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Description: Good old Pratley's Putty. It was used on the Eagle (1969 Apollo mission) and here it is securing a new 10mm blower onto the heatsink of my PPC Cyberstorm. I made little rounded lips of putty on the corners of the blower but I think that is overkill, not really necessary. The putty mixes to a beige colour so once it had set I blackened it with a permanent marker. No screws necessary, mate... Picture Stats: Views: 662 Filesize: 283.69kB Height: 768 Width: 1024 Posted by: X-ray at June 12, 2009, 10:12:17 PM Image Linking Codes
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| spavatch Posts:170 
| November 06, 2005, 09:43:13 PM I use a glue-gun instead of screws. It does the job well and I can disattach it any time :-). |
| X-ray Posts:4370
| August 20, 2005, 06:10:21 PM @ Tahoe Tisint :-) Well, if it is, then the 060 heatsink and blower are also upside down. They both rotate the same direction. |
| Tahoe Posts:971 | August 20, 2005, 11:59:12 AM It looks like the fan is upside down? |
| x56h34 Posts:2921 | August 17, 2005, 01:50:55 PM I'm just saying...a delicate piece of hardware like this should be treated with proper care. The fan will need to be replaced again sometime down the road, and it would be easier to do it if it were screwed on. :-) It's fine as-is, I agree, but... :-) |
| Cyberus Posts:5696
| August 17, 2005, 01:26:32 AM It looks as if it does the job, so where's the problem. You're not one of these guys who irons his underpants are you? |
| x56h34 Posts:2921 | August 16, 2005, 07:47:32 PM What you need is a 40x40x? heatsink (? stands for as high as you want it to be, e.g. 10mm 20mm, etc.). I'm not sure if 45x45x? could also fit. Perhaps. Getting the right width and size of your screws is a bit tricky. |
| X-ray Posts:4370
| August 16, 2005, 07:29:42 PM That's just the newly-applied permanent marker making it look shiny. There's nothing burnt there. Maybe I'll take another picture when the marker has dulled a bit. I promise you it isn't messy. I don't know what heatsink you have, but there is no place on mine to attach any kind of screw with any conviction. |
| x56h34 Posts:2921 | August 16, 2005, 07:24:36 PM I guess not everyone would buy appropriate screws like me. :-P The entire job would look very smooth had you used screws. It's important, as one day when you decide to sell your PPC card a buyer might be turned off due to the messy work. When I saw the picture the first question that came to my mind was "Did you actually burn in some plastic on that fan with a soldering iron?". :-) Look here and then here. That's how it's done. ;-) |
| X-ray Posts:4370
| August 16, 2005, 06:44:07 PM "..Why on earth did you not use regular screws?.." 'Cos they don't grip the heatsink that comes with the PPC. At least they didn't grip mine to my satisfaction. And that applies to the original 6mm blower and the new 10mm one. As for working on the heatsink: ja, it is an off-card job. |
| x56h34 Posts:2921 | August 16, 2005, 02:16:09 PM Why on earth did you not use regular screws? :-? Also, when ever you change the fan on the PPC heatsink, it's always wise to remove the card out of the CPU slot, and take off the heatsink, and then work on it, otherwise you are risking damage to the fragile 604e CPU. I'm not saying you didn't do it, but I'm merely mentioning it as a percaution to anyone that may want to change the fan on their CSPPC cards in the future. |