On Mar 14, 2009, at 2:01 PM, Charles Davis wrote:
> The 'Electrically conductive' being a problem is NOT between the > processor & heat sink, it's the problem caused by 'excess conductive > paste' oozing onto circuit traces adjacent to the processor, and > shorting various signals and/or power traces. > I.E. "Sloppy application" With over-application of Arctic Silver, for example, to a G4, there are power decoupling lines on the surface of the chip which can be shorted-out by such oozing. The "washer" which Apple generally applies to its processors can limit the intrusion of the conductive paste to those lines. However, over-application will usually get underneath the "washer" and be resistant to attempts to remove it. If you over-apply Arctic Silver, you are asking for trouble. If you over-apply silicone thermal "grease", there is no issue except for the mess. Pine-Sol®, applied full-strength, can dissolve most such "greases". And, as Pine-Sol is water-soluble, the excess "grease", then in suspension, will simply, and completely wash-off. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
