UP Squared Chassis - Active Cooler
Duane Goodman
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Hey folks
Is the UP Squared Chassis compatible with an active cooler? It's hard to see if it's a closed design and which way the board is oriented (in the case) from the pictures?
Is the UP Squared Chassis compatible with an active cooler? It's hard to see if it's a closed design and which way the board is oriented (in the case) from the pictures?
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Now UP have finally released a fan for the UP2. Still unclear if it fit and operate properly with a chassis.
http://up-shop.org/up-peripherals/136-active-cooler-fan-for-the-up-squared.html -
You can use the active cooler in the plastic chassis, however, the active cooler will not fit in the metal chassis. We would like to keep the metal chassis a fanless design. :-)
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Just to clarify... could you please confirm whether or not it is necessary to remove the heat sink, which I assume is already fitted to the processor on the UP squared board, before installing it into the new aluminium alloy metal chassis, ( Ref: EP-CHUPSMTVAUPS) as this is not clear from the assembly guide?
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If you are using UP Squared metal chassis in UP shop, you will need to remove passive heatsink of UP Squared.
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AlingWu wrote:If you are using UP Squared metal chassis in UP shop, you will need to remove passive heatsink of UP Squared.
Hopefully this is not too difficult a job... I assume it is just 'stuck on' by small pads, or is there more to it than that?
Can you perhaps give me some helpful tips, as to how to remove it without the risk of damaging adjacent components?
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When you install UP Squared into " metal" chassis, remove the heatsink and thermals pad on UP Squared and make sure UP Squared is a bare board on CPU side.
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Thanks for the reply, but what I was hoping for was some guidance on the best way of removing the heatsink and thermal pads from the UP Squared without damaging other adjacent components.
A quick pull or possibly a 'twist' maybe all that is required here, as I would imagine that the clearance is very limited, but a bit more advice on this subject would certainly be appreciated.... by me anyway! -
We updated the assembly SOP here, I hope it will be helpful.
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It should be as simple as removing the 4 screws and lifting the HS off, it is not stuck on with adhesive AFAIK.
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How do you remove the glued on heatsink from the up core board? I can not use the al chassis with the heatsink in place.
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To remove the passive heatsink-
https://wiki.up-community.org/How_to_remove_heatsink
