Rhodes Chroma Polaris

Right.

These were the "early" days of CPU of any power at all. IBM PC was 4.77 MHz and the Polaris had an 80186, yes?

I figured it wouldn't hurt it any considering I'm using good stuff on it.  Cooled the power supply also.  Since I was pulling ALL of the chips ans spraying them lightly with canned air, I'd do a total job.



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On Mon, 7/16/18, 'Paul D. DeRocco' pderocco@... [chromapolaris] <chromapolaris@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 Subject: RE: [chromapolaris] RE: Polaris Later version Secondary board
 To: chromapolaris@yahoogroups.com
 Date: Monday, July 16, 2018, 11:29 PM
 
 
  
 
 
 
   
 
 
     
       
       
       > From: Tracy
 
 > 
 
 > Just take it slow because it could be easy to bust a
 pin 
 
 > below the container.  Not only that, they can get
 stubborn 
 
 > and hard to slide.  But, if you take your time, it
 works 
 
 > fine.  No way to put the chip back in wrong because of
 the corners.
 
 > 
 
 > Was it a bad thing to put some Arctic Silver on top of
 the 
 
 > CPU, which would be under the lid?  My thought was to
 cool it 
 
 > down some.  The power supply "heat" decreased
 after I did 
 
 > that and it ran a little cooler.  Just a PC repair
 topic that 
 
 > works and for many CPUs, cuts the heat 10 - 20 degrees.
  Yell 
 
 > at me if I did a faux pas.
 
 
 
 It probably does reduce the temperature, but I don't
 think we ever had any problems caused by the hot CPU.
 They're rated for 70C, or 158F, which is pretty toasty.
 If you really want to cool it, you could attach a finned
 heat sink to the socket cover. They make ones that have
 adhesive backings.
 
 
 
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 Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
 
 Paul                mailto:pderocco@...