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> pay for myself? And can anyone recommend some good online guides for > this sort of task? I don't have FLASH, but these purport to show it being done. Perhaps another can view and comment... http://www.expertvillage.com/video/7468_building-pc-applying-thermal-compound.htm http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=o7rPqCvCt0g The arctic silver website has a good text description. Really, it isn't hard. You thoroughly clean the processor and the heatsink. Rubbing alcohol does a pretty good job. You place a small blob on the processor, near the center, and holding the heatsink parallel to the processor, bring it down on the processor slowly, and gradually squeeze the blob down flat, so it excludes all air. Don't press much, just use the heatsink hold downs to apply the needed pressure after contact is made. Some like to twist slightly back and forth while bringing the surfaces into contact. I haven't noticed that it helps. Some like to run a line on one edge of the processor, and place the heatsink on that edge, and then bring it down slowly, like closing a hinge, and press the line along gradually in a similar manner, until the heatsink is in full contact, and then use the hold downs to apply final pressure. The main thing is light pressure gradually applied so as to exclude air. The pressure must gradually increase, and not ever decrease. If it decreases, the surfaces may separate slightly again, and air get into it. Clean your hands after the procedure. Some thermal greases are not nice to get on your hands and especially not in your mouth. The white ones are usually ZnO in a silicone base, and the more expensive ones include some other metallic or intermetallic compounds, like Ag. I'm not convinced that the $32 a spot stuff does a significantly better job than the $2 a tube stuff. Mostly, you need to exclude air and get good contact. Mike -- p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);} Oppose globalization and One World Governments like the UN. This message made from 100% recycled bits. You have found the bank of Larn. I speak only for myself, and I am unanimous in that! _______________________________________________ Prime mailing list [email protected] http://hogranch.com/mailman/listinfo/prime
