aaaa indeed. and once we are in that scope of where we can not perceive the difference for a given action. I like to think of it as not making any difference at all. Sure theoretically there is still gains, but the more likely result would be catastrophe. The KISS philosophy, very handy when brain matter is to be wrapped around these higher things.
reason I say that the surfaces are not deformed by one another, comes from the fact that by the time enough pressure is applied, to deform the copper significantly enough to produce a measurable difference, your CPU would already be in a better place.
as for ignoring the dry joint scenario, hhmmm yip, Guilty as charged. But for a very good reason....
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murray13
Yes you are correct....
BUT look at how much more pressure one needs to add, to get from 25N to 100N in order to get allmost the same deviation, acquired from the previous 16N added......
and somewhere in that 75N there is a "SNAP_CRACKLE_POP" that's watching you.
Also note my devious way of using the word " virtually"...
as in "virtually flat-lining."
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