Summary: My CPU was running hot at about 45c Idle and 65C when rendering in premiere pro. I took my Heatsink off and found that there was no thermal paste of a...
Summary: I have my P4 2.26 processor and Ive been underclocking it because of my motherboard wont let be put the mhz past 400 (which my processor is 533mhz) so...
Summary: well i have a coolermaster cpu cooler and, it came with a thermal pad i'm using it for about 9 months already. but i'm not sure if its cooling it that...
Summary: Hi Have not long purchased a new CPU cooler, it came with thermal paste ( no pad ) I put the thermal paste on and everything runs ok, I was curious, w...
Summary: I am curious how important the functionality of thermal paste is to cooling processor. I have moved around a few processors and heat sinks/fans and ...
Summary: "Case temp is as low it's always been... low to mid 30's" A properly ventilated case will be fairly close to room temp. Your case temp *may* be a litt...
Summary: Hi all, I'm shortly going to try and fit a Duron 1200 in a Shuttle AK31 mobo. I've not done this before and don't want to arse it up. Will I ne...
Summary: Ok, I overclocked my 1900xp to 2000 but them it got a little hot. Using a volcano 9 but no thermal paste, as I've never put any on before. Can anyb...
Summary: Hello, I was just wondering how to tell if you have used enough thermal paste, it seems that my heatsink is on pretty snugly, and I just thought that ...
Summary: Yeas. I got two questions. I'm building my first computer in my life. So here are my problems. 1st: Do I have to put a thermal paste on my Athlon 24...
Summary: Ok, I just got a new heatsink/fan with my CPU, but the motherboard I installed it on was bad so I had to remove it, would it still be ok if I used the...
Summary: I am building my own PC and want to purchase an AMD FX/51 with the heatsink and fan attached. Do I need to connect this to my motherboard using therm...
Summary: If you've used too much Arctic Silver, you can short out pins and bridges on your CPU and MOBO. You CAN kill a CPU with a conductive thermal paste lik...
Summary: Thermal compound, thermal paste, cooling gel, whatever one calls it. Is this something I can find at Lowes or a similar place. Or is it something th...
Summary: i have a socket 754 3400+ cpu. When putting on the thermal paste, do i have to cover the whole square of the cpu, or just in the middle like i see in...
Summary: I finished building my system a few weeks ago (P4 1.8A) abit board. Anyway, i bought some antec silver thermal paste 99% micronized silver, and my id...
Summary: my motherboard is an msi k7n2, i was wondering if anybody out there has already removed the heatsink and fan, and can tell me if there is a thin layer...
Summary: How do you clean a processor and a heatsink covered with Thermal Paste? Any Liquids? Paper towels? I want to transfer my old CPU and heat sink into a ...
Summary: I recently bought a new heatsink/fan. I touched the bottom part of it where the thermal paste is and i smeared a little part of it. A small part of ...
Summary: just take off your cpu stock heatsink and yeh...u should see the old melted thermal pad or wateva...i just scraped it off with my fingers.....until it...
Summary: I purchased an OEM AMD Duron cpu earlier this week and have 7 days to return it. Their return policy states the item must be in the same condition th...
Summary: getting a new case which has a cpu temp gage which you place under the processor and heatsink i was wondering do i have to replace (or top up) the the...
Summary: Why do you want to do this? Are you having temp related problems? If you have a retail CPU that came with HSF w/thermal pad, be aware that removing th...
Summary: I just bought a Volcano 7+ and it has a thermal paste included. I applied it to the AMD Athlon Socket A CPU, do I have to wait until it solidifies bef...
Summary: I want to replace the thermal paste on my cpu but I know that it is kinda sticky stuff. I went through some of the posts on here and couldn't see one ...
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