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Thermal paste

by Rbaida Nov 13, 2005 5:00AM PST

When should you add thermal paste to your CPU?

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is this for a notebook? make sure u know what u are doin

by nerdyboy1234 Nov 13, 2005 5:06AM PST

if u are disassembling it to add thermal paste.

u usually add thermal paste when your computer is overheating.

oh ya also make sure u clean off old thermal paste properly.

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