No POST, no... nothing. Please Help!

[robisbell]

yes, you can use the button to bench test the system.

90% or higher isopropryl alcohol, to remove the thermal paste form the cu and the HSF.

it's a drop of the stuff, no more, no less, that is needed when you apply it.

 

[Evenkeel]

Originally posted by: robisbell
yes, you can use the button to bench test the system.

90% or higher isopropryl alcohol, to remove the thermal paste form the cu and the HSF.

it's a drop of the stuff, no more, no less, that is needed when you apply it.

On the thermal paste, when you say "one drop"--literally one single drop, right in the middle of the HS fan copper mating surface? Like I said, I've never even touched the stuff, so I don't know how viscous one drop would be, or how it spreads.

Oh, how I already miss those nice little geometric thermal strips that came on the original Intel HS fan!

 

[jackschmittusa]

A BB sized drop. The end result that you want is a paper thin film of it between the hs and cpu. It serves to bridge all of the surface irregularities on both the hs and top of the cpu, giving 100% contact between the 2. It also acts to prevent corrosion on the parts. Using a large amount can decrease thermal transfer. Some compounds are also electrically conductive (I'm sure the stuff you ordered is not. Buck a tube is the giveaway) and using too much can make it ooze out and short components.

Isopropyl alcohol is a good cleaner. Some stores only carry 70%, some carry 91%, some 99%. I buy the 99% from a healthnut type drugstore. Some places that carry beauty supplies have it too.

 

[robisbell]

a ball bearing or pea sized sized drop onto the center of the cpu will work evenkeel. when you mount the HSF just do it on fluid motion down onto the cpu, do not wiggle, and that and heat with distribute the paste.

 

[jackschmittusa]

"Ball bearing" is not exactly an informative size. I've seen ball bearings over an inch in diameter. We used ball bearings for "steelies" when I played marbles as a kid.