Adda wrote:Shoe polish as thermal paste?aldimeola81 wrote: great, I used the shoe polish black, long time ago on my T61P, great job.
in reality 'the thermal paste is a bad conductor, only serves to compensate for the minimal irregularities' surfaces, the contact between the heatsink and the chip is the key thing.
But yes, thermal paste tend to be a fairly poor conductor of heat, so a well fitted cooler is very important.
There definitely is a significant difference in thermal performance between toothpaste and thermal compound though.
no, I used shoe polish to verify the precise coupling between the heat sink and cpu / gpu, after I cleaned and put the thermal paste
a bit as Prussian blue for coupling the differential