Gem wrote:I was transferring all of my goodies to my new Antec p180, which is absolutely beautiful if I might add, and I go to turn it on and after 3 seconds it shuts off. So I double check my Zalman heatsink/fan and see that the 3 pin connector wire is acting as a thermal pad![]()
.... weeeeeeee. I have to admit that was funny but only after i made sure the half melted wire was still able to provide current to the fan motor.
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Back in the socket 7 days, heatsinks sometimes had a rim to make sure you put them on the right way. So, one day we had a system that BSODed all over the place and couldn't find what was wrong. Well, the heat transfer of just a rim isn't enough to cool your CPU
