On Sun, Aug 05, 2001 at 06:58:40PM -0500, Perry Hoekstra wrote: > From: "Perry Hoekstra" <dutchman at uswest.net> > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:0.9.2) Gecko/20010628 > X-Accept-Language: en-us > Subject: [TCLUG] CPU and Fan > Errors-To: tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org > X-BeenThere: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 > Precedence: bulk > Reply-To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > List-Help: <mailto:tclug-list-request at mn-linux.org?subject=help> > List-Post: <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > List-Subscribe: <https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list>, > <mailto:tclug-list-request at mn-linux.org?subject=subscribe> > List-Id: Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List <tclug-list.mn-linux.org> > List-Unsubscribe: <https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list>, > <mailto:tclug-list-request at mn-linux.org?subject=unsubscribe> > List-Archive: <https://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/> > Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2001 18:58:40 -0500 > X-UIDL: jd8!!Tc/!!6W;!!N5Qe9 > > Quick question for a Sunday, > > I am putting together a PC and this is the first one where the CPU and > fan did not come as a single unit. The CPU is an Athlon 1.4 GHz and the > fan instructions are non-existant. Does the thermal compound go on the > little square located on the CPU? The little square on the cpu is the silicon wafer that the circuits live on. This is where you want the grease. Make sure to put the fan on 'evenly' so it dissipates the heat properly. > Second question, the fans are > actually two fans and the board has two inserts for fans. However, I > have read where the fans should not draw power from the board but from > the power supply itself. Can I have the fans run from the board or do I > hook it directly into the power supply? As long as you have a 300w powersupply it shouldn't make a difference. I usually use the on board power for fans. Maybe there is a reason not too, but I like to save the molex connectors for other devices. > > Thank you for the consideration > > -- > Perry Hoekstra > E-Commerce Architect > Talent Software Services > perry.hoekstra at talentemail.com > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > that is my opinion -- SpencerUnderground ||mailto:spencer at sihope.com|| "I have no doubt that it is part of the destiny of the human race in its gradual development to leave off the eating of animals, as surely as the savage tribes have left off eating each other when they came in contact with the more civilized." Henry David Thoreau