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What is the maximum distance for thermal paste to be effective?
Note the image and marked distance from one surface to the other on the heat sink assembly and the size of the thermal pad from the laptop I dis-assembled today. I want to use Thermaltake TG-7 paste ...
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PC powers off after new Pure Rock be quiet CPU cooler installed
I decided to upgrade my PC as it was fairly noisy, this was due to the stock CPU heatsink fan and the case fans.
So I bought myself a new case and a Pure Rock Be Quiet heatsink.
Transferred my ...
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Can the operation of a Banana PI M3 without any heat sink cause damage?
My pure Banana PI M3 board has just been delivered. However, it has come without any heat sink.
The specifications are:
CPU: A83T ARM Cortex-A7 octa-core,512 KB L1 cache 1 MB L2 cache
GPU: PowerVR ...
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Can't get Intel heatsink back on
I took off the CPU heat sink to blow out the dust. Now I can't get it back on. I've tried everything I read from Google: I pull up the black pins so they're inside the white part before putting the ...
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Tiny copper waffle squares inside computer
I've been hearing a sound from inside my MSI GE60 laptop for a while now, so I opened it up to find that these two tiny copper waffle squares came loose. They were originally stuck to the board with ...
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Do I need a Alternative Heatsink?
I have Intel Pentium G2020, it is not overclocked (i guess) but still should I bother getting this heatsink for my processor just so that my processor stays at room temperature while I am doing some ...
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Time to buy a new cpu cooler?
PC temps keep shooting up to over 100C in around ten minutes, even though I reapplied thermal paste twice and resat the heat sink thrice. It has reached a high of 110C as of this point. CPU usage is ...
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Which is better, heat sink or fan-cooled components? [closed]
Fans have been the common cooling method in hardware for a long time. However, fans depend on moving parts and therefore require maintenance and have a limited lifespan.
An alternative cooling method ...
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What's the point of heat pipes? [closed]
I've been asking myself this question for probably more than 10 years now... What's the point of heat pipes? For example on a CPU cooler.
It just seems super unreasonable to me that 4,6,8 or I don't ...
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Apple G5 Heatsink on AM3 mobo?
I've been looking to replace my PhenomII 965be's stock heatsink, and my old G5's massive heatsink has drawn my attention.
Do you think it would somehow be possible or am I going too far?
my mobo: GA-...
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Heatsink compatibility for the new Intel Skylake processors (LGA1151)
The new Intel Skylake processors have just released, but they don't come with a fan/heatsink. As a result, I have to purchase a third party heatsink, but it seems there are none yet listed on popular ...
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Does temporarily removing the fan from the heatsink void AMD’s warranty?
I needed to RMA my newly-bought motherboard, so that meant removing the CPU and HSF. Now i need to clean the remnants of thermal goop from the CPU and heatsink in order to put the new one afterward, ...
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Dusty Environment - Fan Alternative
I manage several desktop computers in dusty environments. We frequently must clean out the cases to ensure adequate ventilation.
Is there such a thing as reliable, fanless cooling for an off-the-...
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Dell latitude E6400 heat issue
My laptop heats up in just an hour, i cleaned the Ram, Heat Sink,and Motherboard.
Everything is clean and clear . i Installed windows 7 professional 64 bit (LOCAL, Registered).
My laptop Ram is 2GB, ...
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Where to get accurate cpu temprature readings?
I am trying to read my cpu temprature under full load (After overclocking by 0.3 ghz). For this I have used CPUID HWmonitor, Core Temp and SpeedFan. CoreTemp and HWmonitor seams to show good ...
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