Martin wrote: > ... if you reseat the heatsink? > if you're going to remove your heat-sink, be prepared to thoroughly clean off both the heat-sink and the heat spreader surface of the CPU with isopropyl alcohol (70% rubbing alcohol is fine, as long as its unscented and has no additives), this will even dissolve off the residue from one of those 'thermal pads' like many Intel retail heat-sinks use (use a rag soaked in isopropanol, folded a couple layers thick, and press it over the surface, cover it with something non-absorbent, and leave it there for a minute, then scrape off the pad residue with a soft plastic or wood scraper, repeat until clean)... then apply some heat sink compound very sparingly. I like Arctic Silver V, comes in a tiny hypodermic type squirter which is sufficient for dozens of applications, and is a silver based paste, a tiny little dab the size of a BB is plenty.
Note Arctic Silver has a different installation procedure from regular zinc oxide (white) compounds.. with the white stuff, you spread a very thin layer evenly all over the CPU spreader plate, while with Arctic Silver you put a little bead in the middle, and let the heat-sink pressure spring do the spreading. _______________________________________________ Prime mailing list [email protected] http://hogranch.com/mailman/listinfo/prime
