Computers Cooling...

uhhhhhhhh....

ok, first off, how much ASIII you using? You should be applying that stuff in a layer roughly as thick as a single piece of paper, slightly less thick than that really. You do not want to just stick a bunch of that stuff on the heatsink and smack it onto the cpu, your processor A) will not turn on, and B) if you DO manage to get it to turn on, it'll burn out very fast, possibly within 30 seconds.

The best way to apply Arctic Silver is to tear off a small piece of paper and put a SMALL amount of AS onto it. Then you use the piece of paper to apply the AS to the cpu, spreading it evenly and thinly across it, enough so that you cannot see the original markings on the cpu, but no more than that. Then you want to do the same process to the heatsink, applying a very thin coat of thermal gel over about a 2 inch square.

The heatsink itself shouldn't be too hard to mount, if I remember right the newer Volcano units actually have a little lever to lock the heatsink down, pretty simple to figure out. If not, just use a flatblade screwdriver to gently push the clip down over the cpu, while steadying the heatsink with your other hand to avoid pressure being put directly onto the cpu (which can wreck it).

- Ark