[geeks] Heat sink on a P3

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Joshua Boyd wrote:
> The fan died on a P3 I use for serving music and other miscellenous
> storage.
> 
> I bought a new fan/heatsink combo at a local computer shop.  The new
> heatsink seems a little loose, meaning that I can slide it around a
> small amount even though the clip is on it.  It does have silicone
> thermal paste between the die and heatsink.  
> 
> My question is should it conduct heat well enough even though it isn't
> massively tight like other heatsink clips I've dealt with (like the one
> I took off, or the ones on the P4s at work).

Silicone?  I thought cooling paste was silver dust + alcohol + thixcin.

Anyway, I wouldn't trust it.  It should be tight.  You might be able to 
get away with bending the clip and reattaching it.

Peace...  Sridhar