Hi all

at a fare a saw an A-brand PC, with a little wire from the heatsink to , I
think, the chassis.

Is this absolutly UNneccesary, or is this a good idea

TIA

Willem

Unnecesary. If you are conducting elecricity through your heatsink
you have bigger problems to worry about. Are you sure what you saw
wasn't a temperature sensor? There are quite a few cases now days
that come with the ability to detect temps and they use a little wire
with a tempature diode on the end.

-Chris

On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 07:34:24 +0200, "willem" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Hi all
>
>at a fare a saw an A-brand PC, with a little wire from the heatsink to , I
>think, the chassis.
>
>Is this absolutly UNneccesary, or is this a good idea
>
>TIA
>
>Willem
>

They saw you eyeing that heatsink... it was a theft-prevention
system.

Heatsinks don't need grounded. Perhaps they feared it would come
off during transit, or perhaps you didn't get a close enough look
and the wire was actually for the fan or a thermal sensor?

"kony" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 07:34:24 +0200, "willem" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
> >Hi all
> >
> >at a fare a saw an A-brand PC, with a little wire from the heatsink to ,
I
> >think, the chassis.
> >
> >Is this absolutly UNneccesary, or is this a good idea
> >
> >TIA
> >
> >Willem
> >
>
> They saw you eyeing that heatsink... it was a theft-prevention
> system.
>
> Heatsinks don't need grounded. Perhaps they feared it would come
> off during transit, or perhaps you didn't get a close enough look
> and the wire was actually for the fan or a thermal sensor?
>

I've just scrapped (bad caps) a HP e-pc e-vectra S10 and yes, its CPU
heatsink is grounded! I too was puzzled at first but then thought maybe in
some countries regulations demand grounding of every metal part of a
consumer product or possibly to prevent static build-up?

Alien Zord said in news:(E-Mail Removed):
>
> I've just scrapped (bad caps) a HP e-pc e-vectra S10 and yes, its CPU
> heatsink is grounded! I too was puzzled at first but then thought
> maybe in some countries regulations demand grounding of every metal
> part of a consumer product or possibly to prevent static build-up?

Did the CPU use a thermal pad, or did it use thermal paste?

"*Vanguard*" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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Alien Zord said in news:(E-Mail Removed):
>
> I've just scrapped (bad caps) a HP e-pc e-vectra S10 and yes, its CPU
> heatsink is grounded! I too was puzzled at first but then thought
> maybe in some countries regulations demand grounding of every metal
> part of a consumer product or possibly to prevent static build-up?

> Did the CPU use a thermal pad, or did it use thermal paste?


Typical Intel type pad, black stuff on ali backing.