AS II Drying up?

[DashK]

I've heard from a "few" people around the net that Arctic Silver II dry's up after about 6 monthes and hardens, is this true? I don't see how it could dry up, since on the AS site they state that cannot happen.

Thanks for any help

 

[SuperPickle]

Any experts on the subject; please correct me if I'm way off base here: I think the way semi-metalic thermal pastes are supposed to work is that after X# hours of heat and usage, the metal in the paste oozes/slides/goo's together to optimize the gap-fill between the surfaces at the microscopic level. This tighter formation of silver could seem thicker than the ACII first applied making it seem like it dried up. I noticed a 'sheet' of silver on my HS the first time I removed it...never thought of why though until now.

 

[Lizardman]

If i were you I would not worry about it. Unless this caused your temps to rise alot, but i dont see how it could since the asII is 95% silver so the rest is just water and goo. Of course the water will dry and who cares about the goo.

 

[J3anyus]

My AS II has never dried up...

 

[lenjack]

Does not dry up.

 

[rickn]

It can dry up.

 

[GoldMember]

What you heard about ASII drying up is what we call in the market "Newbie wanna be techs"

... thats that.

 

[rickn]

probably the original stuff that dries up

http://www.athlonoc.com/crystalorb1.php

On page 2, that stuff looks dry as a bone.

 

[Quad]

shouldn't dry up
but every 6 months or so, i clean out my heatsink and re apply the ASII. when i take off the heatsink i notice that the paste isn't as evenly spread as it was when i first applied it. it was sorta dried in some areas on the core. oh well it's the dust in the heatsink that really messes with airflow

 

[EdipisReks]

my asII dried up and caused my temps to rise. i replaced it with type44 ester based compound, and i have had no further problems.

--jacob

 

[Mitzi]

I've had it applied on my overclocked Athlon 1.4Ghz for about 6 months now and so far the temps have not increased from when I first applied the ASII, leading to the conclusion that its not dried up - I've not taken the HSF off the CPU though because the temps are very good at the moment and I don't want to disturb it.