Aerothorn on 14/3/2010 at 21:27
Bleh.
Well, those rubber picks absolutely will not come out even with a screwdriver, so I'm gonna need to turn around the heatsink/re-apply thermal gell. This will actually improve wiring a little bit too. Hooray. I'll try and have the gel mailed, though I'm a little nervous about doing it again as it was pretty difficult to get an even spread the first time (I need a toothpick or something). Also, what does one use to get old gel off? Rubbing alcohol and a toothpick, or something?
As far as dust/wiring goes, I haven't been able to get a can of compressed air (frankly, I've been way too busy to get off campus - here is hoping that changes soon!) or twist ties, for that matter. Basically I'm just avoiding playing Ghostbusters (the only game known to take things to unhealthy heat levels) till then.
bikerdude on 14/3/2010 at 22:00
Quote Posted by Aerothorn
I'm a little nervous about doing it again as it was pretty difficult to get an even spread the first time .
There are two ways of applying heatsink paste, spreading and the cross method... I used to spread, but for the last few years I have been using top of range pastes which arent very spreadable.
You simply put 2 lines of line of paste to form a cross on the the cpu and then just install your heatsink as normal etc, see the following tuve vid - (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyXLu1Ms-q4)
here is a tube vid of the spread method - (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7rPqCvCt0g&feature=related)
Aerothorn on 15/3/2010 at 16:31
Sounds good, I'll do that. Thanks much!
Aerothorn on 26/3/2010 at 20:36
New problem(s):
So I got my thermal gel, all ready to take off an turn around the heatsink. Problem one: I can't remove the heatsink clips. It was a horrific bitch to install and the tension is so tight on them that I can't remove them. So I have to unscrew the entire heatsink bracket from the motherboard.
But then I run into the greater issue: the heatsink simply will not seperate from the CPU. I think this may be because, when I FIRST got the new heatsink and ran my computer, I accidentally ran it for a bit with no fan (as I had forgotten to plug it in!) and the heat may have fused things. This could also be way I could never remove the rubber plugs...
Anyway, I was thinking of removing the whole apparatus (processor and all) and trying other techniques to seperate them (soaking in alcohol, dental floss, etc.) but the heatsink blocks the release of the CPU lever, meaning I can't remove that from its socket. So - any tricks to seperate these guys? I'm afraid sheer brute force may damage the CPU.
Edit: Figured it out. A little alcohol on the corners and a twist did magic. Figures that this happens literally seconds after I make this post.
bikerdude on 26/3/2010 at 21:50
Quote Posted by Aerothorn
Problem one: I can't remove the heatsink clips. It was a horrific bitch to install and the tension is so tight on them that
Edit: Figured it out. A little alcohol on the corners and a twist did magic. Figures that this happens literally seconds after I make this post.
You just have to be firm with the flat bladed screw drivers when you pry off the clip, if you think your gonna slip then put a piece of plastic between the bottom of the clip and mobo. But if you do ti right you should need to.
If you had of removed the cooler correctly the cpu would have been held in place by the socket, before you put the cpu back in I would practice putting the cooler on and off..
Aerothorn on 28/3/2010 at 00:53
Yeah - the CPU was held in place fine, it was just an issue of forcing it off. Good learning experience.
I could have avoided this whole mess if I had waited a little longer to build this thing - back when I did there were very few AM3 socket motherboards, hence getting stuck with the rather crappy one I have now - it's very well built and the manual is excellent but the slot placement is simply moronic.
Anyway, switching the CPU (and turning on an additional fan) did a lot of good - my graphics card is still running a little hotter than ideal, but nowhere near unsafe levels (currently maxing out at 83 or so when playing Bad Company 2). Hooray!
Aerothorn on 18/4/2010 at 02:33
Now getting 95 on, of all things, the new Sam & Max. It boggles the mind. Doesn't seem to be causing any problems, but still somewhat disturbing. Really wish I'd bought a different motherboard.
Fortunately, my father needs a new computer: what I'll probably do is buy a new motherboard for myself and have him use this one.
bikerdude on 18/4/2010 at 11:16
Quote Posted by Aerothorn
Now getting 95 on, of all things, the new Sam & Max. It boggles the mind. Doesn't seem to be causing any problems, but still somewhat disturbing. Really wish I'd bought a different motherboard.
you never did take some pics of the inside of the computer as is..?
