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Most people make the mistake of gobbing it on. A thin coat is all that is needed and a thick coat can actually hinder heat dissipation. The metal fins is what dissipates the heat not the compound.<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>I've worked on computers for 20+ years professionally with computers that cannot have down time.</div><div><br><div> <div>Steve Adams</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div> </div><br><div><div>On Oct 8, 2007, at 1:42 AM, Inga Renault wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">My gosh...not easily visible, but mine were compacted with dust. The sound is still loud, but I wil try and see if blowing out anything else helps.<div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div>Somebody suggested redoing the heat sink since my MDD 866 had gotten so loud. I know for a fact that the person who replaced this processor puts on very little silver compound. If I am going to take it apart, is that definetly the way to go? On my old B+W G3s, I used to now worry too much and goobered things on, swapping the processors without blinking an eye, but on the newer machines, the heat sinks are so much bigger and I don't know much about them. Is and extremely thin film the way to go for sure?</div><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Inga</div><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div><br><div><div>On Oct 7, 2007, at 5:50 AM, Jay E. Krauss Jr wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-converted-tab"> </span></span><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">I have two 1.25 MDDs; from experience I can state that the shield inside the front cover (behind the "Buick" vents, can become totally covered over with dust, preventing air entry.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Jay E Krauss Jr</font></div> </blockquote></div><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">G4 mailing list</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:G4@listserver.themacintoshguy.com">G4@listserver.themacintoshguy.com</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4">http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>