On Tue, 3 Dec 2013, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > Michael Hennebry wrote: >> I found my fans and am about to get some thermal >> grease and a megohm resistor for static discharge. >> Sometime today or tomorrow I will likely >> open the case with fear and trepidation. >> The sides and top of the case are metal, but painted with an insulator. >> The front is plastic. >> The back is metal. >> I expect I should touch that before opening the case. >> What about after? Is there something else I >> should touch before trying to edit its guts? > > Don't worry. Things are a *lot* less static-sensitive. If you really need > grounding, touch a water or gas pipe. I worry. The first time I opened the case, 'twas to install another hard drive. I zapped the video card. For grounding, a heating duct would be a lot more convenient than a pipe. Would that work? >> I've read that just adding more is not a good idea. >> If I add to much thermal paste, what do I do about it? > > I'm still working on "how much". I'd say put a squirt in the middle. Make an > > CPU > ______ > | | > | OO | > |_____| > > Maybe a little more. Don't make a deep puddle - you're just smearing some > on. Ever put anti-seize on your spark plugs? No. I'm a software guy. Even when I did embedded programming, I used the scope a lot less than others. -- Michael hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu "On Monday, I'm gonna have to tell my kindergarten class, whom I teach not to run with scissors, that my fiance ran me through with a broadsword." -- Lily