Fixing a Computer with A and W Root Beer

Not only do I like A & W Root Beer, we just had a Dell XPS 200 that would power down from heat.  (The heatsink would not press against the processor)  We used a 1.5″ x 1.5″ piece of aluminum, some zinc oxide and wa-la back in business.  The piece of aluminum filled the gap between the heatsink and the processor.

Hey, this is NOT the proper way to fix this, you should use a new heat sink…and paste