Will replacing thermal pads with paste damages anything ?

Sundaram sharma · Nov 14, 2015

Few days ago i have replaced the thermal pads of motherboard (asus m5a97 evo r2.0) with a average cooler master thermal paste. it is working fine but i am worried about that. I have done on almost everything i have found on by MB....suggestion needed urgent

Thanks in advance

JackNaylorPE · Nov 14, 2015

TIM is not normally "adhesive" in nature so there is the issue if the heat sinks staying in place of not held on by fasteners. You can use an adhesive type of TIM but they are generally not as efficient and can sometimes be impossible to remove.

Sundaram sharma · Nov 14, 2015

so what should i do then ?

nayrnayr1 · Nov 14, 2015

You cannot replace an adhesive with a liquid thermal paste, it won't stick, but if it isn't stuck on there by the thermal transfer material, you can replace it.

JackNaylorPE · Nov 14, 2015

Sundaram sharma :

Hard to say as I don't know what you used

Sundaram sharma · Nov 14, 2015

is there any software that can tell the northbridge and south bridge temp?
, i am using HWmonitor but i am getting just motherboard temp not the NB one ?

Sundaram sharma · Nov 14, 2015

by the way i use CM IC Essential E2 and used the same in replacing with thermal pads. Any suggestions there ???

Actually somehow i have replace the pads with the paste and don't know whether it will hold or not. Please need a solution here u geeky brains

Also it seems like all heatsink in the motherboard held by some kind of bolts, not grease....

nayrnayr1 · Nov 14, 2015

Sundaram sharma :

http://www.arctic.ac/us_en/thermal-pad.html

If they are held on by a screw, then use this: http://www.arctic.ac/us_en/mx-4.html

Or this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA7BP30U2732&cm_re=Coollabritory-_-9SIA7BP30U2732-_-Product if you know what you are doing. It is extremely conductive.

JackNaylorPE · Nov 14, 2015

Sundaram sharma :

The most extensive and reliable software I have used to date is HWiNFO64.

http://www.hwinfo.com/download.php

Run "sensors only" if ya don't want to diagnostics ... it's like "ever monitoring utility you ever saw" in one package

As to the TIM....

1. It came in last here:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18416533

Gelid came in first among TIMs (CL is liquid metal). AS5 came in 8th (again not counting CL)

I use Shin Etsu G751 on CPUs, Gelid Extreme on GPUs as in putting a water block on a GFX card you have to apply to about 2 dozen places making the chip-TIM-Thermal pad-TIM Heat Sink sandwich...and you have GPU, VRAM and VRM to apply to. The Gelid stays "spreadable" longer.

2. It is not adhesive so can be easily cleaned off... Isoprophyl alcohol 97% or better works, but I prefer Indigo Extreme Cleaner

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/13256/thr-106/Indigo_Xtreme_Clean_Non-Conductive_Thermal_Surface_Cleaner_-_30mL_XC-01.html

3. I still don't know how the pad / TIM was affixed. If there is no method to secure the Heatsink in place, I wouldn't trust surface tension to hold it there. Thermal pads are oft coated with an adhesive which does good enough to hold it there but not make it impossible to remove.....

If ya used this... I'd expect the chip to come out of the MoBo b4 you got the HS off.

http://www.arcticsilver.com/ta.htm

4. You could just clean the IC stuff off and replace with a FujiPoly ... Bigger the Thermal Conductivity (W/mK), the better it is

http://www.frozencpu.com/brands/brand/b178/ModRight.html
Thermal Pads / Tape

Ultra - Thermal Conductivity 17.0 W/mK
http://www.frozencpu.com/cat/l3/g/c487/s1797/list/p1/b178/ModRight-Thermal_Pads_Tape-Ultra_Extreme_Thermal_Pads-Page1.html

Extreme - Thermal Conductivity 11.0 W/mK
http://www.frozencpu.com/cat/l3/g/c487/s1730/list/p1/b178/ModRight-Thermal_Pads_Tape-Extreme_Thermal_Pads-Page1.html

Premium - Thermal Conductivity 6.0 W/mK
http://www.frozencpu.com/cat/l3/g/c487/s1292/list/p1/b178/ModRight-Thermal_Pads_Tape-Premium_Thermal_Pads-Page1.html

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