On Wed, April 4, 2007 4:58 pm, DJA wrote: > Lan Barnes wrote: >> >> Really not sure what's up. The laptop repair place on Clairemont Mesa >> offered to diagnose the HD and put new thermal grease on the CPU for $85 >> (good toward parts yadda yadda yadda). Well, I've got thermal grease in >> my >> kit somewhere, and that's 20% of the cost of a new one, so I came home. > > Keep in mind that too much thermal grease is worse than too little. Some > people aren't happy till they can see it oozing out between parts. > Properly, it's only supposed to fill in the very small (as in almost > microscopic) defects in the CPU-heatsink interface. Generally about > .005" is enough. The point is not to insulate, but to facilitate thermal > conductivity. > > Go to Arctic Silver's website to see how to do it properly > > http://www.ahttp://www.arcticsilver.com/pdf/appinstruct/as5/ins_as5_singlecore_expsd.pdf > > (Synopsis: Clean the parts first to make sure there is no skin oil, and > don't touch either surface afterwards. Use a glob about half the size of > a grain of rice; spread evenly on CPU heat-spreader using a credit card > as a spatula.) > > Personal experience: using this method, I've yet to have a heat-related > problem. And I've built a LOT of PC's. >
Thanks. Excellent info. I am wondering about exposing the radiator and running an external fan on it. -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
