On 12/3/2013 9:09 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote:
There are a lot of instructions here:
They mention "high-purity isopropyl alcohol". The highest purity I've ever seen is 70%.
isopropyl commonly comes in 70% ('rubbing alcohol') and 90% (used for wiping injection sites and such).
Also, said instructions do recommend spreading some thermal grease manually (actually, redit-cardily). One wipes off as much as one can before adding the blob to be spread by the heat spreader.
the application method varies with the CPU type on that page. some suggest just a dot, others a line, and yet others doing the manual spread.