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Old 07-04-2005, 01:18   #9
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Re: Changing Heatsink/Fan

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Originally Posted by nffc
so do i need both the removal solution and a "lint free" cloth then. [that would make sense]

[i fitted the old one... like this one, it has a pre-applied pad of thermal ooze on the heatsink...]
ah, ok you have a pre-applied 'thermal solution' on the heat sink - in this case it it up to you, if the cpu core is clean, then the pre-applied gunk is just the right thickness for you, that helps a lot.

- on the other hand 'better' thermal compounds are available - they shouldn't be 'messy'

like I say, up to you, removal solution would be isopropanol (iso-propyl alcohol) and any glasses cleaning cloth should be 'lint free'
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