The approved all use thermal tape. So I'm betting this jackass left the tape on, applied plenty of past, so he had basically no connection.
-----Original message----- From: Wayne Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 16:37:18 -0500 To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] AMD64 powers off > At 03:29 PM 6/22/2005, Thane Sherrington typed: > >It's an approved heat sink. It just wasn't installed by an approved > >installer. :) > > It's suppose to have phase change material & not paste. I thought you said > there was paste all over the place? The fact still remains that the thing > sounds cooked to me. It wouldn't surprise me if he forgot to put the HSF on > before powering up, cooked it & is hoping that you can will it back to life. > > > ----------+---------- > Wayne D. Johnson > Ashland, OH, USA 44805 > <http://www.wavijo.com> >
