Retail Box P4 1.9Ghz

[montano]

Is the retail 'thermal compound' sufficient, or should I use thermal paste along with, or instead of...?? And will this void the warranty? :burn:

[Burning Phoenix]

I used artic silver on my last P4 1.7 that went bad and i RMAed it without any problem.

[Yodums]

It won't void the waranty. The stuff that comes with it is usually a thermal pad which is horrible compound.

Consider using Arctic Silver II.

Yodums

[montano]

Should I remove the 'thermal pad'? Or just use arctic silver in addition to the pad?

[jazztrumpet216]

First remove the pad (try not to scrape the heatsink), then use some rubbing alcohol on it to make sure you've gotten all the old stuff off. If you don't, the Arctic Silver II will be crippled by the bad heat transfer properties of the old Intel junk. Then apply the Arctic Silver or other thermal compound, and make sure it is a thin layer (I like to use 2 or 4 pieces of tape on the sides of the heatsink, then put some of the ASII on, and spread it around the heatsink using a straight edge using the tape as a guide. This will give you a nice, thin layer). Over application will cause the effectiveness to go down, under application... well, that's obvious.

[Yodums]

I hate Intel pads because after awhile they stick to your heatsink so much when you pull it off you'll see sticking imprints of the pads back which has all these bumps in it and the ASII won't be used efficently as Jazz mentioned.

Flounder had this thing where it is a something remover that removes that or if you got a set of 200, 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1500 grit sandpaper waterproof sandpaper use it as wet and lap the heatsink and the thing will come right off.

However if you do manage to get the sticky stuff off LIKE EVERYTHING then clean both the heatsink and the core with isopropyl and apply a peasize of ASII to the heatsink take a blade take very little by little and apply it to the core.

Till you fill the core with a thickness of like a paper.

Yodums

[montano]

Perhaps Flounder can list the details on his 'something remover'. I'd like to remove the pad with as little scratching to the heatsink as possible. And thanks for the great info!!

[batboy]

Alcohol works fairly well and fingernail remover (acetone) works great on heatsinks.

[flagreen]

I use Automotive brake cleaner. It cuts right through that crap so that you can get it completely clean. It evaporates quickly and dries with no film left behind. It's available in spray cans at all automotive stores.