PeterH wrote: > > On Mar 12, 2009, at 7:14 PM, technophobic_...@comcast.net wrote: > >> Don't put ANY grease near your processor! > > A "grease" is simply solids within an oily carrier. > > Electronics grade silicone thermally conductive "grease", > Thermalcote, or equal, is fine. > > Arctic Silver claims to be non-conductive, but it also comes with a > detailed procedure for application to avoid foul-ups due to over- > application, which procedures are not necessary with a silicone product. > > Arctic Silver is also a "grease", using the conventional definition > of the term.
If the Heatsink / Processor combo is supposed to use grease then conductivity isn't an issue, you assume the CPU and heatsink will connect electrically. If you don't want them to connect electrically you use an insulating spacer like a mica insulator. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
