Thermo Paste

[mad_max]

WHATS THE BEST WAY TO REMOVE THE THERMO PASTE OFF THE TOP AND SIDES OF FROM MY AMD T BIRD PROSCESSOR?I AM REPLACING MY HEATSINK AND FAN I AM GOING TO USE ARTIC SILVER ON THE NEW HEATSINK. THANKS FOR THE HELP.

[Madd Frog]

It should just wipe off, I would not "clean" it with any thing, just wipe it of good, there should not be but a drop or 2 on it.

[Madd Frog]

pssssssttt...by the way, STOP YELLING AT ME! :D

[mad_max]

Ok sorry about the yelling. But the thermopast stuf is well like sticky bubble gum. I was thinking of using a pencil lead to gently work it off but i dont know.

[DABSON !~]

Shout it out! It cleans cloths and cleans your thermo paste right off.....


Please don't try this at home... ;)

[tron3dfx]

nah, just ground yourself man and then wipe it off with a soft cotton cloth or even a paper towel...

[Cephalopod]

I used alcohol to get thermal tape off of a tennmax fan once. Also I was wondering, I read an Article (think it was overclockers.com) where this guys Athlon was shorting out from the Arctic Silver II, but I have also read that it works great. I want to buy some too for my Athlon 1.33GHz system and a swiftec sink/fan.

[Madd Frog]

Cephalopod, I do not know the article that you are talking about but when applying thermal paste, you only want a LITTLE bit, all that you want to be able to do is "fill" any minor imperfections with a substance that allows heat to tranfer through it easily, Artic Silver is suppose to be the best, but when I ordered my cpu they were out of Artic and choose to send me nothing
:eek: , off to Radio Shack I went, got a tube of there's and been fine, I overclock my cpu's and have been happy with it, not saying Artic would not lower my temp's a little, but it runs cool so I didnt bother. :D

[ 04-30-2001: Message edited by: Madd Frog ]

[Cephalopod]

Yea, I know what you mean Madd Frog, but I have a question for you. What about putting grease on a coppermine FC-PGA? The surface area is so small I only used a tiny tiny bit on my 750. Is that correct?

[opus512]

Before Arctic Silver came out I guess Radio Shack had some of the better thermal paste out there. I have had a lot of old time computer geeks tell me that thiers was just as good as anyone elses. At the store I sell a paste from Startech.com, don't know who makes it for them, but I don't see any difference between it and some paste that comes with the Thermaltake Orbs that I sell. What gets me is AMD has that pink crap on thier factory heatsinks that come in thier boxed CPU's. I can't think that it is all that efficient, but I guess there is the ease of installation factor to consider, at least the customer won't goober it al over the place. On AMD chips I generaly just dap a small drop onto the chip itself, and that's it. Having too much can actualy inhibit the heayt transfer.

[edit] Just read on one of the heat grease tubes, it's by Plowstar Co., LTD. say's "AK-100" on it, called just Silicon Heat Sink Paste. Works fine from what I can tell, anyway. E-mail Acrici Silver about carrying thier products, but haven't heard back from them, heh, no one wants to deal with small timers :(

[ 04-30-2001: Message edited by: opus512 ]

[Madd Frog]

The cores are so small that only a little is needed, when you put the heatsink on it pushes out what's not needed...most of what people put on it, maybe thats how it was shorting something out, must have been a lot that he used. I never heard of anyone having that problem.

[opus512]

He had to have had the heatsink on wrong or something, thermal paste is not electronicly conductive, it transfers heat is all. I can't see even having a lot on it cunducting electricity. :confused:

[Quackass]

ligter fluid or dubbing alcohal should do the trick, better than just using a cloth, thats for sure

[ItsNoot]

Hey mad_max,

This sounds way to familiar. When I replaced my Coolermaster, the factory goop they put on it had turned into a substance like 3 year old gum stuck under a table. Luckily it peeled of the processor pretty easliy, no cleaning needed. The heatsink though was a different story. I tried scrapping it off and only ended up gouging the aluminum. Be prepared to be doing some sanding on the heatsink if you intend on reusing it.

