Heatsinks in 486DX-50 based PC's

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From: Steve Sheldon
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 16:09

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We're having a slight disagreement with one of our suppliers regarding
the cooling of a 486DX50 computer.

These machines were sent to us using a cheap baby AT case, with only
one small fan in the power supply, and no heatsink on the CPU.

I personally do not feel that the fan in the power supply is pulling enough
air thru the chassis to sufficiently cool the CPU.

The supplier does not feel that a heatsink is needed, and claims that
they have 100's of computers out there without them.  They're willing
to put one in, for a fee.

I'm looking for sources of information regarding this.  Perhaps where I
might find a copy of any Intel literature regarding this, or any studies,
tests, etc.

 I'm interested in something fairly scientific, if possible.

I'm just rather tired of arguing with these people.

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sheldon@iastate.edu                Steve Sheldon
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From: sheldon@iastate.edu (Steve Sheldon)
Subject: Heatsinks in 486DX-50 based PC's
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Summary: Does a 486DX50 require extra cooling?
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Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 16:09:20 GMT
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