possible alternative for thermal compound?

popeye02420 · May 10, 2013

Can BOSS silicone 315 be used as an alternative thermal compound for my Xbox 360 GPU?

ThomasJ93 · May 10, 2013

Unless you merely wish to glue the heatsink to the GPU, no.

JamesSneed · May 10, 2013

Just use a normal thermal compound. The stuff is dirt cheap. You probably even know someone who has some extra laying around.

popeye02420 · May 10, 2013

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grebgonebad · May 10, 2013

ThomasJ93 :

Similarly, unless you merley wish to create an extremly large paperweight, then no.

ihog · May 10, 2013

Why not? Can't order online? Go to a local computer shop and see if they can order you some for you.

grebgonebad · May 10, 2013

In all seriousness, you need to get some thermal paste from somwhere eventually, but if you have a couple of thermal pads lying around they would probably suffice for the time being...

popeye02420 · May 10, 2013

No worries everybody, I just fixed my Xbox without it. Thanks though

ThomasJ93 · May 10, 2013

Without any thermal paste? I wouldn't do that if I were you. The termal paste is there to ensure contact between the component and the heatsink. If you're not using any thermal paste, it will overheat in no time.

ihog · May 10, 2013

Assuming you took the heatsink (or whatever is on the 360 GPU) off, you NEED to use thermal paste because it will overheat quickly, like ThomasJ93 said.

popeye02420 · May 10, 2013

ihog :

It has thermal paste on it. I just need new thermal paste

ThomasJ93 · May 10, 2013

So you're using the old thermal paste? Bad idea as well.

ihog · May 10, 2013

popeye02420 :

You create air bubbles when you do that. Bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, baaaaaaaaaaaaaad idea. You should really research something before you do it.

JamesSneed · May 10, 2013

Good luck. Hopefully you don't end up with a paper weight with a 360 logo on it.

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