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82845GE GMCH Thermal Design Power ..........18 Table 7. Chomerics T710 TIM Performance (at 50 °C as a Function of Attach Pressure)19 Table 8. TDP Dissipation for Various Airflow Speeds ............20 ® Intel 845GE / 845PE Chipset (G)MCH Thermal Design Guide...
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Revision History Revision Description Date Number • Corrected part number for heatsink -002 September 2006 • Initial Release. -001 October 2002 ® Intel 845GE / 845PE Chipset (G)MCH Thermal Design Guide...
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This document is for the 845GE and 845PE chipsets. The thermal and mechanical design guidelines are described for both the 82845GE GMCH and 82845PE MCH. For the ICH4, refer ®...
Thermal Operating Point. The TOP is defined as the thermal resistance of the thermal interface material loaded at the design force of the clip and retention mechanism plus the thermal resistance of the heatsink at the specified airflow speed. ® Intel 845GE / 845PE Chipset (G)MCH Thermal Design Guide...
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The mechanical keep-out restrictions are included in Appendix A (Figure 14). The component height restrictions are illustrated by a legend in the drawing. It is important to note that the keep- ® out and height restrictions differ slightly from the Intel 82845 chipset keep-outs. ®...
Figure 1. This clip attaches to solder down anchors located on the system board. Figure 1. Heatsink Assembly: Heatsink, Clip Frame, Clip Lever Figure 2. Heatsink Assembly Placement and Actuation ® Intel 845GE / 845PE Chipset (G)MCH Thermal Design Guide...
1. The above tests should be performed on a sample size of at least 12 assemblies from 3 different lots of material. 2. Additional Pass/Fail Criteria may be added at the discretion of the user. ® Intel 845GE / 845PE Chipset (G)MCH Thermal Design Guide...
(linear feet per minute) must be present as measured 1 inch in front of the air inlet side of the 845GE/845PE chipset generic thermal solution. The thermal designer must carefully select the location to measure airflow to get a representative sampling. (Note, These environmental specifications are based on a 35 °C system external temperature measured at 5000′).
C-MAX Temperature Measurement Metrology To accurately assess junction temperature for an application or to determine if you are not of 92 °C, it is necessary to have a good thermocouple attach. Intel has exceeding a T C-MAX established guidelines for the proper techniques to be used when measuring the (G)MCH case temperature.
It is critical that the thermocouple bead makes contact with the die (see Figure 5). 6. Attach heatsink assembly to the (G)MCH and route the thermocouple wires out through the milled slot. ® Intel 845GE / 845PE Chipset (G)MCH Thermal Design Guide...
To assess the thermal performance of the 845GE/845PE chipset generic thermal solution during “worst-case realistic application” conditions, Intel has developed a software utility that operates the chipset at near worst-case power dissipation. The utility has been developed solely for testing customer thermal solutions at or near the thermal design power.
Intel (G)MCH Thermal Design Power The 845GE/845PE chipset power utility is designed to dissipate the TDP power value through the (G)MCH when a system is populated with the memory listed in Table 5. These values have been validated for the configurations below running the Processor System Bus frequency at 400 MHz.
Figure 1) provides enough pressure for the TIM to achieve a thermal conductivity of 0.9 W/m⋅K. Table 7. Chomerics T710 TIM Performance (at 50 °C as a Function of Attach Pressure) Pressure (psi) Thermal Resistance (°C*In2)/W 0.37 0.21 0.17 ® Intel 845GE / 845PE Chipset (G)MCH Thermal Design Guide...
) / (% TDP dissipated via heatsink) case local_ambient Thermal simulation results show that as airflow increases upstream of the 845GE/845PE chipset generic thermal solution, the percentage of TDP that leaves via the top of the package increases (see Table 8).
Note that an increase in the number of grid cells may also add to the computation time of model. 3.4.3 Thermal Model Power Dissipation Based on the system component configuration, use the TDP power values shown in Table 5. ® Intel 845GE / 845PE Chipset (G)MCH Thermal Design Guide...
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This symmetry is to channels. This symmetry is to facilitate ease clip of assembly facilitate ease clip of assembly and HS orientation. and HS orientation. Clip Tabs Clip Tabs ® Intel 845GE / 845PE Chipset (G)MCH Thermal Design Guide...
In this manner, the critical solder balls are protected from tensile loading that may cause damage to the solder joint. ® Intel 845GE / 845PE Chipset (G)MCH Thermal Design Guide...
Some suppliers may be able to provide pre-assembled kits. Contact individual suppliers for information. Supplier Contact Information Boyd Corporation* http://www.boydcorp.com Chomerics, Inc. http://www.chomerics.com Foxconn Electronics, Inc. http://www.foxconn.com CCI (Chaun-Choung Technology Group) http://www.ccic.com.tw ® Intel 845GE / 845PE Chipset (G)MCH Thermal Design Guide...
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