PAR wrote: > still don't have a good feel for an answer. For example, arctic > silver (and comparable products) say they are thermal conductors and > not electrical conductors, yet the fine print says it may end up > shorting out circuits -- in plain English, that means it is an > electrical conductor. The processor I have to plug into my gigabit > machine is a standard Apple dual processor with a standard apple > heatsink. Does anyone know where I could buy about two inches of Apple > thermal conductive tape, which appears to be the original product used > in Macs?
Even if the thermal GREASE is non-conductive, you have two metal surfaces being pressed together. They will almost certainly come into direct contact and make an electrical circuit if possible. That is why it doesn't really matter if the thermal grease is electrically conductive or not, one has to assume the two metal items will make contact. That is unless you are also adding an object between them that is specifically designed to keep them out of electrical contact. -- 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 [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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
