OT: replacement fan for an Intel heatsink

Lennart Sorensen lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org
Mon Aug 22 21:27:29 UTC 2011


On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 03:37:52PM -0400, Scott Allen wrote:
> But note, when you replace a heat sink you also have to clean the old
> heat sink grease or thermal melt gunk off of the CPU and apply new
> grease.

Often the new heatsink comes with a new pad already attached.  And often
there is nothing to clean when the old heatsink used the pad, as I
believe the intel ones tend to do.

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