B badninja3 Daemon Poster Messages 1,348 Jun 8, 2006 #1 how do i clean off the pre-applied thermal paste from my stock heatsink? (amd athlon 64 socket am2) thanks.
how do i clean off the pre-applied thermal paste from my stock heatsink? (amd athlon 64 socket am2) thanks.
Tommy Boy Golden Master Messages 8,463 Location USA Jun 8, 2006 #2 Just take and scrape off as much as you can and then clean the surface with Alcohol, both the heatsink and the processor.
Just take and scrape off as much as you can and then clean the surface with Alcohol, both the heatsink and the processor.
F FamousAmiZ In Runtime Messages 137 Jun 8, 2006 #3 lol man i had that same question but i never asked it... lol i acc got it on my hands ans shit wouldnt come off w/ water i had to use some RAM crap... for the heatsink all i did was rubb a papper napkin on it (BOUNTY) so it dont rip
lol man i had that same question but i never asked it... lol i acc got it on my hands ans shit wouldnt come off w/ water i had to use some RAM crap... for the heatsink all i did was rubb a papper napkin on it (BOUNTY) so it dont rip
B badninja3 Daemon Poster Messages 1,348 Jun 8, 2006 #4 thanks guys. i got it off. most of it scraped off very easily. and the alcohol took of all the extra grease.
thanks guys. i got it off. most of it scraped off very easily. and the alcohol took of all the extra grease.
Tommy Boy Golden Master Messages 8,463 Location USA Jun 8, 2006 #5 badninja3 said: thanks guys. i got it off. most of it scraped off very easily. and the alcohol took of all the extra grease. Click to expand... yep, I just did that a couple days ago, cleaned off my thermal paste and applied new.
badninja3 said: thanks guys. i got it off. most of it scraped off very easily. and the alcohol took of all the extra grease. Click to expand... yep, I just did that a couple days ago, cleaned off my thermal paste and applied new.