- Aug 20, 2000
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Here a quote from AMD, "AMD absolutely DOES NOT recommend thermal grease and would rather one uses phase change thermal compound",Apparently the grease doesn't hold up under the heat and heatsink tension. The expansion and contraction of the two surfaces during on/off cycles causes a "pumping action" that pumps the thermal compound out from on top of the die. Ouch!
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