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more about #heatsink more comments → yougottabekidding: And wearing a tin foil hat will prevent the government satellites from reading your mind. Seriously, were those chips really generating that much heat... more » A Pimp Named DaveR: I have a large supply of cooling pennies. Willing to sell for $5.99 each.... more » johnnylafontaine: Uh sorry but those "plated" zinc pennies are actually sandwiched (ie veneered) /finally get to be the smarty pants word nazi more » NotSoSiniSter: makes perfect sense because there made of copper. But the pennies have to be before 1985 because after that. Its copper plated with a zinc center. more » discounteggroll: I hate pennies. aside from repairing the inevitable RROD on my first 360, they are absolute trash in my book. more » jdbaile3: They have a lot of copper in them; no big surprise there. more » Kaiser-Machead: And if you toss it down a well, you get 14 extra wishes. more » -
#diy
The Penny as Heat Sink
In fine DIY style, a Lincoln cent works well to vent some BTUs from tiny components. Imagine opening up your new gear to find these in place of ceramic future fins. [Hacked Gadgets] -
#mods
The Heat Sink Computer Loves to Sweat
This computer uses 100% passive cooling (read: no fans or liquid chilling systems). So how is that possible? Well just look at the thing. It's like one big freakin' heat sink. We don't have much information on the design, but from what we can tell, copper tubing helps dissipate the heat from hot spots like the processor to the outer casing. Don't get us wrong, we'll take a low wattage fan if it keeps our system running properly. But as a feat of design and engineering, this system is pretty...uhh...well we we're gonna say "hot" but that doesn't work in this case. A few more shots: More » -
#microsoft
Microsoft Adding Extra GPU Cooling to Retail Xbox 360 Elites
Apparently Microsoft has started adding extra GPU cooling to new retail Xbox 360 elites in order to stave off overheating problems (and the three red lights) the units may be having. These added heatsinks were only previously found in refurbished Xbox 360s in Europe, which meant we were pretty much SOL. Ben Heck dismantled a new Xbox 360 and found a new heat pipe and new materials, but still thought that the cooling was a bit weak because there are no fans directly on any of the components. [Ben Heck via Evil Avatar] -
