Mates pc hot hot hot!

[Rastalovich]

it was stored on my side for about a week waiting for the other mobo - i bet this is the problem :noobsign:

edit: just ordered some arctic cleaner thermal paste remover kit thanks again pv

hehe I didn`t mean a week in u`r house m8y I was leaning towards warehouse storage b4 retailing.

 

[equk]

Actually it eats ALUM. I have used it before and it works well but is a REAL PAIN to use (very messy)

http://www.xoxide.com/coollaboratory-liquidmetal-thermal-interface-material.html

ah that's the stuff

Someone posted on XS saying it even fused the copper onto the IHS on a intel chip lol

There were a few pics showing it had eaten a little into copper and the copper had tiny fragments embedded into it, even after lapping it. Nasty stuff.

That and the fact it's illegal in the EU as it has a syringe with an actual needle

 

[markkleb]

all I know is when I used it it ended up on my desk, in my hair on my clothes. Pretty much everywhere, lol

It is very thin and looks like mercury.

 

[Ham]

ah that's the stuff

Someone posted on XS saying it even fused the copper onto the IHS on a intel chip lol

There were a few pics showing it had eaten a little into copper and the copper had tiny fragments embedded into it, even after lapping it. Nasty stuff.

That and the fact it's illegal in the EU as it has a syringe with an actual needle

If your on about Coollabs liquid pro you can buy it in the watercooling shop...

Llwyds got some and its good. But as mark says, very very messy.

 

[WC Annihilus]

well ill try the stock heatsink first with some as5 and hopefully itll be within reasonable temps (57 degrees is toooo hot!) its a thermaltake tsunami case and there seems to be adequate airflow. my reckoning is the thermal paste as it didnt seem to effective when i had to take the heatsink off and it put it on the new mobo (specialtech sent wrong one :noobsign - possibly that was the problem? having to reseat it?

Wait a second... are you saying you put it on, took it off, and then put on again without adding more TIM?!?!?!?!? If so, that is most DEFINITELY the problem

 

[ady_flame]

i was told to use an old credit card and scrape it off !

then cotton buds etc as mentioned earlier

 

[mrapoc]

yes wc, i didnt know this dried the paste stuff up blah blah coz im a n00b. As soon as my arcticlean comes ill clean it off and apply some as5 asap.

 

[Rastalovich]

i was told to use an old credit card and scrape it off !

then cotton buds etc as mentioned earlier

mmmm I`d rather some kind of item that *possibly* wouldn`t leave little strands.

 

[FarFarAway]

I just use kitchen or toilet roll and then a soft cloth to finish