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Default Heat sink grease

Once upon a time on usenet wrote:
On Thursday, 12 April 2018 14:35:16 UTC+1, wrote:
On Thursday, April 12, 2018 at 6:06:05 AM UTC-7, tabby wrote:
If you're stuck for some, toothpaste is surprisingly good. I tried
it on a high diss AMD 8 core CPU, it only ran a couple of degrees
hotter than the proper stuff.

If you need electrical insulation, petroleum jelly is probably
better. The main objective is to fill the air gaps.


Petroleum jelly melts & runs.


TMI.
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