On Feb 24, 2009, at 2:57 PM, PETE wrote:
> Suppose I don't use anything and just place the heatsink on the > processor. Any harm in that?TIA. > Pete. > Pete, I would install the heat-sink using the silver paste. There are any number of of people on the LEM site that will help. I have a QS that was rendered unusable because of heat problems and a new heat- sink cooling fan and re-seating the heat sink made a new one out of it. The most important thing to beware of is using too much silver paste, the suggested amount is, as I recall, the size of a BB shot. Anymore and the possibility exists that it will flow out and down into the electrical components and short them out, ruining your mother board. Heat conduction is the object here and the silver paste enhances heat conduction. Go for it. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
