the best way to solder 2-3 heatsinks together
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the best way to solder 2-3 heatsinks together
hi,
i eventually plan to break my BSEL1 pin, to force it to go 133mhz FSB,
(at which point the change/mod is irreversible, and i will finally know the mystery of whether i can undervolt and overclock my tualatin -- SOYO TISU has a bug that says "cmos checksum error defaults loaded" when you overclock
but my current project is this: i have 2 good sized and heavy fanless 1 copper another alumunium heatsinks, and one smaller fanless heatsink.
originally i superglued these heat sinks. it doesn't work.
unless there's a metal glue ive never heard of, i would imagine soldering is the way to go. unless you have a better idea
i've had limited experience with soldering electronics and wires together, but i don't have any experience soldering 2 pieces of metal together.
is there a link or does someone have advice? i suppose i could post before and after pics
i eventually plan to break my BSEL1 pin, to force it to go 133mhz FSB,
(at which point the change/mod is irreversible, and i will finally know the mystery of whether i can undervolt and overclock my tualatin -- SOYO TISU has a bug that says "cmos checksum error defaults loaded" when you overclock
but my current project is this: i have 2 good sized and heavy fanless 1 copper another alumunium heatsinks, and one smaller fanless heatsink.
originally i superglued these heat sinks. it doesn't work.
unless there's a metal glue ive never heard of, i would imagine soldering is the way to go. unless you have a better idea
i've had limited experience with soldering electronics and wires together, but i don't have any experience soldering 2 pieces of metal together.
is there a link or does someone have advice? i suppose i could post before and after pics
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Soldering will not work as Pigpen stated, welding does work, but fine precision welding to get good thermal contact area is not easy, so I would no try that unless a professional welder does it. The cost to let a professional do this probably makes this a less than desirable option.
The option I would try is using thermal glue or thermal adhessive. I know that both Zalman and Arctic Silver produces these glues and they are sold by many computer stores.
This glue is often used to attach northbridge heatsinks and heatsinks to AGP cards etc. The thermal transfer is not as good as thermal paste, but still good enough for most things.
Zalmans glue is $2 - $3 where I live, and Arctic Silvers thermal adhessive costs about twice as much.
The option I would try is using thermal glue or thermal adhessive. I know that both Zalman and Arctic Silver produces these glues and they are sold by many computer stores.
This glue is often used to attach northbridge heatsinks and heatsinks to AGP cards etc. The thermal transfer is not as good as thermal paste, but still good enough for most things.
Zalmans glue is $2 - $3 where I live, and Arctic Silvers thermal adhessive costs about twice as much.
glue some of these on there: http://www.svc.com/cobgarachhe.html
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