AMD recommends using thermal pads--which you are--but they are not optimal.
The reason AMD recommends the use of pads instead of grease is that they are
worried about the grease getting into the CPU. If you do not change the
grease about every year, you run the risk of shorting your CPU if the grease
leaks into it.
The reason higher-quality greases matter is that they have finer material
that better fills the microscopic gaps. Also, they have better material
to conduct heat.
--j
--- Ronald KA4INM Youvan <ka4inm@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> > Most of the time, the installer does not use the proper thermal compound.
>
> > (no, the thermal grease that comes in the little white package with the
> > heatsync doesn't count)
>
>
> I don't understand why the zinc oxide laden silicone grease supplied with
> the heat sink wouldn't be the correct thing to use on the heat sink.
>
> BTW, my heat sink didn't come with any, didn't say to use any so I didn't.
> It is a 1 gig AMD Athelon with a heat sink approved by AMD for this
> microprocessor. (of coarse) It has been this way for over 2 years.
> (there is a white thin hard flexible layer of plastic on the heat sink
> touching the copper part of the microprocessor.)
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