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What is a fan and heat sink?
A heatsink is a piece of metal that sits on top of your computers CPU (and also some other components) that helps conduct heat away from it, the fan you're referring to sits on top of the heat sink and moves the heat away and (ideally) out of the case.
What is the fan connected to inside a laptop?
Not sure what you mean. The fan is very small and spins to blow air across a heat sink that is attached to the processor. It isn't attached to anything but itself and the housing that screws to the motherboard or case.
The combination heat sink and cooling fan is sometimes called a?
The combination heat sink and cooling fan is sometimes called a cooler.
Why you shouldn't use a screw driver to remove a heat sink?
YOu can damage the motherboard
The cooler sits on top of the processor and consists of a fan and a heat?
sink
What are two major components of a cooler assemble?
Fan and Heat Sink
What is the function of heart sink on a computer motherboard?
I think you mean to ask "what's the function of a heat-sink on a pc motherboard" in which case the function is to keep the cpu cool and prevent it from overheating.
Who are the removable components in motherboard?
Processor, RAM, daughter cards, CMOS, Heat sink
What is the purpose of the copper or aluminum between a processor and the fan on a computer motherboard?
The heat sink absorbs the heat from the processor and then the fan disperses the heat.
How do you make AMD processors cooler?
By placing an appropriately sized heat sink and fan on them.
What are the two major components of a processor cooler assembly?
fan and heatsink
What is a piece of metal with cooling fins that can be attached to an integrated chip to dissipate heat?
It's called a Heat Sink.
