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CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide

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Figure 3-42 CPU fan power standout on motherboard

Next, before inserting the heat sink, you need to add a small amount of

thermal paste (also called thermal compound, heat dope, or nasty silver goo).

Many heat sinks come with some thermal paste already on them; the thermal

paste on these pre-doped heat sinks is covered by a small square of tape—

take the tape off before you snap it to the CPU. If you need to put thermal

paste on from a tube, know that you need to use only a tiny amount of this

compound (see Figure 3-43). Spread it on as thinly, completely, and evenly

as you can. Unlike so many other things in life, you can have too much

thermal paste!

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