Re:A startup’s cooling chip may surge processor power
by scheme271 on Thursday December 08, 2022 @10:27PM
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Aside from Indium Gallium paste drying out as another post mentioned, it also has significant downsides. A big one is that it's electrically conductive so if it gets on the motherboard or oozes off the cpu, it can short out things on the motherboard. Another one is that the gallium in liquid metal will react with metals like aluminum, copper, and nickel and over the long term might cause bad things to occur.
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Re:A startup’s cooling chip may surge processor power
by xxs on Friday December 09, 2022 @05:05AM
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Gallium will not really react with Nickel, in the worst case it will be tarnished which has no measurable impact on the thermal conductivity. Also the metals don't dry out (as in evaporate), but they can be pumped out.