Apologies for premature send earlier. Take 2... > 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 > Maplins. In the US, I guess Fry's or BestBuy but I've not bought IT stuff in > the US for at least 5 years now.
> It'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 only400 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/
