[linux-dvb] Re: Open tuner-box of DBV-S to install heatsink?

[Johannes Schoeller <schoeller@gmx.at>]

normally you shouldn.t remove the metal "cover".
but as already written by me before, you could do
the following w/o changing anything on the card/tuner.

first you have to remove the cover. ;) then take an
old (eg.486) proz.heatsink with fan, and drill a 
little hole in the middle. apply some silikon
(or silver) paste to the heatsink. then screw it 
with a VERY short screw (so it won.t get in contact 
with the tuner board!!), the heatsink to the cover. 
you can feed the fan with 5 or 7 volts, so you
won.t hear it, but the dvb-s card stays "handwarm".

good luck!

servus hannes!

Johannes Schoeller
<schoeller@gmx.at>
<icq 2802639> 

> during the recent hot days I noticed that the tuner-box is
> running quite hot. The backside is so hot that you can't touch
> it.
> 
> I would like to install some heatsink to it, but I think it
> wouldn't be very efficient to mount it just on top of the box.
> 
> May I remove the cover to install the heatsink to the individual
> chips? Or isn't this a good idea with disturbance of radio, tv or
> cell phones in mind?




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