Re: AMD PIB - it does have a thermal pad, doesn't it?

After replacing Peter Boulton with a small shell script on Saturday 26 Nov
2005 14:44, the following appeared on stdout:

> Am I right in thinking this is the thermal pad,
> and all I need to do is hook the heatsink and fan onto the cpu/mobo
> socket as shown in the instructions?

They've abandoned the chewing gum (OK, I know, phase change compound) and
now have a silkscreened area of proper heatsink compound. My 64 came with
what looked suspiciously like Arctic Silver on the heatsink. You're good
to go with that, Peter, although I'm hard pressed to identify the
compound on yours because the white balance of your camera has turned it
a funny bronze colour. Just be careful when placing the heatsink, as you
can scrape a lot of that off if you allow the bottom of the contact area
to touch anything other than the processor die.
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Chronos

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