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These AS5 instructions good?

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NKDietrich

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http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_silver_instructions.htm

Heh. Just curious. I've never used it on a heatspreader'd chip before (Opteron 170 in this case.). Essentially it says rather than spread it around, to put a small dab in the middle and let the heatsink do the work of spreading it out.

The manual for the Thermalright SI-120 sink says to put a thin even layer on both the CPU and the heatsink base, heh.
 
Heh, never woulda guessed that stuff came with instructions. I always just put enough to cover the heatspreader (or exposed core) and then spread it with a plastic baggie over my finger. If I'm feeling picky, I'll put the heatsink on and take it off until I've got a nice rectagle that matches the heatspreader/core. If I can't get it to do that, it usually means I didn't use enough. :D
 
Just putting the dot in the middle worked great, it spread out really nicely.
 
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