On Saturday 01 December 2007, steve szmidt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just got my first Core 2 CPU from Intel and the fan that comes with it
> appears to have three strips of grease at the bottom.
>
> Can someone confirm that is what it is, and that I twist the fan to spread
> the grease out more evenly before securing it.
>
> I've heard various things in the past discussing the "best" technique to
> apply the compound so I decided to do some research before going ahead with
> this new system.
>
> Since my early days of using heatsinks with electronics there were
> nothing "fancy" about it. You just made sure you had an even result. I've
> never had a CPU die, but with all the new discussions of how it should be
> done...
Looks like it is indeed a thermal compound applied by Intel.
--Steve Szmidt
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