At 08:06 PM 3/4/2008 +0000, Martin wrote: >David kerber wrote: > >Use a small single blob of grease on the centre of the CPU package and >place the heatsink on top in one move. You can carefully twist the >heatsink to encourage the grease to spread more evenly. The heatsink >spring should do the rest to complete the even spreading.
I have not built a system in ten years. I do, however, know about optical coupling grease. When we couple photo multiplier tubes to scintillation crystals, we apply a very small blob/dab/drop of optical coupling grease to the center of the PMT's window, mate the PMT to the crystal, and then spin/rotate (not twist) the PMT 360 degrees at least a dozen times. This spreads the grease very thinly, very uniformly, and eliminates large and tiny air bubbles. I would think the same technique should apply to thermal coupling compounds. --Luke _______________________________________________ Prime mailing list [email protected] http://hogranch.com/mailman/listinfo/prime
