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silver lacquer substitute?
Name: torm Date: March 29, 2003 at 13:54:08 Pacific OS: WindowsXP Pro CPU/Ram: AthlonXP 1700 512DDR
Comment:
Is there anything I could use to connect the bridges of my CPU besides conductive silver lacquer? Anything more common.
I have an XP1700+(palomino) and I already have all the stuff I need to unlock it except for the silver lacquer.
Name: Gh0sT-Fir3 Date: March 29, 2003 at 15:36:16 Pacific
Reply:
1 word, 6 characters.
Pencil.
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Response Number 2
Name: 666 Date: March 29, 2003 at 19:17:34 Pacific
Reply:
pencil no good on XPs
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Response Number 3
Name: torm Date: March 30, 2003 at 05:41:05 Pacific
Reply:
well i don't think pencil will do. the site i have visited, tom's hardware, said that pencils are no longer effective on athlon xp because the bridges have laser-cut gaps between them, thus connecting them becomes impossible
thanks anyway. any more suggestions?
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Response Number 4
Name: johnoh Date: March 30, 2003 at 09:44:33 Pacific
Summary: Arctic Silver is not as subject to the "too much causes insulation" rule as regular paste. It conducts better and thins out better due to the pressure. So I doubt that is the problem. Take your case...
Summary: Iv got a A7n8x Deluxe with a XP2800+ clocked at 3200mhz, 11.5 x 200. Iv just brougth a Thermatake Volcano 12 Extreem and decided to get even cooler using Arctic Silver 5 over standard thermal paste. ...
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