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Question about CPU Cooling Fan

#1 User is offline   Kain Bloodstone 

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Posted 18 January 2007 - 09:19 AM

My computer was having heat problems, so I decided to open her up and take a look and sure enough the cpu cooling fan was covered in dust.

So I removed the Fan and heatsink from the processor to clean it all up.

I noticed a thermal insulator goop, that I tore when removing the heatsink.

Upon some reading I have come to the conclusion that its a good idea to apply some sort of new thermal insulation.

The question is, what on earth can I use? I've looked around the internet and can't find anything that tells me whats ok to use for this...only a bunch of warnings saying I better use something.

So now my heatsink is de-attached from my mother board waiting for me to plug it back in so I can use it frown

Can someone tell me what I can use and where to get it please?

thank you wink
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Posted 18 January 2007 - 02:21 PM


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Posted 18 January 2007 - 05:38 PM

artic silver which is what is mentioned above.
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#4 User is offline   Kain Bloodstone 

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Posted 09 February 2007 - 06:59 AM

Sorry for late response. But Thank you!
The day after posting the question, I got the answer, and yeah, I went with Arctic Silver....Cooling works fine now smile
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EVGA nForce 790i Ultra SLI Mobo
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 3.0ghz
4gig Nvidia 2000mhz/DDR3 Dual Channel SLI Ram
EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Superclocked 2GB GDDR5 Video Card
Thermaltake Blackwidow 850w Modular PSU
Thermaltake Armor +MX Black Case
2.5TB HDD
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