EXHIBIT 23.4

                             NEW DIRECTOR'S CONSENT
                                       OF
                        AAVID THERMAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

To the Board of Directors of
Aavid Thermal Technologies, Inc.:

    I acknowledge that Aavid Thermal Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), filed a Form S-4 Registration Statement under the Securities
Act of 1933 on March 23, 2000, as amended on March 29, 2000 (Registration No.
333-33126) (the "Registration Statement"). I hereby consent to be named as a
future director of the Company in the Registration Statement and any subsequent
amendments to the Registration Statement.

                                          /s/ BHARATAN R. PATEL
                                          Bharatan R. Patel