Hauk
Platinum Member
I sold my vid card, waiting for next month, I need a break anyway. So while watching cars go round a race track yesterday, I popped my mobo out for some fun.
First the little ROG heatsink comes off:
Under that is this DRAM power card, which has chips that are sinked:
The power card unpins, here's what's underneath:
Here's the heatsink array. I've removed the gooey pads, left is a bitch to remove clay paste:
Asus is notorius for using this clay-like paste. Ten minutes with alcohol, or two minutes with a tad of goo gone on a q-tip. I then clean with 99% alcohol:
I'll use Arctic Ceramique for VRMs and SB, and AR5 for chipset. All original TIM comes off except for this very thick pad that I cannot replicate:
There are more chips under the DRAM card this thing touches
Little beads of Ceramique. It's non-conductive, no worries if it goops, but I try to keep it neat:
It stays in place, doesn't run, and if just enough is used, compresses perfectly for maximum contact
All paste applied, I'll scrape a bit of AS5 from the chipset:
Temps dropped a few degrees. Just some afternoon fun though, outcome not too important. The real payoff, me and my mobo bonded.. 🙂
First the little ROG heatsink comes off:
Under that is this DRAM power card, which has chips that are sinked:
The power card unpins, here's what's underneath:
Here's the heatsink array. I've removed the gooey pads, left is a bitch to remove clay paste:
Asus is notorius for using this clay-like paste. Ten minutes with alcohol, or two minutes with a tad of goo gone on a q-tip. I then clean with 99% alcohol:
I'll use Arctic Ceramique for VRMs and SB, and AR5 for chipset. All original TIM comes off except for this very thick pad that I cannot replicate:
There are more chips under the DRAM card this thing touches
Little beads of Ceramique. It's non-conductive, no worries if it goops, but I try to keep it neat:
It stays in place, doesn't run, and if just enough is used, compresses perfectly for maximum contact
All paste applied, I'll scrape a bit of AS5 from the chipset:
Temps dropped a few degrees. Just some afternoon fun though, outcome not too important. The real payoff, me and my mobo bonded.. 🙂
