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08-01-2004, 06:04 PM
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thermal compund question
hi all... a while a go i switched my thermal pad on my processor/heatsink to thermal compound... when i 1st stuck it on it dropped the temp from 60 oC down to 40 and stayed there for a while... some time after that it started creeping back up to 60 again and i decided to redo the thermal compund... and then when i changed my case a few weeks ago i it then aswell and now its creeped back up to 60 and its really annoying...
what can i do.... do i have to put more compund on....??? |
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08-01-2004, 06:32 PM
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More compound may lead to worse cooling. Before applying thermal compound make sure you remove all previous residues from thermal pads and other applied thermal compound. For Pentium cpu's all you have to apply is about half the size of a grain of rice. That should be more then enough.
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08-01-2004, 06:38 PM
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ive got an AMD processor.... ive also cleaned the processor and heatsink of the old stuff...i do no that if you put to much on that it will be bad for everything...
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08-01-2004, 06:40 PM
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you could buy a better heatsink.. (i'm presuming your using the stock one) but theres no real need.. its fine at 60*C if thats the max it goes. getting a new heatsink isn't going to reduce the heat production, but will spread it around and take it away from the CPU faster.
more compound is badd... u want the smallest amount u can just to cover the core. |
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08-01-2004, 06:48 PM
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i do have the stock heatsink on...well ive seen it go over 60*C but when it goes to 57*c upwards my computer starts sowings down and its starting to get annoying...
and also when i took off the heatsink the last time to put more on it there was hardly anything left on both the heatsink and processor... |
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08-01-2004, 07:02 PM
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A processor overheating will not slow down the computer, at least with Athlon XP's. Also, the thermal paste is disappearing? Never heard of that before... maybe you would be better off with just a new thermal pad.
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08-02-2004, 10:34 AM
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Shiro Usagi
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What kind of thermal compound are you using? I've seen cheap generic stuff either melt and run off or become hard and crusty over time.
If you don't already have some, you might want to get Arctic Silver. I just had to replace the motherboard on my PIII 1GHz system and the Arctic Silver was still there and still wet after three years. CPU temps never really changed all those years.  Cricket
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08-02-2004, 10:41 AM
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yer im using antec silver thermal compound
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