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super-ddr   05-25-2009 at 01:25:23 AM

I had applied the thermal compound following the Artic silver 5 manual , it's recommended to apply a thin line right to left. But after a month all my components are working at low temp but not my cpu. I have followed the instruction and it doest seem to work for me. ihad to buy a new case to imporve the ventilation and after that all my components temps gone down but my cpu doesnt

I have i7 920 at stock speed, it has reached 75 degrees celcius while playing gta Iv




What should i use to remove the old thermal paste over the cpu and the heatsink

Thanks

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Bronze CPUs badge jsc   05-25-2009 at 02:10:17 AM
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I use isopropyl alcohol and an old lint free T-shirt, simply because I do not drink coffee and therefore do not have any coffee filters around.

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505090   05-25-2009 at 02:30:55 AM
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i use 90% alcohol and q-tips

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super-ddr   05-25-2009 at 03:29:14 AM
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thank you for your recommendations

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JessieJ   05-25-2009 at 03:50:39 AM
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I used 92 % Isopropyl Alcohol and tried the Q-tip - but whatever Dell used to seat their heatsink was more like bubble gum. I peeled it off - and then had to buff the remaining residue off the aluminum heatsink with an old T-shirt dipped in Isopropyl Alcohol.

It came off the CPU pretty easy though.

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