Re: What is this Heat Pad?
- From: Larry Roberts <skin-e@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 20:30:16 -0500
On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 20:30:54 -0400, "contrapositive"
<contrapositive@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I haven't built a PC in a while, but I have the AMD chip and heatsink
installed now. The AMD heatsink came with a heat pad, something I wasn't
readily familiar with. How sensitive is this stuff? I'd be lying if I said
my finger didn't brush against it before installing it. Also, I tried
seating it once or twice before I finally got the heatsink installed and
clipped into place. I noticed it left a bit of a print on the chip after
making contact the first time. Is this all right, or should I remove it,
clean it (with what?) and apply the compound? Thanks.
The heatpad is supposed to act like heat compound, and help
conduct heat between the CPU, and HSF, but I always find they cause
more CPU heat. I always remove it, and clean it with alcohol. Then I
apply Arctic Silver 5 compound in a thin layer. Another thing about
those heatpads is that after a while, they seem to bond the HSF to the
CPU, and you have to dangerously pry them apart to replace the HSF.
.
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