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Too much Thermal Grease???

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LiquidImpulse

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I used 3/4ths of the entire tube on my processor, and Im 80% sure i added way too much, when i was inserting the heatsink, the grease was making it move back and forth.:S

How do i go about reapplying the thermal grease safely?and this time, how much should i put/add?

Also, the thermal grease im using is OCZ ultra 5 silver if any1 is wondering
 
I'm 100% sure you used too much. Clean it all off with some rubbing alcohol and apply a small amount in the very center of the chip, about the size of a piece of rice. When you install the heatsink, it will spread itself out.
 
Mate, this is going to be bloody hard to clean. If the paste has metal in it (slightly conductive) and it is making contact with pins and circuit, this might lead to shot circuit and damage hardware.

Try to take the heatsink out without making a spill. Then shovel the excess paste using a razor or a clean plastic card. Then use isopropyl (I use 100% propan-2-ol) alcohol or xylene based cleaner to clean the remaining paste. Do not used high residue solvent such as old based cleaner. Remember to use lint free cloth. (coffee paper would be adequate.)

After all the cleaning up, it's time to reapply the paste again. Put a grain-sized bit of paste on the center of the heat spreader. Spreading the paste on the spreader is not necessary. Just let the paste spread by itself as the heatsink sits on top of the processor.

Lastly, good luck to you. I am sure you need it.
 
to reiterate:

90%+ rubbing alcohol and coffee filters to clean.

A rice-rice sized lump of compound in the middle of the heat spreader.
 
alright..just took off heatsink,and to give u guys an idea of the mess, lets just say it looked like diarhea, I will finish cleaning up the mess tomorrow, as for coffee paper....
Originally posted by: nomagic
Mate, this is going to be bloody hard to clean. If the paste has metal in it (slightly conductive) and it is making contact with pins and circuit, this might lead to shot circuit and damage hardware.

Try to take the heatsink out without making a spill. Then shovel the excess paste using a razor or a clean plastic card. Then use isopropyl (I use 100% propan-2-ol) alcohol or xylene based cleaner to clean the remaining paste. Do not used high residue solvent such as old based cleaner. Remember to use lint free cloth. (coffee paper would be adequate.)

After all the cleaning up, it's time to reapply the paste again. Put a grain-sized bit of paste on the center of the heat spreader. Spreading the paste on the spreader is not necessary. Just let the paste spread by itself as the heatsink sits on top of the processor.

Lastly, good luck to you. I am sure you need it.
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what do you mean..?do you mean the filters...?
 
Originally posted by: nomagic
Mate, this is going to be bloody hard to clean. If the paste has metal in it (slightly conductive) and it is making contact with pins and circuit, this might lead to shot circuit and damage hardware.
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Argh. Arctic Silver(which is what I'm sure you were mentioning) isn't conductive, even in the slightest. Read their site. It's slightly capacitative. There's a difference, you know.

 
Originally posted by: nomagic
Mate, this is going to be bloody hard to clean. If the paste has metal in it (slightly conductive) and it is making contact with pins and circuit, this might lead to shot circuit and damage hardware.

Try to take the heatsink out without making a spill. Then shovel the excess paste using a razor or a clean plastic card. Then use isopropyl (I use 100% propan-2-ol) alcohol or xylene based cleaner to clean the remaining paste. Do not used high residue solvent such as old based cleaner. Remember to use lint free cloth. (coffee paper would be adequate.)

After all the cleaning up, it's time to reapply the paste again. Put a grain-sized bit of paste on the center of the heat spreader. Spreading the paste on the spreader is not necessary. Just let the paste spread by itself as the heatsink sits on top of the processor.

Lastly, good luck to you. I am sure you need it.
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Look here my aussie buddy, it seems you know a thing or 2 about comps. What kind of system do you have? I want to build a new pc, but i'm a nub so i dont knwo too much. I was looking into getting a Opteron 170 and among other things. What do you think?

 
Originally posted by: imanub

Look here my aussie buddy, it seems you know a thing or 2 about comps. What kind of system do you have? I want to build a new pc, but i'm a nub so i dont knwo too much. I was looking into getting a Opteron 170 and among other things. What do you think?
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Um, sorry to point this out, but I think you've already asked this in another thread and gotten your answers. Please don't hijack this guy's thermal paste thread, thanks.
 
You're supposed to use a drop the size of a short grain rice, at the MOST, and even that's slightly too much.
 
*UPDATE*
apparently, when i try to remove the processor i cant, it seems almost impossible, i have already lifted the lever all the way up, and there doesnt seem to be any thermal grease on the sides of the processor indicating that it did not seep through.any reasons as to why?Currently, my worst case scenario is that the thermal grease was pushed down by the heatsink into crevices along the processor and went into the pins, Could this happen?I hope my fears do not come true
 
i would check where the thermal grease has went (did it get into the socket or motherboard?) a picture is worth a thousand words.....or just give us a picture to keep us amused while we help you out, hahaha.................
 
hopefully not the socket, from what i see, it just dripped a TINY bit along the side of the processor, but i still cannot remove the processor, any ideas as to why i cant/how i can???
 
i wonder who has build the rig in ur sig
whats the problem right now? u cannot remove the heatsink from the chip, or the chip from the board?

e: onboard cpu 🙂
 
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