Isn't heat transfer the issue here??? On Mar 13, 2009, at 2:11 AM, Clark Martin wrote:
> > PeterH wrote: >> >> On Mar 12, 2009, at 7:14 PM, [email protected] 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" > > > John Callahan [email protected] If there are no dogs in Heaven, when I die I want to go where they went.ยจ --Will Rogers extreme positive = (ybya2) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
