Arctic Silver on chip surface

[MFreem]

Will a little bit of Arctic Silver on the surface of my AMD TBird cause any problems? It's right next to the core, and not touching any bridges or anything else.

 

[digim0rtal]

i personally thought you were supposed to put artic silver on the core to transfer heat to the heatsink... If you dint put it on the core where the &^*& did you put it?

 

[Jalapeno]

MFreem,

you should be fine, don't worry!

 

[iwishiwaselite]

Arctic silver isn't supposed to be electricly conductive..

In anycase, wipe it up the best you can and you'll be fine..

I have some spilled also. heh.

 

[MFreem]

Thanks to all, except the one wise-*ss......

 

[kw3i]

yea i got it all over mine too, im a messy eater: )

 

[MCS]

Same here - but mine DID go all over the bridges. I wiped it off best I could but my TBird has a silver tint to it now. Hasn't done it any harm.

But then, why should it?

 

[Mannix]

At arcticsilver.com, there are full instructions. They say that arctic silver is not an electric conductor. BUT if you read further, they say that if it is compressed and in a thin layer, it can be conductive, AND, they also say NOT to let it cross any bridges, as it could damage(fry) your cpu.
BUT, I have it all over my Tbird, (it's messy stuff), and have not had any problems.
- Mannix -

 

[Techie333]

Yhea...i got it all over my athlon and wiped off best i could..there's still some in small spaces im sure...runs fine now.