autosol is fine but... it will oxidise over sometime... just use a tape to seal it ...

Tq bro.
Lucky i still keep the sealed HSF and PROC.

after I lapped my scythe samurai master I plugged it in my pc. then after two, three days I take out the heatsink to change proc, noticed there's something look like hangus on the heatsink's base. does it means that the heatsink is not properly lapped?

Maybe the heatsink that you lapped was not level.(rata).

ya perhaps. but i did it sampai sakit blkg wor. felt like wanna ride that Osim massaging horse ride that time xD
gonna check again soon after I get my new casing (hopefully this month).

Ops,lapping the heatsink sampai kilat is not really the main part.that's what i read in the lapping tutorial.

lapping rata cukup la.. no need to shine

Thats right.

the main point is to give better n more surface contact onli.. but sumtimes ppl realy confuse whut it mean..

One more thing bro.How to avoid anti-oxidant?

well, i didnt kilat it too much. used up until 1500 grit paper only but the surface was very smooth when i touched it..

Thats what i did.Its very hard to look for a 2000 grit paper.

It's that hard? I can get it almost anywhere at my hw shop

mine shine like mirror after using emery polishing paper to polish it... lolz ~~

Well, the more reflective the base, it means the base are more flat, and can reflect more lights you do the maths

I think it does help by making it shine like mirror... gets rid of those micro bumps... haha

i agree wif tht. cause with scratches you will get rough surface.. so when contact wif the proc. will be micro holes or gap.

Not really. A concave base can still reflect light that falls on it but image that comes out isn't what it should look like. You can test how flat the surface is by seeing it's reflection of a straight line.

Thats where thermal paste comes into place. As long as the surface of contact is flat for both IHS and HSF base it should be alright. If you notice some Thermalright heatsink base are very badly finished. Concave and bumps almost everywhere. Thats when a lapping would certainly shows great difference.

Lapped my notebook processor and heatsink but results ain't different. It was flat before lapping but wasn't mirror shine.

What the.. u lapped ur notebook proc !? .... there wont be any difference as notebook heatsink is already working at full capacity...

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