Questions tagged [passive-cooling]
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What is the gum like thing on the heat sink?
See the attached picture. What is the gum like thing? Should I replace it with thermal paste? Thanks!
Update
Thank you guys! I replaced it with new thermal paste and my laptop is not burning anymore! This particular thermal pad is quite thin,…
LWZ
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Passive cooling for old computer
I have a DFI Lanparty UT nF3 250GB and an AMD Athlon XP 64 3200+ lying around, which I might use for a "always on" family computer (web browsing, µTorrent, file storage, etc.).
Is it possible to use it safely without the fan?
Do I need an after…
sHokkueibu
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Is it a good approximation to say that the CPU temperature increases linearly with the room temperature? (passive heatsink)
I need to use an embedded computer outdoors, and I don't know how the CPU temperature will change according to the outdoor temperature. What would be a good approximation?
For example. If my CPU works (inside a metallic cabinet) at 75 degrees when…
ignacio
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Core i7 PC with passive cooling?
I have bought an "affordable" core i7-2600 PC with AsRock h67m Motherboard, SSD disks and a crappy case. However the fans' noise are way too high and there is no way to somehow adjust the fans speed.
So I am wondering how to deal with this noise…
wbad
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Is it possible to swap passive for active cooling on this supermicro board?
I'm looking to buy this Supermicro Mini-ITX board for an upcoming NAS build:
https://www.supermicro.com/en/products/motherboard/A2SDi-H-TF
The only thing is, it has an integrated CPU with passive cooling - has anyone had success swapping the passive…
Bob Arezina
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Can installing a expansion slot fan to blow on a graphics card with a fan already damage that card in any sort of way
I am having issue with a graphics card that uses silent (passive) cooling until it hits a certain temperature. I can manipulate the card fan usage in windows but I primarily use linux and I as of yet have found a program that will allow me to…
Zeno of Elea
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