The pad on the P4 and P3/FCPGA2 sinks actually seems to be much better than average to me, and in most cases I wouldn't bother fooling with it as it makes for a much simpler install. And if you have ...
I have been using the retail HSF that came with my Intel P4 1.8a. I just bought a new HSF (Zalman CNPS7000-AlCu) and I'm ready to make the switch. How do I go about removing and cleaning the old ...