Solve : Replacing Thermal Grease - Advice Please?

1.	Solve : Replacing Thermal Grease - Advice Please?
Answer» HI, I have never done this before, but I need to relpace the thermal grease on a laptop. There are two different coloured ones, one on cpu and one on ATI, I want to replace both, I can find plenty of products for the cpu grease but not for the ATI grease. Also how do I apply these? I notice they come in a syringe, different amounts size ones, how do I know which size to buy? How much do I apply? ThanksSame thermal COMPOUND for both. Clean the old stuff off with alcohol. Spread a thin (1mm) even layer across the entire surface. 1 syringe probably enough for both.One was white and one was blue? Quote from: daizychainz on November 30, 2010, 01:13:08 PM One was white and one was blue? One was manufactured by COMPANY A, the other by Company B. Arctic Silver is silver.OK, Thanks very muchI use GC Electronics Silicone Super Heatsink Compound, good enough for high power stereo transistors, good enough for CPU's, automotive ignition. Temp range is -65degF (-64C) to +400degF (+205C). Will not dry or harden. The tube I have is older than the personal computer. It's a 1.0 oz tube not made anymore. Company is still around. http://www.gcelectronics.com/ Thermal Paste Guide... Quote from: patio on November 30, 2010, 06:19:12 PM Thermal Paste Guide... Wow, a lot more complicated than applying the Silicone. I think I'll stick with the Silicone which has no application directions at all. The only warnings are: keep out of the reach of children, do not take internally, may be HARMFUL if swallowed.I too have used the tube that computer_commando referred to...aka Duck Poop at my job at Rockwell Automation with motion controllers. Good Stuff for power transistors and yes it doesnt dry up. A problem when you replace that transistor and you get some on your hands. Only problem with it is that if you apply too much it will run when heated. For computers I have been using Arctic Silver, but it creates a heck of a bond between the CPU or GPU and the heatsink and when trying to remove say a Pentium 4 socket 478 with it between the heatsink and chip and the CPU release latch is burried under the heatsink, trying to pry off the heatsink you can remove the CPU and heatsink by ripping the legs out of the socket. So its best to twist the heatsink and try to work it free than to pull it up when you have used arctic silver which turns to a hard tar that bonds, but it definately keeps the CPU cool!!! I dont bother with the small one use white silicone packets that are cheaper for PC's, they have dried up too many times, and cost me a UT99 gaming server on a warm summer day =( Quote from: DaveLembke on November 30, 2010, 06:30:34 PM I dont bother with the small one use white silicone packets that are cheaper for PC's, they have dried up too many times, and cost me a UT99 gaming server on a warm summer day =( Uh oh... I thought that was frosting... Quote from: Computer_Commando on November 30, 2010, 06:30:03 PM Wow, a lot more complicated than applying the Silicone. I think I'll stick with the Silicone which has no application directions at all. The only warnings are: keep out of the reach of children, do not take internally, may be harmful if swallowed. How is arctic silver any more complicated than that ? ? Not sure i get it...

Answer» HI, I have never done this before, but I need to relpace the thermal grease on a laptop. There are two different coloured ones, one on cpu and one on ATI, I want to replace both, I can find plenty of products for the cpu grease but not for the ATI grease.

Also how do I apply these? I notice they come in a syringe, different amounts size ones, how do I know which size to buy? How much do I apply?

ThanksSame thermal COMPOUND for both. Clean the old stuff off with alcohol. Spread a thin (1mm) even layer across the entire surface. 1 syringe probably enough for both.One was white and one was blue? Quote from: daizychainz on November 30, 2010, 01:13:08 PM

One was white and one was blue?

One was manufactured by COMPANY A, the other by Company B. Arctic Silver is silver.OK, Thanks very muchI use GC Electronics Silicone Super Heatsink Compound, good enough for high power stereo transistors, good enough for CPU's, automotive ignition. Temp range is -65degF (-64C) to +400degF (+205C). Will not dry or harden. The tube I have is older than the personal computer. It's a 1.0 oz tube not made anymore. Company is still around. http://www.gcelectronics.com/
Thermal Paste Guide... Quote from: patio on November 30, 2010, 06:19:12 PM

Thermal Paste Guide...

Wow, a lot more complicated than applying the Silicone. I think I'll stick with the Silicone which has no application directions at all. The only warnings are: keep out of the reach of children, do not take internally, may be HARMFUL if swallowed.I too have used the tube that computer_commando referred to...aka Duck Poop at my job at Rockwell Automation with motion controllers. Good Stuff for power transistors and yes it doesnt dry up. A problem when you replace that transistor and you get some on your hands. Only problem with it is that if you apply too much it will run when heated.

For computers I have been using Arctic Silver, but it creates a heck of a bond between the CPU or GPU and the heatsink and when trying to remove say a Pentium 4 socket 478 with it between the heatsink and chip and the CPU release latch is burried under the heatsink, trying to pry off the heatsink you can remove the CPU and heatsink by ripping the legs out of the socket. So its best to twist the heatsink and try to work it free than to pull it up when you have used arctic silver which turns to a hard tar that bonds, but it definately keeps the CPU cool!!!

I dont bother with the small one use white silicone packets that are cheaper for PC's, they have dried up too many times, and cost me a UT99 gaming server on a warm summer day =( Quote from: DaveLembke on November 30, 2010, 06:30:34 PM

I dont bother with the small one use white silicone packets that are cheaper for PC's, they have dried up too many times, and cost me a UT99 gaming server on a warm summer day =(

Uh oh...

I thought that was frosting...

Quote from: Computer_Commando on November 30, 2010, 06:30:03 PM

Wow, a lot more complicated than applying the Silicone. I think I'll stick with the Silicone which has no application directions at all. The only warnings are: keep out of the reach of children, do not take internally, may be harmful if swallowed.

How is arctic silver any more complicated than that ? ?

Not sure i get it...

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