Heat+Sink+Lapping+Explanation+of


 * Heat Sink Lapping Explanation of **

If you wish to fix a new Heat Sink to your processor you should always Lapp it before fixing **why**?

The new Heat Sink looks to have a highly polished surface. However, nothing is "Perfect" and we have to accept that any finish has pores, and these pores can and do produce problems. Tiny little craters in the surface trap air between them, and let us face it **Air** is a lousy conductor of heat..

The process of getting a Micro Finish to be as close to perfect as possible is called **//Lapping.//**

This means you should also purchase a Thermal Compound or thermal paste when you acquire your new Heat Sink Place a drop of thermal compound on the surface of either part, and work the two together, the movement will push the compound out from the centre, and then this compound fills the tiny voids.

The better the finish on the mating parts, the better the thermal compound, the better the thermal transfer of heat from the processor to the heat sink for removal. The fan moves air across the heat sink and removes the transferred heat.

This is an oversimplified explanation, but the required results are desirable.

Too much compound is as bad, or worse than none at all
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