That is thermal paste. It transfers heat to from the processor to the heatsink (I think you knew that). Do you have a URL where I could see the picture with the thermal paste? On May 11, 2011, at 3:13 PM, Roger Dickinson wrote:
> I'm about to exchange the 24-fin aluminium heatsink in a G4 MDD dual > 1.25 GHz (2002) for the more efficient copper heatsink from the 1.42 > GHz MDD. One thing puzzles me, though : the bottom of the copper > heatsink I have has some sort of gloop on each side of the heat pipe, > just like that shown in the MDD's service manual, but the one pictured > in the xlr8yourmac.com article on doing this swap > (<http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/systems/MDD_copper_heatsink_swap/mdd_copper_heatsink_swap.html>) > has none. I am sure the mod. article is accurate, so is this stuff not > really necessary? Anybody know why it's present on some but apparently > not all heatsinks of this type? -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
