[Info-vax] CPUs using Thermal Compound

[Rich Jordan]

On Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at 11:46:29 AM UTC-6, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> 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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Did the CPU thermals and the Dallas clock chip also on the DS10-L and the DS10.  We did lose the DS10 a couple of years ago (mainboard, something failed) but the DS10-L mainboard is now living happily in the DS10 case with those delightful extra slots.