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Just got an old IBM desktop in. Its a P166MMX with fanless cooling.
Took the hetsink off and there's a big square of thermal compound.
You'll find all old P1 IBM desktops were like that....

Sounds like a "pad".

No, its paste. Its white and suprisingly not solid.


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