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Can too much AS5 cause problems?

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sandaflo

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Sorry for my noob-ness. First time working with a s478 proc, and while applying AS5, I put a little too much. The little hole near the corner notch swallowed some AS5, and the system will not POST.

Now, I didn't drown the processor, and it didn't flow over the IHS. I had the motherboard tested at the shop where I bought it, and before RMAing the processor, I just wanted to know if too much thermal paste can cause this.

Thanks
 
that hole is only to let gas escape from underneith when intel seats the IHS. getting AS5 in there shouldnt hurt it.
 
I've put AS5 all over my 3.0E and still working great around 2 years later, so that should not be your problem, any beep codes?
 
Well maybe...

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This was AS3 and as you can see my first cpu build, the results were sucessful. No problems what so ever, even after I put the cpu in another box and wiped some of that stuff off with my fingers.
 
If the AS5 gets too thick the heat conductivity is less. I usually spread it with a razor blade in a thin layer.
 
Did you get the HSF flush with the cpu? When I installed my prescott-core 478, I had to reseat the HSF twice to get it to post because it didn't have good enough surface contact the first two times with an AX-478.
 
Thanks for all the feedback. Turns out the system wouldn't POST due to a faulty connection from the case mounted switch and the motherboard. Took the motherboard out of the case, shorted the jumpers on the motherboard and it booted up. :eek:

After years of visiting [H]ardOCP, I finally registered on the boards, and I must say it is a great resource.

Thanks once again.
 
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