[Cialug] OT: hardware question

[Dave J. Hala Jr.]

Yeah, I can just see it  now... the TSA ban's laptop's from airline
flights due to exploding batteries and excessive thermal compound.





On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 14:15 +0000, Nathan C. Smith wrote:
> > on the CPU and on the heat sink that both looked like they had a thin 
> > haze on them. But other people really gobbed it on so the CPU looked 
> > like a frosted cupcake and you could no longer see the actual CPU at 
> > all. Which is right? 
> 
> I seem to recall reading something that indicted if you put thermal compound
> on too thick you might get bubbles that could trap moisture in-between the
> chip and the heat sink.  My guess is that it would probably dissipate and
> escape slowly as the processor heats up, but the article I was reading said
> the trapped moisture could pop like a little bomb.
> 
> "all things in moderation" I guess?
> 
> Has anybody actually gone to the trouble of polishing their heat sink?  I'd
> like to try it sometime because I have the tools and materials but so far I
> have not had a machine that is "worthy" of the extra attention.
> 
> -Nate
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