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IDE cable touching heat sink in thin client . Should I put insulation between them?

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First post, by Ensign Nemo

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Hi guys,

Really simple question. I recently got a couple of thin clients for DOS and Windows 98 gaming. For storage, I'm using an IDE cable attached to a SD card adapter. Obviously, thin clients don't leave much room for cable management and I had to leave an IDE cable on top of the heat sink in one of them. I'm just wondering if this could be a hazard and if I should look at putting insulation between them? I'm using dirt cheap cables from AliExpress, so I don't know if they are built as well as the IDE cables back in the the DOS and Windows 98 era.

Thanks in advance.

Reply 1 of 2, by debs3759

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Insulation shouldn't be needed (if it is, the CPU is overheating). I would recommend trying to route the cable away from the heatsink though, for airflow purposes.

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Reply 2 of 2, by Ensign Nemo

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debs3759 wrote on 2022-11-26, 23:19:

Insulation shouldn't be needed (if it is, the CPU is overheating). I would recommend trying to route the cable away from the heatsink though, for airflow purposes.

I think that would be pretty difficult, as the IDE slot is directly above the heat sink. It's located in the top left of the following image, right below the battery:

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