"Jethro" <Wilson@somewhere.org> wrote in message
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> IIs Vaseline an acceptible substitute for thermal grease for a CPU?
> A friend wants to know.


An acceptible solution for what? For polishing his bishop?

You are not trying to insulate the heatsink from the processor. You are
filling microscopic air gaps. Best is metal-to-metal contact for heat
transfer. Worst is air-to-metal. In between is paste-to-metal but it
is nowhere as good as metal-to-metal. You want to apply a transparently
thin layer to fill the microscopic air gaps because you want the most
metal-to-metal contact.

So just when has your "friend" ever seen vasoline sold as CPU thermal
compound?