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Hmm.
Ok, is this too much? I put some thermal grease on the CPU... maybe a dab enough to cover Lincoln's head on a penny. Then I take a razorblade and I basicly flatten out the compound and spread it across the chip evenly. I come away with a lot of excess grease on the razorblade, but the surface of the chip is covered smoothly with a very very thin layer of grease. The heatsink fits right on it without a problem.
Before maintenance: Computer hard boots itself because it gets too hot.
During Maintenance: Clean out wads of dust from heatsink. Scrape off old thermal paste and put on new paste. Rearrange cabling in case.
After maintenance: Same thing. Temp idles at borderline alert status.
Anyone have any suggestions on a specific heatsink?
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