[Info-vax] CPUs using Thermal Compound

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2021-11-10 14:18:33 +0000, John Reagan said:

> On Tuesday, November 9, 2021 at 9:50:49 PM UTC-5, geze... at rlgsc.com wrote:
>> On Tuesday, November 9, 2021 at 7:34:00 PM UTC-5, Robert A. Brooks wrote:
>>> On 11/9/2021 7:20 PM, Bob Gezelter wrote:
>>> 
>>>> An Intel article on replacing thermal grease can be found at:
>>>> https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/gaming/resources/how-to-apply-thermal-paste.html 
>>>> 
>>> The last several boxed Intel CPU's I've bought for builds have come 
>>> with the thermal interface material already applied.
>> 
>> Quite. However, the material that comes with the original package has a 
>> finite life, a few years. The problem happens when the material ages.
>> 
> I used Arctic Silver.  I removed the one that came with the CPU/fan 
> combo from Intel.  That's been 5+ years ago.
> 
> Just started HW Monitor and I'm at a chilly 23C/73F temperature.  I'm 
> not a gamer but I do run Virtual Box.  I should go start one of those 
> to see.  Spiked to 27C/80F but back to 25C/77F.
> 
> Besides the thermal paste, keep out the cat hair. :)

I've met more than a few crusty thermal connections on AlphaServer DS10 
and DS10L servers.

Some that were particularly prone to overheating were found with mere 
scraps of badly-degraded thermal tape under the heatsink.

if you have a DS10 or earlier Alpha, or one prone to running warm, I'd 
suggest swapping the coin cell while you're in the box, and re-pasting 
the Alpha processor.


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