Super Glue for Heat Sinks...

[quegyboe]

Anyone know if super glueing a heat sink onto a video card will damage the chip or not? I have a GeForce2 MX and I want to use good old fashion Super Glue to mount a heat sink and I don't wanna screw up the GeForce2 chip...anyone?

[CFusion]

i wouldn't recommend it, try some artic silver adhesive! it works GREAT for vid card stuff. www.articsilver.com i think

[sleddog]

I once superglued a heatsink on a 486 in a minitower. About 10 months later I opened the case for something and found the heatsink in the bottom of the case... machine still ran great though :)

[Cullen]

I have heard of people using thermal goop and superglue. Put the thermal goo in the middle and just dab some superglue on the 4 corners of the processor to hold the heatsink on

Cullen

[kat]

quegyboe

artic silver thermal epoxy go to plycon.com

[dimmreaper]

I've heard of more than one fellow using JB weld to stim 'em on there . . . . . .

[cjtune]

Cullen's idea is great! However, superglue does have a tendency to liquify if the temp. is too hot. How about domestic-use epoxy at the corners and thermal paste at the center? Perhaps contact adhesive? I once installed old pentium heatsinks on my HDD and the sheer viscosity/'goopiness' of the thermal paste managed to hold all four of the pentium heatsinks on my HDD- on a vertical plane! After months in use, there was no sign of the pentium heatsinks sliding down from the HDD.

[cjtune]

Cullen's idea is great! However, superglue does have a tendency to liquify if the temp. is too hot. How about domestic-use epoxy at the corners and thermal paste at the center? Perhaps contact adhesive? I once installed old pentium heatsinks on my HDD and the sheer viscosity/'goopiness' of the thermal paste managed to hold all four of the pentium heatsinks on my HDD- on a vertical plane! After months in use, there was no sign of the pentium heatsinks sliding down from the HDD.

[markedmundb]

sleddog (Dec 25, 2000 06:28 p.m.):
I once superglued a heatsink on a 486 in a minitower. About 10 months later I opened the case for something and found the heatsink in the bottom of the case... machine still ran great though :)

I wouldn't recomend running without a heatsink for a modern CPU/GPU, not unless you wanna kill it quick!

[quegyboe]

Thanks for the advice people, that's why I come here! =] Also, any of you guys know about an app called CPUCool? The app displays 3 temps in my machine, one is always arounf 15 degree's, one is around 32 degrees, and the last is always around 70 degrees! Anyone know what they might be? I know the 32 is my CPU but I can't figure the others out. My Vid card is always quite cool so the 72 isn't my video, anyone know?

[Carmine_Paterno]

Yes i have heard of CPUCOOL...i use it all the time when i burn in for temp readings. Temp 1 is your mainboard...temp2 is your cpu and i don't have a temp3 so i dunno what that is. my temps are...25...26.
U can also use it to change your FSB.