Thermal paste

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Acentric

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when applying arctic silver 5 onto the cpu, does the paste have to cover every inch of the cpu? or can there be a few bit gaps left open?
 
hmm... ill just clean it and re apply the paste just to be on the save side, but what im asking is when i apply the paste, does it have to cover the whole cpu... not leaving gaps is what im trying to say.
 
No. For single cores a drop in the middle will do fine.

For Duo Cores, a line down the middle (make sure you apply the line in the right way) will be fine.

Anymore and you could inhibit the conductivity.
 
so as long as i dont turn it on ill be fine by cleaning it tomorrow? and by the way, i havnt turned it on at all.
 
well i cleaned the cpu and readded the right amount of thermal paste, when i was placing the cpu back in, i think i touched the pins on the cpu socket a bit, will that mess it up or am i ok?
 
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