On Mon, 10 Feb 2014, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > g wrote: >> On 02/10/2014 10:15 AM, Michael Hennebry wrote: >> <> >>> I'm considering wrapping a thin piece of cardboard in electrical tape >>> and sliding it under the lower end of the radiator. >> >> i do hope you give that one hell of a lot of consideration. >> >> you are dealing with a *heat sink*, aka *HOT*, tho maybe just warm, >> or too warm to hold you hand on. > > I agree. The on-chip sensors warn us if it goes over, um, 76, I think. > > Celsius. > <snip> >> something on order of fiberglass or even a broken piece of a pcb >> with traces removed. > > Broken piece of Pyrex? Don't have any of those. Might have some epoxy I could coat the cardboard with. That said, from pictures of other such radiators, mine appears to be normal. How do the the others keep from shorting out their cards? -- Michael hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu "SCSI is NOT magic. There are *fundamental technical reasons* why it is necessary to sacrifice a young goat to your SCSI chain now and then." -- John Woods