Re: Best heat sink compound?

Roger Hamlett wrote:

> "Daniel L. Belton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > Robert Baer wrote:
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> > > "Daniel L. Belton" wrote:
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> > >
> > > > DaveC wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > White "tooth" paste kind, or clear greasy "hair stuff" kind?
> > > >
> > > > Actually, the silvery kind :)
> > > >
> > > > http://www.arcticsilver.com
> > >
> > >
> > >  The "arctic silver compound" is *bad* stuff.
> > >  It migrates all over hell and back, not only making a crappy looking
> > > mess, but also has been reported to do damage to electrical contacts.
> >
> > Never had that problem here using it for more than 4 years on several
> > hundred CPU's and chipsets
>
> The problem is not with the paste, but with people applying it...
> I had one guy, who was having problems with his machine. Knowing he had just
> upgraded the processor, I asked what he had used for the thermal contact. He
> assured me it was fine, with 'plenty of grease'. Inspection showed that he
> had used perhaps 1/3rd of a tube, on one processor!.
> Applied in a very thin layer, it works well, but the paste is so thin, that
> if there is even a small amount of surplus, it may well migrate to places
> which cause problems.
>
> Best Wishes

Yikes!  1/3 of a tube?  that's about.... ohhhh... 20 times more than 
nedded... hehehe

You are correct that it must be applied very sparingly, but the same is 
true of any compound.  Even the white goop run all over the place if you 
put 20 times too much on it....  and I wonder what would happen if 20 of 
those thermal pads were used... :)