cuts the heat 10 - 20 degrees.
Yell
> at me if I did a faux pas.
It probably does reduce the temperature, but I don't
think we ever had any problems caused by the hot CPU.
They're rated for 70C, or 158F, which is pretty toasty.
If you really want to cool it, you could attach a finned
heat sink to the socket cover. They make ones that have
adhesive backings.
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Ciao, Paul D. DeRocco
Paul mailto:pderocco@...