Ralph wrote:
>   Clean off all the old heatsink compound from the heatsink and CPU
> before you apply the new stuff.  Don't use too much or too little Artic
> Silver.  Either one will hurt the cooling.  Although this won't be
> catastrophic, unless you really put a lot of compound on and it runs
> down on the motherboard.
>   


70% isopropyl alcohol (aka rubbing alcohol) works great for cleaning off 
heatsink goo, or the remants of a thermal pad (sort of like a foil 
sandwich used instead of goo on many systems)

Arctic Silver has a great set of instructions on their website
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