So, let me get this straight (forgive my ignorance. I'm used to the plug-n-play of the "beige" processor upgrades that had their own built- in heatsinks). If I decide to upgrade the processor in my Quicksilver to a later quicksilver processor (for example, putting a used gual 1GHz in a QS933 motherboard), do I have to apply anything to the two processors, since the heat sink and processor boards would be two "separated" pieces (i.e. you have to take the heat sink off just to get the processor out of the machine)?
I wouldn't want to take a chance on "frying" a precious upgrade! Andy On Mar 13, 2:11 am, Clark Martin <cm...@sonic.net> wrote: > PeterH wrote: > > > On Mar 12, 2009, at 7:14 PM, technophobic_...@comcast.net wrote: > > >> Don't put ANY grease near your processor! > > > A "grease" is simply solids within an oily carrier. > > > Electronics grade silicone thermally conductive "grease", > > Thermalcote, or equal, is fine. > > > Arctic Silver claims to be non-conductive, but it also comes with a > > detailed procedure for application to avoid foul-ups due to over- > > application, which procedures are not necessary with a silicone product. > > > Arctic Silver is also a "grease", using the conventional definition > > of the term. > > If the Heatsink / Processor combo is supposed to use grease then > conductivity isn't an issue, you assume the CPU and heatsink will > connect electrically. If you don't want them to connect electrically > you use an insulating spacer like a mica insulator. > > -- > Clark Martin > Redwood City, CA, USA > Macintosh / Internet Consulting > > "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
