Try a drop of (distilled) water as TIM

so is the damond paste no good ?

depends on how fine the diamonds are.

Synthetic diamond compounds or slurry can be used for rapid stock removal (90micron) to superfinishing (1/15 micron).
The formulation uses De Beers™ synthetic diamonds micronised into an octohedral shape for consistant long lasting cutting performance. All compounds are oil and water miscible and can be lubricated with RS diamond lubricant.
Suitable for use on Ferrous metals, Tungsten Carbide, Steel, Stainless steel, Glass, Synthetic and natural Precious stones.
All Syringes contain 5g of synthetic diamond.
Diamond compounds and Syringe labels are colour coded to enable grade recognition, the coarse grade being white (90 micron).
selection guide


would the 0- 1/15 micron one be ok ?

One problem with diamond is that the particles are very rough and particles don't tend to get very good surface to surface contact with adjacent diamond particles.

Diamond grit has been tried before, but not with much success.

where can you get that from coz it might te useful for lapping

from rs coponents.

www.rswww.com

that is what is supposed to be used for.

go to mechanical then abrasives , lapping.

Good link!



I think I'd also stick to lapping, with that diamond stuff.

the diamond stuff is looking very interesting for lapping as 1200 grade paper has 16 micron particles and p2500 has 6 micron so lapping down to 1/2 or even 1/15 micron should give good results

I thought that graphite was discussed earlier??? We found that the properties for heat transfer were too linear...ie...way better one way than the other???

Tuff

Cathar, give blu-tack a try, I havn't personally used it on the cpu, but I have used it on my southbridge heatsink (nforce2) and vidcard ramsinks, seems to conduct heat pretty well, may suprise you.