On 22 Mar 2001, at 15:38, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:

> Uh, that's a load of crap.  If you think the temperature is "less"
> when you remove the thermal compound it's only because more heat STAYS
> ON THE DIE and less of it reaches the temperature sensor -- in other
> words, a *lower* measured temperature means that you made things
> worse, not better.

Hi,

that may be right, but the heatsink itself gets warmer, and the 
original compound consists not only of stuff that gets liquid when hot 
but also of one or two layers of some kind of textile, leaving a 
visible gap between the core and the heatsink. I do not know if Intel 
cares too much about heat, but the compound they bundled with my 
boxed PentiumPro was no good either. Or maybe I care too much.

mike