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Old 04-20-2007, 11:54 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by viche12345
I have only turned on my newly built computer once. I already discovered that my CPU is overheating. Since I want to retry installing the heatsink again, will I have to apply thermal grease? Or is the thermal pad destroyed after I remove the heatsink?
If you've only had the computer on for a short while you can reuse the existing thermal pad as long as it's not really messed up.

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