Whats wrong with sitting the PC on a pillow in the cars boot (trunk for
those in the US)? Motherboards aren't that weak as to break when you go over
the first bump (or even subsequent ones) - its really just that if you drop
your PC case, this may be one of the first areas to fail along with the case
and HDD.

Paul
"Usenet User" wrote in message
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I cool my Athlon XP +2100 with one of those quiet Zalman coolers, the
CNPS6000-Cu (kind of looks like a flower), on my MSI K7T Turbo 2. It is
copper-only, and thus very heavy.

In the manual, Zalman claims no responsibility done to a system or CPU
when moving the PC if the cooler exceeds the max weight limit of the
socket (which mine does).

When I first installed it, I wasn't concerned, because I didn't
anticipate moving at all (can you see where this post is going?). Of
course, I will now be moving in a month, which has got me nervous: I
will be driving for about 10 hours.

Some sites recommend removing the hs when transporting. The problem with
doing that is that I've re-installed a hs to this processor two times
now. I had to redo the included one because it wasn't properly placed
the first time, and then I installed the Zalman much later. I've read
somewhere that after so many times, the dye on the CPU becomes more and
more ineffective at transferring heat.

So I guess here's my question: Should I just carry the computer on its
side, with the heat sink resting directly over the socket/motherboard,
or should I remove it and re-install it one more time. Or better yet, is
there any other advice you could give me?
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