# Quick question Re Thermal Paste

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question-re-thermal-paste/156093
**Category:** random
**Created:** [July 22, 2005, 1:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question-re-thermal-paste/156093 "2005-07-22T13:15:34Z")
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### Author: ![Bone](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/bone/32/1243_2.png) [@Bone](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Bone)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2005, 1:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question-re-thermal-paste/156093/1 "2005-07-22T13:15:34Z")

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When you fit a new heat sink to a CPU/VPU is there a certain amount of time you should wait before you use the computer again?

Thanks.