Re: Thermal Compound Question

2010-11-04 Thread george monroe
from what i have read, it seems most compounds are close to each other in abilities. the thing i noticed was the different schools of thought on the amount to use. i personally am sticking with the thought that the paste is to fill in any voids on the surface of the chip and heatsink, i dont put a

Re: Thermal Compound Question

2010-11-04 Thread george monroe
http://skinneelabs.com/tim-v2.html On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 7:59 AM, george monroe geomonro...@gmail.com wrote: from what i have read, it seems most compounds are close to each other in abilities. the thing i noticed was the different schools of thought on the amount to use. i personally am

Re: Anti-virus for Mac

2010-11-04 Thread Yersinia
On 11/3/10 11:36 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Nov 3, 2010, at 7:10 PM, Yersinia wrote: OK, thanks for the heads-up about a first time virus scan being like Spotlight/taking forever. Maybe I will try Sophos after all. But... what IS Access scanning and what do you mean by files are only

Re: Thermal Compound Question

2010-11-04 Thread george monroe
http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_contenttask=viewid=150Itemid=62limit=1limitstart=0 On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 8:30 AM, george monroe geomonro...@gmail.com wrote: http://skinneelabs.com/tim-v2.html On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 7:59 AM, george monroe geomonro...@gmail.comwrote: from

Re: Thermal Compound Question

2010-11-04 Thread ah...clem
On Nov 4, 12:16 am, Tina K. penguir...@gmail.com wrote: That might not be the case, I do remember some Apple model being manufactured with too much thermal paste by mistake, but I don't remember which model it was. that was clearly a manufacturing mistake. i had a PB G4 1.67 hi-res model,

Re: Thermal Compound Question

2010-11-04 Thread Geke
thin layer, to fill in any voids on the surface of the chip and heatsink. From what I’ve read, that’s the idea. Thermal paste is not a great heat conductor, but it’s much better than air. To improve conductance, you can use the type of paste containing metal (like Arctic silver), but then you

Re: Thermal Compound Question

2010-11-04 Thread Peter Haas
On Nov 4, 2010, at 8:13 AM, Geke wrote: To improve conductance, you can use the type of paste containing metal (like Arctic silver), but then you have to be more careful than with the white ceramic type of paste, because metal also conducts electricity. The white pastes are a nuisance to

Re: Thermal Compound Question

2010-11-04 Thread Albert Carter
I wouldn't necessary recommend using Pin-Sol or Water to clean a processor. Best method I've found is to run the machine long enough to heat up. Remove the heat sink remove what you can with a lint free paper towel and then clean the rest off using a 85% or better isopropyl alcohol.

Re: Mismatched SCSI connectors... (G4 Sawtooth)

2010-11-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 3, 2010, at 7:42 PM, Doug McNutt wrote: There is something that doesn't make a lot of sense here. I don't think there ever was a peecee that used a DB25 connector for SCSI. Only Apple ever did that and they shorted a bunch of grounds together while violating SCSI rules of

Re: Thermal Compound Question

2010-11-04 Thread Tina K.
On 2010/11/04 10:59, Albert Carter so eloquently wrote: Remove the heat sink remove what you can with a lint free paper towel and then clean the rest off using a 85% or better isopropyl alcohol. Seconded. Use isopropyl alcohol, not rubbing alcohol. It's still dirt cheap. Tina -- iMac 20 USB