O.K.... My Microcool Northpole arrived yesterday to go onto my ASUS A8N-SLi MoBo.
The rig is not yet complete so I went ahead and removed the original ASUS cooler from the nForce4 chip.
This is the first time I have performed this sort of upgrade and I'm a little stuck...
Stuck to bottom of the original hs/f was a pink square made of a vey soft, but sticky, substance. This was stuck to a seperate piece of sticky black plastic which had a square hole cut into it - this was positioned around the chip.
Am i right in thinking this is thermal adhiesive? I already have some AS5 to use as a conductor but I'm wondering what it is i need to replace around the rest of the chip.
Any help appreciated.
Thanks,
Millard
The rig is not yet complete so I went ahead and removed the original ASUS cooler from the nForce4 chip.
This is the first time I have performed this sort of upgrade and I'm a little stuck...
Stuck to bottom of the original hs/f was a pink square made of a vey soft, but sticky, substance. This was stuck to a seperate piece of sticky black plastic which had a square hole cut into it - this was positioned around the chip.
Am i right in thinking this is thermal adhiesive? I already have some AS5 to use as a conductor but I'm wondering what it is i need to replace around the rest of the chip.
Any help appreciated.
Thanks,
Millard