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Topic
Board Hardware
Re: FPGA development board "Icarus" for mining purpose - 2nd batch preparing.
by
DeathAndTaxes
on 23/12/2011, 19:57:26 UTC
i'm planing to change the 2 X 25mm fans to 1X 40mm lower speed fan installed at the middle of 2 heatsinks. i will test this fashion on the 2nd batch.

about the heatsink, there is another issue. i must test the boards for hundreds hours before ship them, so i must install a heatsink on it. if a use thermal grease, it will get the boards dirty and negative affect when install a heatsink with 3M thermal tape, because the grease is hard to remove completely.

any suggestion?


One larger fan is likely good idea.  No issue w/ YOU installing thermal tape but if you have standard mounting holes then the heat sink & thermal tape could be replaced different heatsink and/or thermal grease.