ok, now, what the hell is this about...

[DannyBoy]

Ever heard of someone sticking a HSF to a processor using epoxy and cellotape?

Ive just opened up a friends pc and found the processor stuck to the hsf with epoxy, and the ata cable's tied with cellotape.

This computer is apparently from a "Professional" computer store :Q

wtf :Q

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: DannyBoy
Ever heard of someone sticking a HSF to a processor using epoxy and cellotape?

Ive just opened up a friends pc and found the processor stuck to the hsf with epoxy, and the ata cable's tied with cellotape.

This computer is apparently from a "Professional" computer store :Q

wtf :Q

:Q

What "professional" computer store is this 😕

 

[DannyBoy]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: DannyBoy
Ever heard of someone sticking a HSF to a processor using epoxy and cellotape?

Ive just opened up a friends pc and found the processor stuck to the hsf with epoxy, and the ata cable's tied with cellotape.

This computer is apparently from a "Professional" computer store :Q

wtf :Q

:Q

What "professional" computer store is this 😕

An IBM manufacturer, bought in bulk for comprex > now non-existant, i wonder why...

 

[Ronstang]

There are epoxy based thermal glues for attaching HSF to processors.....that is how most HSF are attached to GPUs on video cards from all the maufacturers I have bought my GeForce cards from so it is a vialble solution for some applications although I cannot speak of it's use with normal CPUs.

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: Ronstang
There are epoxy based thermal glues for attaching HSF to processors.....that is how most HSF are attached to GPUs on video cards from all the maufacturers I have bought my GeForce cards from so it is a vialble solution for some applications although I cannot speak of it's use with normal CPUs.

I would seriously doubt the ability of any thermal epoxy to provide sufficient bonding to the surface area provided by a modern CPU. Current HSF designs are HEAVY, and are designed to be bolted through the motherboard. Even if it WERE capable of providing enough strength I would be worried about it tearing the CPU from it's socket or otherwise damaging it.

On top of all that, thermal epoxies generally have poorer thermal transfer capability. For example, ASIII is a better conductor than AS epoxy.

Viper GTS

 

[DannyBoy]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS

Originally posted by: Ronstang
There are epoxy based thermal glues for attaching HSF to processors.....that is how most HSF are attached to GPUs on video cards from all the maufacturers I have bought my GeForce cards from so it is a vialble solution for some applications although I cannot speak of it's use with normal CPUs.

I would seriously doubt the ability of any thermal epoxy to provide sufficient bonding to the surface area provided by a modern CPU. Current HSF designs are HEAVY, and are designed to be bolted through the motherboard. Even if it WERE capable of providing enough strength I would be worried about it tearing the CPU from it's socket or otherwise damaging it.

On top of all that, thermal epoxies generally have poorer thermal transfer capability. For example, ASIII is a better conductor than AS epoxy.

Viper GTS

Its not new, its a p90 socket7 lol, im just amazed that anyone would attach the hsf to the processor with perhaps the strongest epoxy i have ever seen, i CANNOT remove the hsf from the processor!

 

[Ronstang]

Originally posted by: DannyBoy

Originally posted by: Viper GTS

Originally posted by: Ronstang
There are epoxy based thermal glues for attaching HSF to processors.....that is how most HSF are attached to GPUs on video cards from all the maufacturers I have bought my GeForce cards from so it is a vialble solution for some applications although I cannot speak of it's use with normal CPUs.

I would seriously doubt the ability of any thermal epoxy to provide sufficient bonding to the surface area provided by a modern CPU. Current HSF designs are HEAVY, and are designed to be bolted through the motherboard. Even if it WERE capable of providing enough strength I would be worried about it tearing the CPU from it's socket or otherwise damaging it.

On top of all that, thermal epoxies generally have poorer thermal transfer capability. For example, ASIII is a better conductor than AS epoxy.

Viper GTS

Its not new, its a p90 socket7 lol, im just amazed that anyone would attach the hsf to the processor with perhaps the strongest epoxy i have ever seen, i CANNOT remove the hsf from the processor!

Put the mobo in the freezer for a couple of hours and then the HSF should just snap off.

 

[dpm]

Originally posted by: DannyBoy

Originally posted by: Viper GTS

Originally posted by: Ronstang There are epoxy based thermal glues for attaching HSF to processors.....that is how most HSF are attached to GPUs on video cards from all the maufacturers I have bought my GeForce cards from so it is a vialble solution for some applications although I cannot speak of it's use with normal CPUs.

I would seriously doubt the ability of any thermal epoxy to provide sufficient bonding to the surface area provided by a modern CPU. Current HSF designs are HEAVY, and are designed to be bolted through the motherboard. Even if it WERE capable of providing enough strength I would be worried about it tearing the CPU from it's socket or otherwise damaging it. On top of all that, thermal epoxies generally have poorer thermal transfer capability. For example, ASIII is a better conductor than AS epoxy. Viper GTS

Its not new, its a p90 socket7 lol, im just amazed that anyone would attach the hsf to the processor with perhaps the strongest epoxy i have ever seen, i CANNOT remove the hsf from the processor!

Oh, its an old Pentium? Then that was pretty common. I know my parents old Gateway 2000 (as it was when they bought it) p75 was stuck on with epoxy - damn strong stuff. I've seen a couple of others done the same, I think

 

[AAjax]

Originally posted by: DannyBoy

Originally posted by: Viper GTS

Originally posted by: Ronstang
There are epoxy based thermal glues for attaching HSF to processors.....that is how most HSF are attached to GPUs on video cards from all the maufacturers I have bought my GeForce cards from so it is a vialble solution for some applications although I cannot speak of it's use with normal CPUs.

I would seriously doubt the ability of any thermal epoxy to provide sufficient bonding to the surface area provided by a modern CPU. Current HSF designs are HEAVY, and are designed to be bolted through the motherboard. Even if it WERE capable of providing enough strength I would be worried about it tearing the CPU from it's socket or otherwise damaging it.

On top of all that, thermal epoxies generally have poorer thermal transfer capability. For example, ASIII is a better conductor than AS epoxy.

Viper GTS

Its not new, its a p90 socket7 lol, im just amazed that anyone would attach the hsf to the processor with perhaps the strongest epoxy i have ever seen, i CANNOT remove the hsf from the processor!

Actually it was quite common for this to happen in the P1 days, used to get them in the shop all the time. The freezer method works best.
We used to get allot of IDE cables glued to the HD's,MB's, CDroms ect, when we asked wtf they were doing this for the reply was that it cut down on loose cables due to shipping LOL!

Good luck,
Jax