| From: | Craig_Daines |
| Date: | 14 Apr 2001 at 14:27:37 |
| Subject: | Re: teeny 040 fans (was: Overclocking an 060) |
--- In amigactive@y..., Shawn Holwegner <shawn@h...> wrote: >>I also own a DCE built 33mhz Blizzard, which I would like to overclock it has a small fan fixed to it with glue. Can anyone advise me on removing the fan (in order to fit a larger one). > >I have done this myself - my Apollo had a horridly underpowered fan glued to it, I just slid a very small blade up against it, chipping away at the epoxy until I was able to get under the fan, then popped it right off. > >> Would I be better off getting a replacement 040 chip rather than >> risking damaging the present one? can anyone tell me where I can get>> one? > > There are many places to get another 040, but removing the fan is pretty > straightforward and easy. > > > Robert Mattin Hello Shawn & Robert Just noticed your discussion on CPU cooling fan's. I own an Apollo 1240 / 25Mhz. The fan packed up on it after a year. I fitted a 486 CPU cooler (which comes complete with a nice big heatsink block). Here's how to fit one:- 1) _Carefully_ remove the fan from your Blizzard. 2) Cut soldered wire which connects from the fan onto the Blizzard. 3) Buy a 486 CPU cooler from Maplin's and remove the retaining clips from the heatsink (there's no way of clipping it onto the '040, you'll have to glue it. 4) Apply a splodge of heat transfer compound in the middle of the 486 heatsink block (not a lot, just in the middle of the heatsink). You _must_ use heat transfer compound: this insures heat generated by the '040 gets disipated to the heatsink more effieciently. 5) Apply 4x blobs of super glue in all four corners of the 486 heatsink and glue it onto the '040. 6) Plug your blizzard back in. Connect up the flying lead from the 486 CPU cooler straight to a vacant power connector in your tower. This works well. A 486 fan and heatsink does the job nicely... Hope that helps, Craig Daines
------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~-~>
Do you have 128-bit SSL encryption server security?
Get VeriSign's FREE Guide, "Securing Your
Web Site for Business." Get it now!
http://us.click.yahoo.com/2cW4jC/c.WCAA/bT0EAA/d8AVlB/TM
---------------------------------------------------------------------_->
Quote carefully and read all ADMIN:README mails
Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/