Applying Artic Silver 5 to AMD64

[vat]

Hi, I was googling on how to apply thermal comcound to AMD64 chip and couldn't find any, so I was wondering if any members in here that has a good guide or link to this? THanks

 

[cambrian]

here you go:

http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_silver_instructions_big2.htm

scroll to the bottom where it says "7. for all arctic silver versions". That's how you properly apply arctic silver on an a64 with the ihs on.

 

[(cf)Eclipse]

"apply thermal compound AMD64"
check out the first link
http://www.google.com/search?hs=496...al&q=apply+thermal+compound+amd64&btnG=Search



but that's aside from the point. be sure to follow their directions exactly, small blob, do not spread it out.

 

[vat]

Oops, got it. The above poster posted a minute ahead of me while I was typing the questions. Thanks a lot.

 

[Dan_D]

A little of that stuff goes along way. If you put too much on, the heatsink will get stuck to the heatspreader, and you risk pulling the CPU out with the heatsink, should you need to remove it. I've seen that happen in extreme cases.

 

[buzzard34]

here you go:

http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_silver_instructions_big2.htm

scroll to the bottom where it says "7. for all arctic silver versions". That's how you properly apply arctic silver on an a64 with the ihs on.

I take it the other directions there for small core chips would also work for some GPUs?

 

[(cf)Eclipse]

I take it the other directions there for small core chips would also work for some GPUs?

the small gpu's, yes. the last two gen's might be big enough to call for a blob in the middle. i personally like ceramique for my video cards anyhow:
http://www.arcticsilver.com/ceramique_instructions.htm