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Adam Favre <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 16 Jun 2004 11:21:38 -0700
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Is there a good place to go that shows some pictures of what a CPU should look like w/ thermal paste applied?  I tend to be one of these individuals that when it comes to anything that involves pastes in a tube, I use either too much or too little.

I don't want to have to disassemble the PC I am building multiple times to apply more or remove excess paste.  The directions I have been reading from building instructions on multiple sites follows along the lines of "apply thermal paste but not too much for it may cause problems with your CPU."  Do I just put a dot of it on the CPU (AMD ATHLON XP) and if so, on which part??

I am recieving my bundle of goodies from NEWEGG.COM today with my cpu, ABIT AN7 Mobo, and Athlon XP3200+ cpu with aftermarket heatsink and fan.  Any advice would be greatly appreciated.


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