"JIM HOLSONBACK" bravely wrote to "ALL" (22 Mar 05  18:31:00)
 --- on the heady topic of "Adhesives for Testing"

 JH> Hello to ALL.

 JH> I am about to start into some testing of a number of Athlon type
 JH> mainboards.  I have an older Duron 900 or so chip for my test cpu, and
 JH> a suitable heatsink/fan combo for that. What I want to avoid is having
 JH> to disassemble the cpu/heatsink combo at each testing, and worry about
 JH> reapplication of heatsink compound.

 JH> I'm thinking about some sort of temporary adhesive between the cpu
 JH> chip and the heatsink/fan, so that they can remain together between
 JH> mainboard testings.

 JH> In recent mailings to me of credit card renewals, the cards are mailed
 JH> attached by some sort of a gob of goo adhesive to a stiff paper
 JH> substrate. I was thinking that this sort of temporary adhesive might
 JH> suit my testing purposes for mating of a test cpu to a test HS&F, for
 JH> swapping around.

 JH> Any advice for this situation  will be appreciated.  Thanks in
 JH> advance.
 JH> - - -  JimH.

There's a type of mold-on stuff that is often seen in air-conditioning
and ventilation stuff. It can be molded yet it comes off relatively
easily. I don't know what it is called exactly. Someone referred to it
as "Elephant Shit"... old-timers will know it by that name apparently.
The stuff I've seen is grey/white but has a similar viscous character
to that creditcard adhesive you described.

 M*i*k*e

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