Originally posted by: TrojanAaron
Would you have to apply it more than once? I'm pretty NEWB, but I was under the impression that you apply the gunk on once, stick on the HSF and leave it until you ugprade a CPU/mobo.
In fact, on my Dell... theres no thermal paste at all... just the aluminum heat sink and direct contact to my P4 2.66 enclosed into a little cooling chamber.
theres to suppose to be a thermal pad or soemthing