What laptop do most students use?

mrMOO
Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:28:50 +0000

You sure about the microscope grooves? From what I know, you try to reduce that as much as possible.

LOL I know what you mean about huge and heavy heat sinks. I was taking a look at my friend’s comp a few months ago because it randomly crapped out. After taking a look inside i realized that it was because his the thermal paste had formed a strong bond between the heat sink and the processor. If the case was disturbed enough, the heat sink would pull the processor out of socket.

I think its a good idea to drill a few holes on the top of your case and have some sort of “support system” for that heat sink, ie have some sort of strong thread (fishing line works well here) or whatever to hold it up and take some of the weight off of the mobo. Also, this is great if SOMEHOW your heatsink FALLS OUT. I’ve seen precious cards attached via PCI smashed from this happening.

Yeah, LGA775 sockets are weird. When I first came across them and was trying to put my heat sink in I thought I was going to snap the motherboard.