On Fri, 9 Aug 2013 16:10:36 +0200 David Kuehling <dvdkh...@gmx.de> wrote:
> I recently decided to replace the cooler > ... > For a less noisy solution maybe it'd be better to ... ... replaced the Heatsinks by bigger ones. ;-) I've replaced the Heatsinks on my Fuloong 2f 6003 some years ago by some solid copper block. The copper block not only contacts the CPU and GPU, but also the aluminium case. The case gets warm, but CPU and GPU remain cold without any noisy fan. And the whole case has enough cooling area to dissipate the heat energy. For everyone in Germany: Search for "metallwelttolle" in Ebay or the web. (Marcus Tolle aus Erndtebrück) That's the one who made my copper block. He seems still in business. Maybe he still has the correct dimensions - I've lent my fuloong to him to figure out. But it is years ago... I've paid only a little more than you, but I think it's worth it. I removed both small aluminium heatsinks from the GPU and CPU and assembled the big block over both of them. To have a good contact even if GPU and GPU have different highs, I transferred the cooling pads from the original heatsinks to the new copper block. And to have better contact between the copper block and the aluminium case I use a good deal of heatsink paste. It was a bit risky, yes, because I couldn't know if it works. There's no thermal element inside the CPU or GPU to check temperature. Isn't it? So I was frightened of the fact that maybe there's a gap between the chips and the copper. But it seems everything is ok. It works now for some years (since sept. 2009). No noisy fan here anymore. :-P just my 2¢ Michael -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "loongson-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to loongson-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to loongson-dev@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/loongson-dev. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
