Starview TheBox Help

[NadSad]

Hi ihave bought a starview2 thebox and it had a square aluminium piece on a chip and it has come of can someone tell me what is that aluminium piece for or what does it do it was just glue to the chip

[Lunn Poly]

The "square aluminium piece" is a heatsink. It stops the chip under it from cooking itself when it gets hot.

It WAS just glued on, but using special heat conducting paste. You need to "glue" it back on, but use some heat conducting paste - available in small tubes from somewhere like Mapl!ns. Don't run the box for too long (if at all) without the heatsink - you'll fry the chip!

[NadSad]

Originally Posted by Lunn Poly

The "square aluminium piece" is a heatsink. It stops the chip under it from cooking itself when it gets hot.

It WAS just glued on, but using special heat conducting paste. You need to "glue" it back on, but use some heat conducting paste - available in small tubes from somewhere like Mapl!ns. Don't run the box for too long (if at all) without the heatsink - you'll fry the chip!

Hi thanks for your answer i only ran it for an hour it was getting bit hot so i switched it off i will get to maplin later on today get some paste

[50pounds]

Originally Posted by Lunn Poly

The "square aluminium piece" is a heatsink. It stops the chip under it from cooking itself when it gets hot.

It WAS just glued on, but using special heat conducting paste. You need to "glue" it back on, but use some heat conducting paste - available in small tubes from somewhere like Mapl!ns. Don't run the box for too long (if at all) without the heatsink - you'll fry the chip!

well my mate use hard as nails and his chip aint dead any questions ?

cos i said your mad to him.