"Patrick" wrote in message
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Since the proposed cease fire and waiting period is now null and
void....

The stuff that oozes out can form a HEAT dam and hold IN the heat!

In ,
jeffc typed:

Then clean it off. Did you have problems with diapers or something
when you were a kid?

Use thermal grease very sparingly, only enough to fill the micro
voids in the two surfaces, and not enough to keep the heat sink
seperated from the top of the cpu.

By definition, it's impossible for something as coarse as human
fingers or related tools to fill *only* "micro voids" in the 2
separate surfaces, so don't bother trying.

I've always applied Thermal Grease with a razor blade. (Read that somewhere)
In other words, just put a little dab on the CPU and use the edge of the
razor blade to kind of very gently scrape it on...that way you get a very
even fine coat with very little thermal grease used. Always has worked for
me. I've always heard the smaller amount the better, as long as it covers
the CPU, as your only trying to fill in microscopic little 'pits', not big
cracks.

....Allen