My socket-7 peltier fried my socket-A T-bird!!! Why?

[BaDaBooM]

I tried this and my processor got fried. I think it was the crappy paste the place I bought it from put on it even though I told them not to. I tried to clean it off before-hand though. The peltier had no problems on other processors and I wasn't even overclocking. Is that what caused it to fry or can you not use a socket-7 peltier on a T-bird? I just don't want to fry another one.

 

[lotust]

condensation (water)

 

[BaDaBooM]

I've heard about that with peltiers, but I've been using this one on a K6-2 500mhz for quite a while and I didn't have any problems. Why would it only happen now?

 

[vryce]

Your peltier can only move as much heat as it's rated for. A T-bird is going to dump a lot more heat than a K6- so if you put a peltier on your bird that's rated at a wattage less than the heat the chip throws off, it becomes a heat barrier. Your bird can't dump all the heat, and it dies...

Use a program like Radiate! to find out approximately what your maximum heat dissipation is in watts, and then make sure that your peltier can move at LEAST that much heat.

 

[BaDaBooM]

Ok, well, that makes sense. I suppose I should get a new cooling device when I replace my processor then. Any suggestions? I may try to overclock later. Anybody know where to get a peltier or equivilant cooling solution that is rated for a 1ghz T-bird?

 

[Howard]

I wouldn't suggest it. I think 80W peltiers are the conventional max, and that's coming too close for my taste. Plus with the additional heat you'd almost have to go with a water-cooling setup.

 

[BaDaBooM]

So what should I use?

 

[SiliconVandal]

fan cooling

 

[SiliconVandal]

fan cooling

taisol
alpha ;-/

 

[lotust]

OIC now,, he he dum @ss me. I thought you were using a T bird pelt on a socket 7 cpu.


vryce hit the nail on the head I think