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Baked heatsink

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Lord Evermore

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Dunno if anybody else has done this before, but I just discovered the easiest way to remove the thermal pad that comes on heatsinks: cook it. 🙂 I was wary of using direct flame like a torch or the gas stove, but I popped it into the electric toaster oven, turned it to TOAST and let it get nice and hot. Wiped off a good portion of the stuff, stuck it back in to heat back up (cools off quickly, as it's designed to) and cleaned it all off. Worked much better than alchohol or acetone does.
 
This is just on the heatsink right? I would have probably tried putting it in the freezer to harden, and then scrape it off. I will have to try that the next time I get a heatsink with a thermal pad.
 
You shouldn't scrape the heatsink (I used to, but won't anymore). You end up gouging it slightly which creates the very pits that you have to use compound to fill in, since that part no longer makes metal to CPU contact.

And yes, this is without the fan attached. 🙂
 
Great idea! This would have saved me mucho time when I got my taisol 760092 - that lil thermal pad just didn't want to come off! :|

I'll keep it in mind for next time. Thanks. 🙂
 
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