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Reusing CPU HSF

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Post March 28th, 2005, 3:29 pm

I'm upgrading CPU (PIII 667 to 1.0Ghz) and wondering the best sandpaper grids should i use to smoothout the HSF surface with?

The sandpapers i got are P1000, P1200, P1500 (Wet & Dry)

Someone mentioned to me before that i should use P2000 but where i'm at i can't get access to finer grids than 1500...

would the P1500 be good enough???

thanx! :)
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Post March 28th, 2005, 3:29 pm

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Post March 29th, 2005, 4:42 am

As long as the bottom of the heatsink is relitivly flat then it is usable, the thermal compound will cover any holes or lines.

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Post March 29th, 2005, 2:03 pm

I used a pen knife to scrape off old thermal compound, works a treat.

Just incase you want to give that a try.

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