Thermal Grease - IBM 79463AU Installation And User Manual

Thermal grease

The thermal grease must be replaced whenever the heat sink has been removed
from the top of the microprocessor and is going to be reused or when debris is
found in the grease.
When you are installing the heat sink on the same microprocessor that is was
removed from, make sure that the following requirements are met:
v The thermal grease on the heat sink and microprocessor is not contaminated.
v Additional thermal grease is not added to the existing thermal grease on the heat
Note:
v Read the Safety information on page vii.
v Read the "Installation guidelines" on page 46.
v Read "Handling static-sensitive devices" on page 48.
To replace damaged or contaminated thermal grease on the microprocessor and
heat sink, complete the following steps:
1. Place the heat sink on a clean work surface.
2. Remove the cleaning pad from its package and unfold it completely.
3. Use the cleaning pad to wipe the thermal grease from the bottom of the heat
4. Use a clean area of the cleaning pad to wipe the thermal grease from the
5. Use the thermal-grease syringe to place 9 uniformly spaced dots of 0.02 mL
6. Install the heat sink onto the microprocessor as described in 8 on page 76.
sink and microprocessor.
sink.
Note: Make sure that all of the thermal grease is removed.
microprocessor; then, dispose of the cleaning pad after all of the thermal grease
is removed.
0.02 mL of thermal
Microprocessor
each on the top of the microprocessor. The outermost dots must be within
approximately 5 mm of the edge of the microprocessor; this is to ensure uniform
distribution of the grease.
Note: If the grease is properly applied, approximately half of the grease will
remain in the syringe.
grease
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