Removing old thermal paste on a gpu

[Wardog2121]

how do i remove old thermal paste on a gpu and the gRAM? and shoult i put my new thermal paste only on the silver center part of the gpu or just or into the green part also? such as in this picture http://www.nvnews.net/reviews/zalman_vf700/bare_card.jpg

 

[Gamingphreek]

Isopropyl Alcohol. The same way you remove TIM from CPU's. The higher the alcohol content the better.

-Kevin

 

[Wardog2121]

well what part do i put the new thermal grease on?

 

[Wardog2121]

bump

 

[EightySix Four]

silver

 

[Wardog2121]

will 70% isopropyl alcohol work?

 

[keeleysam]

Originally posted by: Wardog2121
will 70% isopropyl alcohol work?

Not really. Go to walgreens and spend $1 on a bottle of 92%

 

[orangat]

Check the artic silver webpage for instructions or just search.

 

[Wardog2121]

ok i got my zalman zf-700cu on and its only 2 degress lower at idle then the stoc HS? shouldnt it be less then that? or does it have to run for a while before it cools it down

 

[imported_Ged]

Originally posted by: Wardog2121
ok i got my zalman zf-700cu on and its only 2 degress lower at idle then the stoc HS? shouldnt it be less then that? or does it have to run for a while before it cools it down

Mine's much lower. 46 - 48C idle vs. 58 - 63C idle, 70C vs. 83 - 85C load.

If you follow the directions on Arctic Silver's site you can't go wrong.

I used their cleaning products, which work extremely well, as well as their Ceramique on my Graphics chip and on both my Opterons.

 

[Blastman]

GOO GONE ... will do a nice job of removing thermal paste.

http://www.magicamerican.com/googone.shtml

Only a couple bucks for the small one.