Re: Do RAM sinks really help?

Tech-Archive recommends: Fix windows errors by optimizing your registry


"Chuck" <cdkuder@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> ....Years ago, we played with this sort of thing on mil spec boxes, and
> tried using several methods. The most successful was to attach copper "Z"
> strips to heat sinks bolted to a "cold plate" with a thermally conductive
> epoxy, and set the other part of the "Z" spring to be flush with the top
> of
> the IC package to be cooled.
> A promising but unsuccessful method ended up working well as a heat sink.
> However it required the use of a metal sponge that left little wire pieces
> floating around in the box after vibration tests.

After you bolt a computer to an army truck and drive it over a battlefield
for many hours I hear that a LOT of things wind up on the bottom of the
case!

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