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cpu heat sink fan
Name: daveb1980 Date: July 8, 2004 at 07:13:13 Pacific OS: xp CPU/Ram: 2.4/512
Comment:
i took apart my heatsink and the fan to clean all the dust off. im pretty sure the fan must be blowing out away from the cpu is that right?
Name: steigrafx Date: July 8, 2004 at 07:21:48 Pacific
Reply:
The fan should be blowing toward the CPU, onto the heat sink.
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Response Number 2
Name: ranchhand Date: July 8, 2004 at 14:01:46 Pacific
Reply:
And do not forget to clean the bottom of the heatsink and the top of the processor with a little paint thinner to remove the old grease, and reapply new grease before you remount the heatsink.
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