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Ooooh boy...is this going to be a problem?

that's a thermal pad
clean it up with alcohol and then get some arctic silver 3 and apply to the chip.
and put back the heatsink.
 
if you want lower temps, get arctic silver
you also can get radio shack thermal paste if you don't overclock
 
Originally posted by: BennyD
a tube of ASIII will do you for probably 3 heatsinks
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Probably a whole lot more then that even... I've changed probably 10 heat sinks on various athlons and I till have some left... just have to remember, more isn't always better... of course, those P4 dies are a whole lot bigger too...
 
for someone that doesn't change his heatsink or his processor often, thermal paste is very bad... cuz it won't last ... thermal paste lasts but it's a pain to change when you change processor .. so I suggest you keep the thermal pad ... nothing's gonna happen ... don't worry
 
Originally posted by: stonecold3169
Originally posted by: BennyD
a tube of ASIII will do you for probably 3 heatsinks
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Probably a whole lot more then that even... I've changed probably 10 heat sinks on various athlons and I till have some left... just have to remember, more isn't always better... of course, those P4 dies are a whole lot bigger too...
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I ordered the smaller of the two tube sizes of ASIII from newegg for US$6 less shipping. Sounds like that should be plenty more than what I'd need to do a single Athlon XP 1700+ 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Justorq
for someone that doesn't change his heatsink or his processor often, thermal paste is very bad... cuz it won't last ... thermal paste lasts but it's a pain to change when you change processor .. so I suggest you keep the thermal pad ... nothing's gonna happen ... don't worry
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Uh, wtf? I was told that stuff like ASIII lasts quite a while. Long enough, anyway, that it doesn't matter if your processor stays unchanged for a couple years (as mine frequently do since I can't afford to upgrade much). Hopefully my recent purchase of some ASIII to go with my forthcoming AXP1700+ wasn't a waste of money. 😕
 
From the AS3 application instructions:
Arctic Silver is a grease and does not have any adhesive qualities. It will never dry or set
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So I'm failing to see how prolonged use could be a problem.
 
Originally posted by: Justorq
for someone that doesn't change his heatsink or his processor often, thermal paste is very bad... cuz it won't last ... thermal paste lasts but it's a pain to change when you change processor .. so I suggest you keep the thermal pad ... nothing's gonna happen ... don't worry
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Intel specifically approves the use of thermal grease now.
ftp://download.intel.com/support/processors/manuals/p4p478_1.pdf
 
AS3 will work just fine and a tube should last for several applications. I never liked thermal pads because they can be hard to remove after sitting on a cpu for a while.
 
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