[mythtv-users] [Slightly OT] Reliability issue with PVR-350

John Drescher drescherjm at gmail.com
Sat Jan 16 22:16:49 UTC 2010


>> There's a high-temp adhesive used with what looks like aluminum mesh as
>>  part of the thermal conduit between IC and heat sink.
>>
>> Weird.
>>
>> My card is about 5 years old and normally doesn't get moved around a lot.
>>  This just warmed up and dropped off.
>>
>> So I've replaced with some Loctite thermal epoxy I have on hand for my
>>  electronics projects.
>>
>> I'm mentioning it here as I imagine there might be a bunch of PVR-350
>>  owners with heatsinks floating around their chassis.
>

I have had this happen at work with 10K medical imaging cards. It
seems that high temp adhesive does not last more than 3 to 4 years
without having to reapply (well at least for those old analog dome
cards...)

John


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