Re: WD HDs (was Re: [vox] Hard Drives are cheap...)

[Peter Jay Salzman <p@dMAPSirac.org>]

rod, i emailed tom's hardware.  they said that they took the article down
because they were afraid of lawsuits by people who did the shaving process
incorrectly.

a perfectly understandable position.

does anyone have a copy of the article?

pete

begin: Rod Roark <rod@sunsetsystems.com> quote
> Tomshardware.com reports:
> 
>   No Search Results for '(shaving or shave or shaved or shavings or shaver or shaves)'
> 
> Pete, would you share whatever it is you're smoking?
> 
> ;-)
> 
> -- Rod
> 
> Peter Jay Salzman said:
> > what zach is referring to, for those who haven't read this on tom's hardware, is the
> > "pin heighten adjustment" that people are using these days.
> >
> > the theory goes like this:
> >
> > IC chips need only a very small amount of current to work.  any current more than
> > required is simply wasted as thermal energy.
> >
> > now heat conduction is proportional to the area of the surface in contact, the
> > surface area of an IC pin is 2 \pi r h, where h is the depth of the pin.
> >
> > since only a very small amount of current is needed to keep the CPU active, a common
> > technique to keep wasted current from flowing is to clip off about 1 millimeter from
> > each pin on your pentium or athlon chip.
> >
> > this was dubbed, on tomshardware.com, as "shaving".
> >
> > you need a *very* steady hand.  i would recommend practising on a socket PII or
> > something before attempting it on an expensive chip.
> >
> > peter
> >
> > begin: Zach Johnson <zjohnson@math.ucdavis.edu> quote
> >> Be sure to shave the cpu before applying the oil.
> >>
> >> On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 11:51:34AM -0700, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> >> > begin: John C. Alden <jcalden@ucdavis.edu> quote
> >> > > At 12:05 AM 10/26/01 -0700, you wrote:
> >> > > >begin: Mark K. Kim <markslist@cbreak.org> quote
> >> > > >> On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> >> > > >
> >> > > >it all goes into the equation of running a well-oiled system.
> >> > > >
> >> > > >pete
> >> > >
> >> > > You're supposed to OIL these things? Sheesh, no one told me!
> >> >
> >> > well, not all machines.  you're only supposed to oil the really hot CPU's. there's
> >> > a couple of benefits:
> >> >
> >> > 1. because of the heat generated by cpu's, the cpu pins have a tendancy to
> >> >    oxidize against the walls of the pin inserts.  oiling the pins will help
> >> >    prevent cpu's from getting stuck.  particular socket type cpu's.
> >> >
> >> > 2. oil helps transfer the heat away from the CPU.  this also helps the cpu
> >> >    run faster.
> >> >
> >> > 3. a light coating of oil also protects the CPU from dust and crud which gets
> >> >    trapped inside the case.
> >> >
> >> > for these reasons, it's highly recommended to apply a light coating of oil on your
> >> > cpu.  there are special oils made for the CPU.  if you have an AMD chip, ONLY USE
> >> > AMD APPROVED CPU OIL!!!
> >> >
> >> > the thing is, any light-weight cpu oil would work just as fine.  i personally use
> >> > normal cooking vegetable oil.  my guess is that something peanut oil would
> >> > probably be too heavy for this particular application.
> >> >
> >> > pete
> >> >
> >> > ps- oil also helps in the hot-swapping of IDE devices.
> >> >
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