Help installing P4 with Artic Silver...

[Flightsim]

I just got all of the parts for my computer and will start building soon. This is my first time building a computer, so I don't exactly know what I'm doing. I plan to use the retail HSF that came with my Pentium 4 along with Artic Silver III. I read the instructions on the Arctic Silver website but they only confused me. The thermal pad is the black stuff on the bottom of the HSF right? What do you reccomend for taking it off? I've heard that it's hard to scrape it all off with just a credit card. I have plenty of paint thinner, would that work? Also, where do you apply the Arctic Silver? Once you remove the thermal pad from the HSF, you just apply Arctic Silver to the same area and rub it in, right? Where do you put the Arctic Silver on the Pentium 4? All of the CPUs on the Artic Silver website have a small, raised rectangle in the middle, but the Pentium 4 looks different to me. One side is covered with pins, and and the other is a large, flat silver rectangle area. Do you cover the entire silver rectangle area with Artic Silver? How thick the layer of Arctic Silver be? Thanks for any help, I can't wait to get my computer up and running.

 

[human2k]

Pretty simple installation.............you should be able to peel of the thermal pad with ur fingers (thats how I did it) or use a credit card....use a lint free cloth and give it a little rubbing alcohol and use it to clean off the surface of the heatsink. Apply a thin layer of articsilver to location where the thermal pad use to be...........then apply a thin layer on top of the P4 heatspreader (this is the metal part where it says P4 and your model number....blah blah). To install: 1. Mount Heatsink right over cpu............2. Attach Fan and make sure all 4 latches go in the mounting wholes on the cpu bracket.................3. Press whitelever bars to opposite ends (it feels like there gonna break but they dont........just look at the installation diagrham if u get confused)


BTW.........good luck overclocking................

 

[TimeKeeper]

this is what I do.

1. use WD40 to remove the thermal pad. (for retail p4, it is more like a think black alumium under the HS) very easy to remove.
2. after that, use windex to clean the HS, make sure to remove the oily WD40.
3. apply thin coat of Arctic silver on bottom of the heatsink. then HS press the really hard on a notebook paper on flat surface. (get rid of too much paste)
4. apply very thin coat of arctic silver on top of P4's SILVER Square area ONLY. (MAKE SURE don't get artic silver into that little "hole" on top of the CPU.)
5. wiggle the SILVER square area a little bit on top of that notebook paper again.

That's all.

 

[GT1999]

I just confirmed this with another co-worker of mine. "Goo-Gone" is something else that's good to use. Basically scrape as much off as you can and then use Goo-Gone to get rid of the rest. It's very good stuff from what I hear and cheap too. Check your local hardware store.

 

[Mikki]

AC3's website has specific instructions with pics

 

[Zukatah]

This is what I've done: I removed as much as I could with my fingers (the thermal pad), then I used Isopropyl alcohol to clean it along with a linen free cloth. I then cleaned my CPU with Isopropyl alcohol. Once the 2 surfaces were clean, I applied some AS3 on the heatsink itself, then I removed it with a Scottowel (see instruction on the AS3 website). I then applied a very thin layer of AS3 with a Ziplock on my fingers, then installed the HS and went overclocking. From what I've seen, you can cover the little hole, I did it and it works well....

 

[bwass24]

I was very curious about filling the hole on the P4 heat spreader with AS3. I sent e-mail to Intel asking them about it and they said that there was no problem if HS compound fills up the hole. The hole is a vent hole to let the the adhesive holding on the heat spreader vent while it is curing.

 

[Lucky]

1. use WD40 to remove the thermal pad.

bad advice, dont do this.

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: Lucky

1. use WD40 to remove the thermal pad.

bad advice, dont do this.

I was going to say the same, never use any oily substance on a heatsink,it will penetrate the heatsink & make it less efficient.

 

[MeCalvin]

I'm a newbie too, and current putting a 1.6A on a BG7.

My question on the AS3: could I leave that stock black pad on my 1.6A, run it for a few day to make sure
that the CPU is OK, then apply the AS3.

Or do I need to clean the black pad off right away and put on AS3.

I'm not sure if I put the AS3 on I can RMA the CPU if something goes wrong.

And yeh, I was holding my heart when I push the two levers on the HS down. Feel like it going to crush the CPU.

Thanks,