Moonman, A suggestion if I may. There is a very high quality after market thermal compound called 'Arctic Silver 3' http://www.coldcpu.com/product.asp?alphacatid=THERMGR. Simply use some rubbing alcohol to remove the existing thermal pad, and apply the Arctic Silver as you would a typical thermal grease. When used in conjunction with a high quality sink/fan combo, the cooling capabilities are excellent. I don't know if you do any overclocking, but if so, this method will yield you much better results than the typical cooling solutions provided by the chip manufacturer. Brian Guidi Product Engineer Teledyne Electronic Technologies Tel: (603) 889-6191 X:310 Fax: (603) 886-2977 E-mail: [log in to unmask] Any technical information attached to this document is intended for the recipient only. Also, the export and use of the information is regulated by the export laws of the United States. Diversion contrary to U.S. law is prohibited. U.S. law prohibits sharing this information with any end-user for any end-use related to the design, development, production, stockpiling or use of chemical, biological or nuclear weapons or missiles, without the prior approval of the United States Government. Earl Moon <[log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] .COM> cc: Sent by: Subject: [TN] INTEL P4 AND THE HEAT SINK THERMAL TAPE TechNet <[log in to unmask] RG> 09/07/02 08:28 PM Please respond to "TechNet E-Mail Forum."; Please respond to Earl Moon I'm working my third week end attempting to make my Intel P4 upgrade work. Never mind the MS OS and Office crap, I just would like to know what, on that two ton massive heat sink, Intel uses to to dissipate heat. It is a film/tape medium as it rubs of on my finger tips. It makes sense that it is highly carbon loaded as it is such a good thermal transfer mechanism. I have about two grand in this crap build after having replaced the Intel crap mother board with my old standby Asus variety with much easier install stuff. I love and have used my P3 stuff for over a year now but must move up. Damn this crap anyway. Anyway, does anyone have a line on what Intel places on the heatsink to dissipate heat and can I use a thermal grease or other tape that works "equally" as well? I sure as hell don't want to buy another Intel P4 processor just to get the heat sink crap thing. MoonMan --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------