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What Thermal Paste
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I may need to remove and replace a heat sink and will need to reapply the thermal paste. While shopping online for a suitable paste my mind nearly exploded looking through the hundreds of choices. Is there a best choice of type of paste and source? Dean |
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On Tuesday, January 28, 2014 2:24:23 PM UTC-6, Dean-MN wrote:
Hi, I may need to remove and replace a heat sink and will need to reapply the thermal paste. While shopping online for a suitable paste my mind nearly exploded looking through the hundreds of choices. Is there a best choice of type of paste and source? Dean http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835100007 |
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On 1/28/2014 2:24 PM, Dean-MN wrote:
Hi, I may need to remove and replace a heat sink and will need to reapply the thermal paste. While shopping online for a suitable paste my mind nearly exploded looking through the hundreds of choices. Is there a best choice of type of paste and source? Dean As Bob mentioned, Arctic Silver 5 is considered as top of the line for thermal paste. Although I would be very curious why you think you need to replace a heatsink? -- Bill Dell Latitude Slate Tablet 128GB SSD ('12 era) - Thunderbird v12 Intel Atom Z670 1.5GHz - 2GB RAM - Windows 7 Pro SP1 |
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You're being too literal...take-off, then put-back is most likely what he means!
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"Bob_Villa" wrote in message ... You're being too literal...take-off, then put-back is most likely what he means! Hi, Bill is correct. Maybe I should have written 'remove, clean then replace'. It's the standard procedure for cleaning the heat sink of an Inspiron 1545. I didn't heed mayor George Shinn's warning. 'You watch your phraseology!' Dean |
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On Tuesday, January 28, 2014 5:56:28 PM UTC-6, Dean-MN wrote:
"Bob_Villa" wrote in message ... You're being too literal...take-off, then put-back is most likely what he means! Hi, Bill is correct. Maybe I should have written 'remove, clean then replace'. It's the standard procedure for cleaning the heat sink of an Inspiron 1545. I didn't heed mayor George Shinn's warning. 'You watch your phraseology!' Dean I said you were probably NOT literally, replacing your heat-sink...so how is he right? |
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On Tuesday, January 28, 2014 6:56:28 PM UTC-5, Dean-MN wrote:
"Bob_Villa" wrote in message ... You're being too literal...take-off, then put-back is most likely what he means! Hi, Bill is correct. Maybe I should have written 'remove, clean then replace'.. It's the standard procedure for cleaning the heat sink of an Inspiron 1545. I didn't heed mayor George Shinn's warning. 'You watch your phraseology!' Dean I've never gotten hung up on using the best thermal paste, but then I do not advocate overclocking where heat transfer becomes most critical. For the 1545, I am sure a dab of most any thermal paste will do ya. You don't need to apply it smoothly. When you crank down the 5 screws to secure the heat sink, the thermal paste gets spread out very smoothly by the pressure. Or to put it differently, I am a pragmatist, not a purist... Ben Myers |
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