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DOOM   12-18-2003 at 07:57:04 PM

So, I'm swapping out the HSF on my P4, and when I go to clean off the old thermal compound, I notice that some of it is caked in the heat spreader air-hole. Is it dangerous to leave old thermal compound in this hole before applying fresh compound? If so, how do I get it out?

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pIII_Man   12-18-2003 at 09:08:20 PM
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no


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Crashman   12-19-2003 at 02:18:53 AM
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It's ruined, send it to me!

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Kelledin   12-19-2003 at 05:23:46 AM
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You're fine. The heatspreader hole is there simply to allow the epoxy (between heatspreader and die) to cure.

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