Re: TI-H: A question about heatsinks


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Re: TI-H: A question about heatsinks



well its made of aluminium, and you bolt(screw) the Ic or whatever to it
and the aluminum absorbs and disipates the heat.
some are just flat
and some have ridges to creat more surface area for the heat to disipate from.
thats realy about all i know.

At 02:21 PM 8/10/97 PDT, you wrote:
>I know this may be off the subject but I have a question.  What is a 
>heatsink?  I have heard about them, and I know the keep stuff 
>(microproccessors?) from overheating (right?), but how do they work?  I 
>know a some stuff about electronics(mostly about the operation of 
>microproccessors and RAM, ect).
>
>Thanks.
>Matt Butch
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