>Howdy. I just did a zif upgrade on our B&W G3/300 and I noticed that the
>stock ZIF has a soft "shim" thingy around the processor with a thin film
>covering the processor and the shim. This results in the heatsink settled
>nicely onto the CPU and I am assuming that contact is perfect for heat xfer
>to the heatsink.
>
>My zif upgrade (G4/450 ZIF from OWC) had nothing like that (no shim, no heat
>tranfer medium at all), so ... what do folks use instead? Anyone use thermal
>compound? (I already own arctic silver from my peecee tinkerings) Can I even
>get a shim like this? I'd rather leave the stock G3/300 alone because I
>will be using it in the future in a ZIFCarrier for a PCI mac. I am guessing
>none of this is necessary for regular use, but I would like to try to
>overclock and see if I can squeeze a bit more performance out of this 450.
>So, I guess its curiousity more than anything :) And I am wondering why OWC
>didn't include this (shim and "tape" to hold it down) in their ZIF package,
>but since I ordered this over a year ago I don't know where to find my
>customer number to ask them the question (oopsy).
>
>TIA,
>Caitlin
You can buy the zif fitting kit including the 'thingy' and the
arctic silver from XLR8 via their site at www.daystartechnology.com.
Pete
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