Where can I get those little felt pads for the bottom of a heatsink?

[Ken90630]

Hey, All,

I have an old Socket A heatsink (Thermalright SLK-947U) from ~ 2007 and I need to replace those 4 little white felt pads that attach to the bottom of it (to help keep the heatsink from crushing the CPU core). Thermalright calls them "circular pads." I recently did a fresh application of Arctic Silver 5 and accidentally smeared some on the existing pads. *hits self upside the head* They're felt, so of course the grease is absorbed in and there's no way to get it out. Since AS5 is slightly capacitive, I can't let it touch the outer CPU in 4 places (outside the core).

I contacted Thermalright, and they said they don't have any of those little pads anymore. I've spent the last hour & a half Googling various phrases (e.g., "heatsink circular pads," "heatsink felt pads," etc.) to no avail. Anyone know where I can get these? I still use this PC as a secondary machine, and I really want to finish this up but I'm up a creek w/o those pads.

Any links or points in the right direction would be much appreciated.

(CPU is an Athlon 2600+ if it matters.)

 

[Puppies04]

You are not allowed to repost the same threads over multiple forums buddy. Hope you find a solution to your problem though.

 

[Puppies04]

BTW are you looking for thermal interface pads? Google it and let me know.

 

[BUnit1701]

You could try a search for 'CPU shim' with the appropriate revision (Barton or Thunderbird or whatnot). May not be felt pads, but would serve the same purpose.

 

[sm625]

It is ok to have paste on those pads.

In fact some people even made shims like these:

See? Cant get any more conductive than that. Just keep the paste away from the capacitors and resistor networks. Also keep the paste away from those traces you can see on the right hand side of the above image.

 

[stahlhart]

I've seen small adhesive felt pads at Lowe's, in the hardware section. Not sure how the thickness/diameter of them compares to to the originals:

http://www.lowes.com/pd_311003-255-...erSearch=felt+bumper&productId=4635087&rpp=32

 

[PliotronX]

If you can keep it stable throughout installation, I don't see a need for the pads. Just keep it flat and tighten each bolt corner to corner and rotating every couple turns to keep the pressure even. The die is hardier than most think. I've even lapped them and installed gimongous Ultra 120 Extremes to naked die.

Funnily enough older ThermalRight heatsinks are what popped in my head when I read the thread title :biggrin:

 

[Ken90630]

You are not allowed to repost the same threads over multiple forums buddy. Hope you find a solution to your problem though.

Oops -- sorry. I didn't know that. I haven't done much posting over the last couple years. I was just hoping to get as many eyes on my question as I could, in hopes of getting a quick answer so I could finish this project today.

I'm not normally a repeat-poster.

 

[Ken90630]

I've seen small adhesive felt pads at Lowe's, in the hardware section. Not sure how the thickness/diameter of them compares to to the originals:

http://www.lowes.com/pd_311003-255-...erSearch=felt+bumper&productId=4635087&rpp=32

Yeah, that was the first thing I thought of. But I don't know if those types of general-purpose felt pads could withstand the heat. It'd be a risk, and I wouldn't want 4 melted chunks of felt on my CPU.

 

[Ken90630]

BTW are you looking for thermal interface pads? Google it and let me know.

No, not thermal interface pads. I'm referring to the 4 spacer pads that came with the heatsink (different from a pad that would go between the CPU core and heatsink).