You should only apply ""PEA SIZED"" amounts. If you don't know what a pea is or what it's size is, then i suggest you google it. A lot of people tend to squeeze out everything onto the CPU thinking that the more you put the better. Well no. The computer that i opened up in the video, the actual main problem was the fact that the pins of the CPU were messed up. Meaning the CPU could never work again. The thermal paste issue was just a side problem. Recorded with my iPhone 4. Edited in Sony Vegas 9. Xenomex productions