getting rid of the thermal paste.

[EmperorNero]

I bought an MPU thermal paste, although my Athlon FLK32 HS/Fan already came w/ some thermal paste. the MPU was incredibly hard to apply - it's like super playdoh. while the other paste was very easy to apply, although it's not as good. since I did just a crappy job using the MPU, how do I clean it off of the athlon and HS so I can use the other paste?

 

[Mikewarrior2]

You can use rubbing alcohol patches.

As far as hte MPU3.7 stuff, its best applying that after its been slighly heated... i squirt some onto the heatsink, take a hair dryer to it, and let it heat up a bit... then smooth it out some, and squish it onto the cpu.

this will further thin out the layer of thermal grease. Good luck.



mike

 

[Frenchie]

Why buy the mpu thermal paste? Just get some arctic silver.

 

[Mikewarrior2]

He already has the MPU3.7 stuff... Why should he buy more. I like the artic silver stuff a lot, but if you already have quality grease, you might as well use it.



Mike