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Do I still need thermal compound?
I bought a 2nd cpu and a heatsink direct from dell. The heatsink has a greenish sticker in the center. it doesn't seem to have a layer I can peel off so I'm wondering if this is supposed to be thermal tape and if I'm safe to leave it and not peal it off and use fluid compound instead. This is my first time installing a cpu/heatsink.
- Robbie,I've seen heatsinks for Dell notebooks (C-Latitudes, 8xxx Inspirons) which had a soft metal contact surface instead of using thermal compound.The metal was somhow like lead or tin, but a lot softer, you could scratch it with your finger nails even if you used no force at all.The surface looked stripy and the stripes (dark/light) had a slightly different height.New parts WERE covered by a green transparent peel off plastic.Since plastic is not a good thermal conductor, I'd peel that egg before eating it...
RobbieB wrote:
I bought a 2nd cpu and a heatsink direct from dell. The heatsink has a greenish sticker in the center. it doesn't seem to have a layer I can peel off so I'm wondering if this is supposed to be thermal tape and if I'm safe to leave it and not peal it off and use fluid compound instead. This is my first time installing a cpu/heatsink.
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Posted April 4th, 2007 17:00
That is best for sure.
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Message Edited by tphillips63 on 03-20-2007 06:17 PM