First off...wash and dry your hands! Don't use bathroom soap but washing up liquid. Alternatively wear latex gloves. Contaminants like old, dried, or less effective thermal paste or finger oils can reduce the ffectiveness of your new paste. Lint, hair and dust can reduce surface contact and adversely affect heat transfer.
To clean off thermal paste, i always use isopropyl alcohol and a lint free cloth. When reapplying thermal paste, i use Arctic Siver and NO MORE than the size of a grain of rice!
Then reapply the HS/fan squarely on the CPU... be very careful that you don't crack the core on top of the chip!
As for fans, i'd have Zalman over Coolermaster anyday! :p
Ta. New fan would have the usual layer of its own paste anyway - so I wouldn't need to worry about doing it myself. ;)
Unless, of course, you feel up to comin' across and givin' me a hand in return for I dunno... some alcohol? I don't, for one, have any isopropyl (and wouldn't suggest drinking it either, heh - I'm fairly sure Jonesy's had a drink or two... and that's enough to prove to anyone that it's a bad idea. ;P)
Eh. Don't have a new heatsink yet. =( Might hold out on installing the new board until I get it. Closest shop is flippin' Bathgate, though. Bah!
As for replacing fan-layer with own-layer... fine by me - if you got da skill (and the paste =P), then feel free. :P Much rather watch someone proficient do it for future reference than try it myself, fsck it up and end up needing a new CPU (which I can't afford, after replacing the m/b) =P
Hm. Thursday could work, if early enough. Would work even better if you're up to a trip to Glasgow? :P (okay, so I'm chancing my luck now *grin*)
Can't use the car Thursday, as I'm not coming back till Saturday. =/ (going to Amatis on Friday night, though I'll already be in Glasgow since Thursday, if you're considering going!)
To clean off thermal paste, i always use isopropyl alcohol and a lint free cloth. When reapplying thermal paste, i use Arctic Siver and NO MORE than the size of a grain of rice!
Then reapply the HS/fan squarely on the CPU... be very careful that you don't crack the core on top of the chip!
As for fans, i'd have Zalman over Coolermaster anyday! :p
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Unless, of course, you feel up to comin' across and givin' me a hand in return for I dunno... some alcohol? I don't, for one, have any isopropyl (and wouldn't suggest drinking it either, heh - I'm fairly sure Jonesy's had a drink or two... and that's enough to prove to anyone that it's a bad idea. ;P)
Zalman? Whyfor? :)
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I would come over and help you out but i'm getting ready for work at the moment (unless it comes before 1pm)! Changing a heatsink is easy-peasy!
Zalman are much quieter and provide better cooling than Coolermaster i reckon... :)
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Closest shop is flippin' Bathgate, though. Bah!
As for replacing fan-layer with own-layer... fine by me - if you got da skill (and the paste =P), then feel free. :P
Much rather watch someone proficient do it for future reference than try it myself, fsck it up and end up needing a new CPU (which I can't afford, after replacing the m/b) =P
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He actually has some quite nice kit into the bargain!
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You off Wed or Thu? :P
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Hm. Thursday could work, if early enough. Would work even better if you're up to a trip to Glasgow? :P (okay, so I'm chancing my luck now *grin*)
Can't use the car Thursday, as I'm not coming back till Saturday. =/ (going to Amatis on Friday night, though I'll already be in Glasgow since Thursday, if you're considering going!)
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