Thermal grease: How much to apply, and how ?

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Thermal grease: How much to apply, and how ?

#1 Post by wearetheborg » Sun Aug 19, 2007 4:10 am

I will be replacing a fan soon, never done it before. How much thermal grease needs to be applied, and how do I apply it ? :?:
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#2 Post by rkawakami » Sun Aug 19, 2007 4:22 am

Using the forum's search facility ("how apply thermal grease") and checking the "search for all terms" option, yields these (among others):

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=40181
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=39762 (and off-site: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/274)
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=39293
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=38878
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