Resolved: [PLUG] Newly assembled machine overheating

[Richard C. Steffens]

Thank you to all who offered ideas about what could be causing the Anti 
Burn Regulator alarm to sound on my mother board. It appears that the 
problem was the grease. When I removed the heat sink there was no grease 
on the chip, and there was an empty rectangle about the size of the chip 
surrounded by grease on the underside of the heat sink. There was also 
grease all around the chip on its carrier board.

I wiped off the heat sink and the excess around the chip on its board. I 
applied a modest amount of grease to the chip and re-installed the heat 
sink. Then, confident that I had solved the problem, I reinstalled the 
side of the case. The machine has been powered up for about 20 minutes 
and hasn't complained. Of course, the machine isn't doing much right 
now, but that's for the next thread.

Thanks again for all the help.

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Regards,

Dick Steffens