On Tue, 2 Jul 2002, Andre M. V. wrote: > On Tue, 2 Jul 2002, Ian C. Sison wrote: > > > Ok, i'll bite: What's 'lapping' ? > > That is, using a sandpaper to polish the heatsink > and the processor to make the surface flatter and > thus creates The benefit of increase surface > contact between the processor and heatsink. > > This helps cool your processor. Beneficial if you > are overclocking, but I don't see the point of > lapping if you are not overclocking your CPU. >
But isn't thermal paste enough to make sure 'contact' btween heat sink and cpu? _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
