Quote from: macgyver007 on July 27, 2015, 03:07:37 PM

Quote from: goxed on July 27, 2015, 09:49:13 AM

I repasted one of the chips, because I had pried open the heatsink to take a picture.
Arctic Silver 5 is not a conductive thermal compound so you are good.

Not Electrically Conductive:
Arctic Silver 5 was formulated to conduct heat, not electricity.
(While much safer than electrically conductive silver and copper greases, Arctic Silver 5 should be kept away from electrical traces, pins, and leads. While it is not electrically conductive, the compound is very slightly capacitive and could potentially cause problems if it bridges two close-proximity electrical paths.)

Ofcourse a thermal compound is thermally conductive, it's apparent in the definition.

Second holds true for almost all thermal compounds. Likely SP20 does not have high speed (GHz) data buses on the PCB, where a drop of AS5 can close the eye.