No Thermal Grease In production environments?

[gustavo]

I downloaded a video from the AMD site explaining how to install a processor and here I quote what it says:

Use a thermal pad for long term production installations, thermal grease is only recommended for development testing validations purposes. In a production environment thermal grease may disperse over time leaving no interface material between the heatsink and processor. Only use thermal grease when the heatsink needs to be removed and replaced multiple times over a short period. DO NOT USE THERMAL GREASE IN CONJUNCTION WITH A THERMAL PAD.

I had the understanding that thermal grease was ever needed in order to get better cooling, what you think friends, was I wrong?

Thanks Gustavo.-

 

[Mikewarrior2]

old news, this is simply AMD covering their rear ends against people applying grease improperly.

and obviously, you dont' want to use thermal grease and a thermal pad at hte same time. That would create an insulation layer that would hurt cooling.

Much to the same respect, AMD voids a retail processor's warranty if hte supplied heatsink and pad are not used.


Mike

 

[pelikan]

I use AS3. It is true that it will disperse over time, but I don't know how long it takes. I replace my cpu twice a year or so and that is often enough not to have a problem with the AS3 breaking down.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

AMD states that the use of thermal grease will void the warranty. Evidently there's a process called 'pumping" which is the dispersing they're talking about and I've had their tech support tell me they don't want you to use the paste because it can cause thermal build up as well, an understandable attitude considering how many users put a gob of AS on their CPU then wonder why the chip dies. Most say it's do to AS being capacitive and shorting the bridges because the gomer got AS all over the chip but I wouldn't doubt some of the cases are thermal build up related, in particular the ones where they swear no AS is on any of the bridges. Anyways that should be neither hear nor there to overclockers because we void the warranty immediately upon doing so anyways and only a scumbag RMAs a chip he was overclocking and FUBARed