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?

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