- May 6, 2013
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Cooler Master Hyper 212 led had visible glue from sticker on contact heatpipes and I left it there. Yes, I did read 2 pages long instruction from but it was talking about thermal pad and wax- I did not know what it was about. I thought- the sticker on the contact would be attached by static. Nothing in the instruction of Hyper 212 said- I had to clean the contact heatpipes area. So I applied thermal paste to CPU, took sticker off from cooler contact area and saw the glue. Not a lot, mostly where pipes in contact with metal foundation of the contact but enough to be visible. So I panicked and applied the cooler to CPU and secured with the screws.
So now I am thinking- do I need to undo it, remove cooler and thermal paste and start over?
I don't have the removing solution. I would have to use alcohol, and all I have in the house is old alcohol- I would have to go to pharmacy to buy new... and then I am afraid I will make it worse. I had to use a lot of force to secure the screws- it does not attach very easy, so removing it and re-attaching after cleaning is not going to be easy.
I am reading in Arctic Silver document:
"Thermal pad removal: Most thermal pads are made with paraffin wax that melts once it gets hot. As it melts, the wax fills the microscopic valleys in the heatsink and metal cap of the CPU. To minimize permanent contamination of the heatsink and metal cap, the thermal pad should be removed from the heatsink prior to turning on the computer. Never use heat or hot water to remove the pad, as the heat will melt the wax into the heatsink.
Take care not to scratch the surface of the heatsink when removing the pad. A plastic tool will scrape off the thermal pad without scratching the metal surface. You can then remove the remnants of the wax with ArctiClean 1 and 2, a xylene based cleaner (Goof Off and some carburetor cleaners), or high-purity isopropyl alcohol and a LINT FREE cloth (a lens cleaning cloth or a coffee filter). If you use Goof Off or another xylene based cleaner always follow up with a cleaning of highpurity isopropyl alcohol."
What thermal pad are they talking about? I had a sticker and on the picture instruction, it just shows to remove the sticker. If they knew it is important to clean it, why would they not include a picture for cleaning?
http://www.arcticsilver.com/pdf/appmeth/int/vl/intel_app_method_vertical_line_v1.1.pdf
Thank you for reading.
So now I am thinking- do I need to undo it, remove cooler and thermal paste and start over?
I don't have the removing solution. I would have to use alcohol, and all I have in the house is old alcohol- I would have to go to pharmacy to buy new... and then I am afraid I will make it worse. I had to use a lot of force to secure the screws- it does not attach very easy, so removing it and re-attaching after cleaning is not going to be easy.
I am reading in Arctic Silver document:
"Thermal pad removal: Most thermal pads are made with paraffin wax that melts once it gets hot. As it melts, the wax fills the microscopic valleys in the heatsink and metal cap of the CPU. To minimize permanent contamination of the heatsink and metal cap, the thermal pad should be removed from the heatsink prior to turning on the computer. Never use heat or hot water to remove the pad, as the heat will melt the wax into the heatsink.
Take care not to scratch the surface of the heatsink when removing the pad. A plastic tool will scrape off the thermal pad without scratching the metal surface. You can then remove the remnants of the wax with ArctiClean 1 and 2, a xylene based cleaner (Goof Off and some carburetor cleaners), or high-purity isopropyl alcohol and a LINT FREE cloth (a lens cleaning cloth or a coffee filter). If you use Goof Off or another xylene based cleaner always follow up with a cleaning of highpurity isopropyl alcohol."
What thermal pad are they talking about? I had a sticker and on the picture instruction, it just shows to remove the sticker. If they knew it is important to clean it, why would they not include a picture for cleaning?
http://www.arcticsilver.com/pdf/appmeth/int/vl/intel_app_method_vertical_line_v1.1.pdf
Thank you for reading.
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