"Magic User" <magicuser@nowhere.com> wrote

I am building a new system and was wondering what the deal is with
the heat sink for the socket 478 chip. The heat sink came with a thin
layer of material already applied where one would normally put
heatsink compound. It this stuff heatsink compound material and is
it any good?

Yes, it's a thermal transfer pad - they do work okay but usually not quite
as efficiently as a good quality thermal compound. make sure you remove the
plastic tape that's (usually) on top of the pad...

Ciao...

[UK]_Nick...
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