<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Gabe Rubin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gaberubin@gmail.com" target="_blank">gaberubin@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 9:49 AM, Eric Sharkey <<a href="mailto:eric@lisaneric.org">eric@lisaneric.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 12:19 PM, Gabe Rubin <<a href="mailto:gaberubin@gmail.com">gaberubin@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 5:59 AM, David Watkins <<a href="mailto:watkinshome@gmail.com">watkinshome@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Yes, the heatsink is hot. Very much so. I think I gave myself a<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>If your heatsink is hot, that is a good sign the bond between it and the GPU is okay. I would worry about extracting the hot air from your case. If you could reinstall the cover and check your airflow, that would be good. Depending on the age of your case, you might have an optional fan opening on the cover itself (near the GPU). Installing a slow-moving (quiet) 120mm fan would be ideal.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Leaving the cover off, as others have mentioned, is not a good thing since it reduces the effectiveness of your case fans tremendously.</div><div><br></div><div>/Brian/</div></div>