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ramsink question

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FFactory0x

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I have a old computer here with a k6-300 cpu in it. Could i yank off the black hs on there, cut it and put them on my 9700 mem chips or should i buy real sinks
 
Originally posted by: Killrose
Sounds like a lot of trouble. Someone in Forsale/Trade was selling some decent looking ones for cheap.
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Why? I've sliced up old 486 and Pentium heatsinks to stick on voltage regulators, southbridges, and video RAM. They seem to work just fine. I use a metal-cutting bandsaw blade for the main slicing, and a Dremel to round the edges. I then use a few dabs of epoxy on the corners and near the edges of the chip, with some Arctic Silver II/III on the middle, and then just press hard or weight the heatsink down, and wait for the epoxy to set. The heatsinks get nice and toasty, which means that they're absorbing heat from the chip well.
I bought my heatsinks in a lot-auction on eBay; for what I could have paid for a 1 set of "genuine ramsinks", I bought a few pounds of old heatsinks = many many RAMsinks cheap. 😀
 
Originally posted by: Killrose
Sounds like a lot of trouble. Someone in Forsale/Trade was selling some decent looking ones for cheap.
Thread lnk
Click to expand...

Why? I've sliced up old 486 and Pentium heatsinks to stick on voltage regulators, southbridges, and video RAM. They seem to work just fine. I use a metal-cutting bandsaw blade for the main slicing, and a Dremel to round the edges. I then use a few dabs of epoxy on the corners and near the edges of the chip, with some Arctic Silver II/III on the middle, and then just press hard or weight the heatsink down, and wait for the epoxy to set. The heatsinks get nice and toasty, which means that they're absorbing heat from the chip well.
I bought my heatsinks in a lot-auction on eBay; for what I could have paid for a 1 set of "genuine ramsinks", I bought a few pounds of old heatsinks = many many RAMsinks cheap. 😀


Dammit, just happened again. Click Reply, nothing happens - but it turned out that it did go through. So hah, I just avoided a double post. 😛
 
Geez, I got to get to bed. Forgot to hit "edit" and not reply again to avoid the repost. Now I wind up with 3 posts.😱
 
should i cut them up so they are the same size as the mem chips? Also if i apply as3 doesnt the whole mem chip need it or only around the mem chips center
 
Since he is using epoxy around the edges, you would need to keep the AS towards the middle so it doesn't interfere.
 
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