Hi Peter... On Mar 14, 2009, at 2:42 PM, PeterH wrote:
> 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. I have a CPU (Intel type) with a large heat sink that is firmly stuck to the processor. Any thought on getting the two separated. They should come apart somehow... the CPU is a ZIF and you can't get it back into the socket because of the overhang of the heat sink. Amanda --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
