Agreed. Pressure alone will keep things proper. You want it to conduct the heat from the CPU to the dissipater and in order to do that it has to be remain “not dry” (for lack of a better, saner, more logical term). > On Aug 25, 2015, at 2:54 PM, Chuck Cole <cncole at earthlink.net> wrote: > > The paste should not dry. If so it is bad. > >> From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org] On Behalf Of Brian Wood >> Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 2:18 PM >> To: tclug-list >> Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Got it working >> >> Ryan Coleman writes: >> >> > >> >You?re not running this computer right now, right? Not doing >> > this and running the computer is being careless at this point. >> >> I cleaned the old paste off of the chip and applied some new >> paste and everything seems to still be fine. I wasn't sure how >> long to leave the box on it's side while the paste dried. I only >> gave it a few minutes before putting it back up on it's feet. >> >> -- >> Brian >> Ebenezer Enterprises - Be strong and let your heart take courage, >> all you who hope in the L-rd. Psalms 31:24 >> >> http://webEbenezer.net <http://webebenezer.net/> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20150826/0a61b2d7/attachment.html>