A little eraser around the perimeter of the cpu is all you need...not even neccessary to seal it to the Dragon Skin.
"Sorry for my ignorance Rick, but what do you mean constant pressure? And do you mean put eraser all around the surface of the chip and the socket? Once I got the chip seated I put more Dragon Skin around the edges of the chip and socket to seal it up better, but it doesn't really stick to the edge of the IHS "
What I meant ny was I think the Thuban will degrade quickly after some spectacular benching blasts...maybe not die but never perform as well as it did initially.