Thermal Paste Application

[Jocklad]

Been reading up on cpu/heatsink cleaning.

There is a bewildering amount of advice on how thermal paste should be applied.

How do you apply thermal paste.  : : :

Jocklad

[richtea]

It´s a personal thing, so take your pick:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_q...rmal+paste

[Valtam]

The way I do it - a small blob in the middle of the cpu, press down with the heatsink evenly.

[technomancer]

The way I learned was to put absolutely the minimal amount of thermal paste. Put a small pea sized amount on CPU, then take a business card and smooth it out as thin as possible.
The goal is to have a paper thin layer. The paste is only for filling "gaps" and manufacturing imperfections when mating the heat sink. ( Too much thermal paste can actually have a negative affect. )
Link to a good guide->  http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Laptop-Noteb...596-9.html

(If you get into industrial applications on SCR's, transistors and power dissipating components then there are precise ways per manufacturer.)

[Jocklad]

Thanks for all your help.

Last night I completely stripped down a Lenova desktop for cleaning.

Re-assembled the cpu/heatsink using Arctic silver thermal paste using the pea method.

Psensor is reading cpu temp about 30 deg C.

All is well.

Will mark this thread as solved.

Jocklad 

[technomancer]

Excellent  8)  glad we could help.