Another Thermal grease question

APM98 · 06-28-2006, 04:33 PM

I just got in my AMD 3800+ and the stock heatsink and fan have a thermal pad. I have some thermal grease to apply because its suppost to be better. But when I apply, do I leave the thermal pad on the heatsink and then apply the grease to the cpu? Or do I have to remove the pad from the heatsink? Thanks.

Yasu · 06-28-2006, 04:35 PM

I'm pretty sure you're not supposed to use thermal grease and a thermal pad together. Get rid of the thermal pad and just use the thermal grease(preferably Arctic Silver 5).

**jimmymac** · 06-28-2006, 04:40 PM

yeah remove the thermal paste from the heatsink first, rubbing alcohol and a lint free cloth is the best thing to get rid, just make sure its completely clean before putting the new arctiv silver on

APM98 · 06-28-2006, 04:50 PM

Oh ok thanks guys

06-28-2006, 04:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
APM98 Gold Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Downingtown, PA Age: 24 Posts: 402	Another Thermal grease question I just got in my AMD 3800+ and the stock heatsink and fan have a thermal pad. I have some thermal grease to apply because its suppost to be better. But when I apply, do I leave the thermal pad on the heatsink and then apply the grease to the cpu? Or do I have to remove the pad from the heatsink? Thanks. __________________ AMD 5200+ X2 AM2 Asus M2N-Sli Deluxe Corsair XMS2 2x512mb DDR2 800 eVGA 7600GT WD 250GB SE16 NEC DVD Burner Antec True Power 550W II 108 Mbps Wireless PCI pcmark05: 4004, 3dmark03 13136

06-28-2006, 04:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
Yasu Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: TX Age: 20 Posts: 1,199	I'm pretty sure you're not supposed to use thermal grease and a thermal pad together. Get rid of the thermal pad and just use the thermal grease(preferably Arctic Silver 5). __________________ CPU: Intel P4 3.0 HT Mobo: ASUS P5P800 RAM: 2x512 PC3200 VC: ATI Radeon X850PRO HDD: 160GB Seagate SATA PSU: 500watt Ultra X-connect

06-28-2006, 04:40 PM	#3 (permalink)
jimmymac Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Chester, UK Age: 28 Posts: 3,688	yeah remove the thermal paste from the heatsink first, rubbing alcohol and a lint free cloth is the best thing to get rid, just make sure its completely clean before putting the new arctiv silver on __________________ I tried to put my signature in here but my pen ruined the monitor. http://www.peytonmusic.com/ http://forum.peytonmusic.com/ the most uplifting soulful music you will ever hear...

06-28-2006, 04:50 PM	#4 (permalink)
APM98 Gold Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Downingtown, PA Age: 24 Posts: 402	Oh ok thanks guys __________________ AMD 5200+ X2 AM2 Asus M2N-Sli Deluxe Corsair XMS2 2x512mb DDR2 800 eVGA 7600GT WD 250GB SE16 NEC DVD Burner Antec True Power 550W II 108 Mbps Wireless PCI pcmark05: 4004, 3dmark03 13136

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