a friend of mine cleaned up his system last night, and in the process replaced the thermal pad his heatsink had with what appears to be some generic as2 knockoff .. (startech silver grease) .. before this he had it overclocked to 1.2ghz .. now, its running at 62c at 500mhz .. we've tried re applying the stuff 4 times, made sure the heatsink is on right, cleaning it up and starting over each time .. this stuff cant be all THAT bad since apparently another guy we know used the same tube on an xp with pretty good results.. so does anyone have any idea what else might be the problem?
oh, and this is my first experience with silver stuff .. maybe im not applying it right? im applying a somewhat thin layer (thick enough to cover it but not too thick) .. about the same as ive done with good results with the cheap stuff from radio shack ..
oh, and this is my first experience with silver stuff .. maybe im not applying it right? im applying a somewhat thin layer (thick enough to cover it but not too thick) .. about the same as ive done with good results with the cheap stuff from radio shack ..
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