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  • noun Alternative spelling of heat sink.
  • verb transitive To fit with a heat sink.

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Examples

  • There is only one, so I suppose that the software is reporting some other temperature wit the label heatsink wrongly) 2 - Changing the thermal paste will solve unexpected shutdowns.

    MacInTouch 2008

  • Um, might wanna be sure your heatsink is below it, and that your fan is up to snuff.

    Boing Boing 2008

  • Though the heatsink is a relatively standard affair (take a lump of copper, throw in a few heatpipes and whack some aluminium fins in there), its two fans do a much better job of cooling the card evenly along its length, and also keeping the power regulation under control.

    Atomic 2010

  • Though the heatsink is a relatively standard affair (take a lump of copper, throw in a few heatpipes and whack some aluminium fins in there), its two fans do a much better job of cooling the card evenly along its length, and also keeping the power regulation under control.

    Atomic 2010

  • Though the heatsink is a relatively standard affair (take a lump of copper, throw in a few heatpipes and whack some aluminium fins in there), its two fans do a much better job of cooling the card evenly along its length, and also keeping the power regulation under control.

    Atomic 2010

  • Though the heatsink is a relatively standard affair (take a lump of copper, throw in a few heatpipes and whack some aluminium fins in there), its two fans do a much better job of cooling the card evenly along its length, and also keeping the power regulation under control.

    Atomic 2010

  • The basic design of the heatsink is the same, packing in six nickel-plated copper heatpipes running the height of the formidable stack of fifty aluminium cooling fins.

    bit-tech.net Feed 2010

  • I also put a small fan behind my laptop to keep it cool, because as I have learned, I may have a fan and/or "heatsink" isssue.

    haloaskew Diary Entry haloaskew 2006

  • The chipset is cooled by a large low-profile aluminium heatsink which is covered by a plastic plate that carries an illuminated Asus logo.

    Channel Register 2009

  • Furthermore, this fansink also features a skive-fin heatsink which is manufactured to high technical requirements that maximizes heat dissipation and minimizes any chance of overheating.

    VR-Zone Articles 2008

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