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"this stuff absorbs heat...it probably tastes cool and refreshing?" (eying forbidden thermal paste tube)

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[โ€“] plinky@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But in the short term, and assuming you don't bridge any contacts with it (it's sufficiently conductive to cause problems), it would seem that toothpaste works just fine as thermal compound.

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[โ€“] chickentendrils@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

There are also conductive thermal pastes. At least there were a few years ago.