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RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly
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Originally posted by rav0
Metal to metal contact is best. No sarcasm, just facts.
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Originally posted by Apatik
to me, it's just nonsense to say that about CPU cooling, but well...
The reason for the use of thermal compound is because surfaces (the top of the CPU and the bottom of the heatsink) have imperfections.  When imperfect surfaces are pressed against each other, the scratches and indentations remain filled with air.  Air is a poor heat conductor, so that decreases the cooling efficiency.

Thermal compound is a soft paste, so it easily fills such microscopic cavities and gaps, and conducts heat much better than air (but not as well as metal).

That is why you want to use the thermal compound, but you only want to use the least possible amount.

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04-16-2006 05:56 PM
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Computer auto shuts down randomly - by jordanspringer on 04-14-2006 at 01:45 AM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by Supersonicdarky on 04-14-2006 at 01:57 AM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by jordanspringer on 04-14-2006 at 02:20 AM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by MattyRid on 04-14-2006 at 02:41 AM
RE: RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by rav0 on 04-14-2006 at 05:18 AM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by NiteMare on 04-14-2006 at 05:25 AM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by rav0 on 04-14-2006 at 05:53 AM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by Adeptus on 04-14-2006 at 05:55 AM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by NiteMare on 04-14-2006 at 06:00 AM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by Adeptus on 04-14-2006 at 06:11 AM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by NiteMare on 04-14-2006 at 06:20 AM
RE: RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by rav0 on 04-14-2006 at 07:04 AM
RE: RE: RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by NiteMare on 04-14-2006 at 07:15 AM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by Adeptus on 04-14-2006 at 07:24 AM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by NiteMare on 04-14-2006 at 07:32 AM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by rav0 on 04-14-2006 at 07:45 AM
RE: RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by B3N_H4M1D on 04-19-2006 at 11:16 AM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by NiteMare on 04-14-2006 at 07:48 AM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by Adeptus on 04-14-2006 at 08:09 AM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by Apatik on 04-14-2006 at 08:56 PM
RE: RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by rav0 on 04-15-2006 at 02:23 AM
RE: RE: RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by Apatik on 04-15-2006 at 02:30 PM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by Reaper on 04-14-2006 at 08:59 PM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by Nathan on 04-14-2006 at 09:04 PM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by Unwritten Law on 04-15-2006 at 02:35 AM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by [MR] on 04-15-2006 at 03:27 AM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by NiteMare on 04-15-2006 at 03:45 AM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by ddunk on 04-15-2006 at 04:10 AM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by NiteMare on 04-15-2006 at 04:16 AM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by rav0 on 04-15-2006 at 07:26 AM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by NiteMare on 04-15-2006 at 07:39 AM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by rav0 on 04-15-2006 at 07:44 AM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by NiteMare on 04-15-2006 at 07:50 AM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by rav0 on 04-15-2006 at 08:11 AM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by NiteMare on 04-15-2006 at 08:33 AM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by rav0 on 04-15-2006 at 08:47 AM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by NiteMare on 04-15-2006 at 08:50 AM
RE: RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by rav0 on 04-15-2006 at 08:58 AM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by NiteMare on 04-15-2006 at 09:41 AM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by rav0 on 04-15-2006 at 09:51 AM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by Adeptus on 04-15-2006 at 04:25 PM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by rav0 on 04-15-2006 at 10:15 PM
RE: RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by Apatik on 04-15-2006 at 11:15 PM
RE: RE: RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by rav0 on 04-16-2006 at 12:25 PM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by NiteMare on 04-15-2006 at 10:18 PM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by rav0 on 04-15-2006 at 10:28 PM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by NiteMare on 04-15-2006 at 10:32 PM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by NiteMare on 04-15-2006 at 11:37 PM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by Apatik on 04-16-2006 at 12:32 AM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by NiteMare on 04-16-2006 at 12:36 AM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by Apatik on 04-16-2006 at 01:09 AM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by Apatik on 04-16-2006 at 12:59 PM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by Veggie on 04-16-2006 at 01:03 PM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by NiteMare on 04-16-2006 at 01:12 PM
RE: RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by rav0 on 04-16-2006 at 11:01 PM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by Adeptus on 04-16-2006 at 05:56 PM
RE: Computer auto shuts down randomly - by rav0 on 04-19-2006 at 11:36 PM


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