Artic Silver Conductive?

[jEnus]

Question was inspired from another topic, but unable to find the actual facts.

 

[AWhackWhiteBoy]

no, but its slightly capacitive.

 

[tinyabs]

It can kill ur chips. (killed my 9800XT)

 

[AWhackWhiteBoy]

if you apply it improperly, yes, it can.

 

[Lithan]

According to arctic silver, no. According to everyone who's ever gotten any on ram traces, yes.

 

[AWhackWhiteBoy]

this information, by the way, isn't hard to find. this took google less than .2 seconds to find.

"Not Electrically Conductive:
Arctic Silver 5 was formulated to conduct heat, not electricity.
(While much safer than electrically conductive silver and copper greases, Arctic Silver 5 should be kept away from electrical traces, pins, and leads. While it is not electrically conductive, the compound is very slightly capacitive and could potentially cause problems if it bridges two close-proximity electrical paths.)"

being capacitive, yes, this could easily fry parts. its really hard to do though unless your a complete slob when appling.

 

[JSSheridan]

At high frequencies, a capicator behaves like a short. So it is conductive if the signal is high frequency, but non-conductive in a DC circuit. In technical terms, the admittance is high at high frequencies and low in low frequency cases. Peace.