SOLVED Best way to apply thermal paste

[Automata]

There isn't a way to predict exactly what the temperatures should be, so the best is to do a few applications and compare temperatures. If you are consistently getting the same range, the spread is likely ideal.

 

[Viper69]

There isn't a way to predict exactly what the temperatures should be, so the best is to do a few applications and compare temperatures. If you are consistently getting the same range, the spread is likely ideal.

Thanks! Would I use the new graphical BIOS to monitor temps? Or some 3rd party freeware?

 

[Automata]

CoreTemp while running LinX (make sure to use the "All" button before you start).

 

[Viper69]

CoreTemp while running LinX (make sure to use the "All" button before you start).

Thanks a lot! That's a new one for me- is that zip for Linux OS only? I googled CoreTemp and came up with this CoreTemp?

 

[Automata]

The program I linked is for Windows. The name is just a coincidence. That is the correct CoreTemp.

 

[Viper69]

The program I linked is for Windows. The name is just a coincidence. That is the correct CoreTemp.

Thanks much appreciated.

 

[Opusbuild]

Another (recent) video comparing the thermal paste application methods, I think this might become the next hot topic in the tech sector just kidding

 

[Viper69]

I posted this up in the vid card forum, but since so many senior people are here, I thought I would post my TIM issue, I can't believe I did this.

The thermal paste I am using is Artic, MX-4, nonconductive.

I was installing my HSF, and by accident, a SMALL amount of the TIM ended up in 3 of the little "slots" of one of my video card's slots. I haven't installed the card YET. The 3 holes weren't filled, more like covered. I took a pair of jeweler's forceps/tweets to lift out as much of the TIM as possible. The tiny holes seem clean, but I can't tell, 100% as they are so small. I'm sure using the forceps may have pushed some of the TIM further down, but I can't be positive. I'm ticked at myself.


What should I do?? Just not used to a mATX form factor, my hands just grazed the top of the vid card slots, and poof the past landed.

 

[Automata]

Clean it as much as you reasonably can, but since it isn't conductive or capacitive, it isn't going to hurt anything.

 

[Viper69]

Clean it as much as you reasonably can, but since it isn't conductive or capacitive, it isn't going to hurt anything.

I just finished, I used a magnifying glass and it's not as bad as I had thought.

If only I could figure out a way to put these HSF fans some place.

 

[MAL22]

I should've taken a picture of my laptop's CPU. The TIM was a thick layer on both the CPU and the heatsink. Cleaned it with alcohol and applied a big blob of TIM on the middle of the IHS of the CPU. On the moment, the temps were worst but after a few days the temps are about 1-3c lower than what they we're before with less TIM.

 

[Robert17]

If you can do this without tearing it to shreads, applying TIM should be a cakewalk.

I crack myself up