[wellylug] cpu temperature reported incorrectly

[David Antliff]

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004, Brent Wood wrote:
>> correct solution is to remove the heat sink, reapply the thermal gell, and
>> re-seat the heat sink.)
>
> Worth doing if it will stop the cpu overheating. Doesn't take long, but a bit
> fiddly in those little cases.

I presume the original poster meant thermal paste - just remember you're 
trying to exclude the air from the regions where the metal doesn't make 
contact - you are not trying to create a layer of paste between the 
surfaces. The less you can get away with applying, the better. If you 
stuff it up with too much paste, you risk actually trapping a bubble of 
air and then you might as well not use it. I use an amount equal to about 
half a grain of medium rice and smooth it out with the edge of my Flybuys 
card.

Arctic Silver has good instructions on their website.

-- 
David.

P.S. don't use acetone on your Flybuys card...