There may be an more experienced soul lurking that could tell us both how to safely disolve this junk.

Noot

[tron3dfx]

You guys are EXTREME!! EXTREME!!

okay so the local OverClocking guru d00d man here in my office says use alcomohol, but lighter fluid???? ack, erk, garg!

lol

I don't overclock myself, so a little cloth would work fine, you wanna go all hog wild about it then break out the Bacardi aright???!!!

:D :D :eek: :eek:

[Cephalopod]

Use a chemical called Xylene, it will take Anything off. So I've heard.

[opus512]

Scrape it off the heatsink with a heavt duty razor blade. Something nice and stiff, at an extreme angle, it you don't want to use some type if liquid.

[Tech2]

If you want to remove the old stuff, use alcohol. Check this out, it tells you how to clean your stuff and the proper way to apply Arctic Silver. The same should apply to any thermal compound though:

http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_silver_instructions.htm

[tron3dfx]

http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_silver_instructions.htm

Important Precautions for Arctic Silver Thermal Compound


Don't eat it.

Don't squirt it in your eye, nose, ear, or any other accessible body orifice.

Don't give it to children or leave it laying around where kids can get a hold of it.

Don't smoke it.

Clean it off your skin with dish detergent (Dawn, Lux, Palmolive, Etc.).



heheheheheh "don't squirt it in an accessible body orifice!" :D :D :D :D :D :eek: :eek: :eek:

[KnightNemesis]

you COuld try to use a lead pencil to remove it and that lead will inadvertantly screw up the CPU Or you Could Do what i have always done over the years.
Use a lil bit of rubbing alcohol on a soft lint free cloth rub it on the Spackling compound (thats what it turns into over time) and it will remove it for you since the alcohol will evaporate instantly after you clean your CPU it is the safest Method you can use because it wont kill that CPU

[Indolentron]

Pretty sure that processor's obsolete by now...

[Thetargos]

Holy dead-thread revival, Batman! :eek:

By the way, welcome to the boards.

[Rainbow]

7 years too late

[Lollan]

i wonder if he ever got it off :eek:

[Apoch003]

you COuld try to use a lead pencil to remove it and that lead will inadvertantly screw up the CPU Or you Could Do what i have always done over the years.
Use a lil bit of rubbing alcohol on a soft lint free cloth rub it on the Spackling compound (thats what it turns into over time) and it will remove it for you since the alcohol will evaporate instantly after you clean your CPU it is the safest Method you can use because it wont kill that CPU
7 years until an answer? SUPAHSLACKAH!

[Drakkenfyre]

you COuld try to use a lead pencil to remove it and that lead will inadvertantly screw up the CPU Or you Could Do what i have always done over the years.
Use a lil bit of rubbing alcohol on a soft lint free cloth rub it on the Spackling compound (thats what it turns into over time) and it will remove it for you since the alcohol will evaporate instantly after you clean your CPU it is the safest Method you can use because it wont kill that CPU

Wow, do you realize you bumped a thread from 7 years ago? Lol.

-Drakk )))

[dryass]

lol, When I saw a Dabson~ reply I knew something was up :P

[Gibb]

BE SURE TO APPLY NEW THERMO GREASE BEFORE APPLYING THE NEW HEAT SINK

[Maniac]

Best necro evah! :lol:

[5_day_forecast]

Shamelessly stolen from Arctic Silver's AS5 page:

(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.)

Which makes sense. It contains both silver and aluminum. Silver is one of the most electrically conductive metals out there (barely behind gold maybe better than copper). So be careful.

Also - "Rubbing" alcohol is a NO! Contains small amounts of oils. Isopropyl is what you use to clean electrical surfaces. Pure is best, but expensive as is has an absolute minimum of water content.

Even corpse threads deserve to learn somethin'.