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Date:      Sun, 16 Apr 2000 19:33:05 -0700
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To:        Barney Wolff <barney@databus.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: thermal grease?
Message-ID:  <20000416193305.A16979@orion.ac.hmc.edu>
In-Reply-To: <38f8b28a0.3ca7@databus.databus.com>; from barney@databus.com on Sat, Apr 15, 2000 at 02:15:00PM -0400
References:  <38f8b28a0.3ca7@databus.databus.com>

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On Sat, Apr 15, 2000 at 02:15:00PM -0400, Barney Wolff wrote:
> Would some kind soul give me a hint on where to acquire the thermal
> grease that everybody says must be placed between the cpu and its
> heat-sink/fan?  The cheap parts places I deal with don't seem to
> carry it, nor does my local CompUSA, nor Radio Shack, nor computer store.
> All of them seem to just clip the fan to the chip and hope for the best.

Lots of places should have it, but you can get small quantaties (though
far more then you need) from PC Power and Cooling at
http://www.pcpowercooling.com/

-- Brooks

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