Hi Wren > > * If you need to mount the heat sink back into the laptop, we have a > thermal paste guide that makes replacing the thermal compound easy." Your local IT store will sell you thermal paste. In the UK, I'd go to MaplinsIt's the off-white to grey gunk you'll find under the heatshield. You just need to patch it so that there's enough contiguous stuff to transfer heat from process to heat-pipe (to take heat away to the heatsink at the front-left of the under-keyboard gubbins).
You don't need a high-performance paste, just the cheapest of cheap - no more than £5 for a wee tube that will last you a lifetime of Pismo maintenance, in my experience. There are much higher-grade pastes for faster, hotter processors but Pismo is 400 or 500MHz and so won't generate a lot of heat. > Someone else noted something about exposure to toxic stuff when > installing the screen - from those who have worked on Pismos, is this > just hype, or have I reason to be concerned? Never worried about it myself, but I smoke anyway. Just don't smoke over Pismo's internals - after all he or she is still a minor. I'd suggest a small fan on a slow setting to keep you cool while you're doing the surgery and to blow away any noxious stuff. But don't forget to tape down the screws you extract! cheers Bruce -- immobile Bruce - have slaptop, will stay in bed -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
