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Unread 03-18-2009, 08:17 PM   #5
billbartuska
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Default Re: Mac G5 Heatsink Upgrade Question

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Originally Posted by Harbinger View Post
...which, oddly enough, isn't silver
... used a razor blade to carefully spread a thin layer of the AC5 onto the CPU.
AS5, like most TIM, is a suspension of tiny silver particles in some "goo" that squeezes out and leaves mostly just the silver particles between the HS/block and CPU.

AS5 instructions

Yes, pics.
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