insightinmind wrote: > > > On Mar 14, 2009, at 12:28 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: > >> On Mar 12, 2009, at 6:46 PM, PeterH wrote: >> >>> Silicone thermal grease needs no special preparation. >>> >>> Arctic Silver must be applied according to instructions, as this >>> stuff is conductive, and it can short-out a processor, if improperly >>> applied. >> Is this true? >> >> I'd think there's a chance the the word "conductive" is being >> misinterpreted? >> >> It seems to me that thermal paste is likely to be "thermodynamically >> conductive" and not likely to be "electrically conductive"? > > Does it have silver in it? > > Bill Connelly > artsite: http://mysite.verizon.net/moonstoneartstudio > myspace: http://www.myspace.com/moonstoneartstudio >
Ya, I can tell you from experience that it IS electrically conductive. Got a blob where I shouldn't have on a motherboard once upon a time, luckily I got it cleaned off after it wouldn't run. But it was a windoze PC so it really doesn't matter, eh? Arctic Silver has metal particles in the "gel" - I'm not sure if it is aluminum or real silver. Trade secret, I guess! Stephen --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
