Kain Bloodstone 0 Posted January 18, 2007 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 Can someone tell me what I can use and where to get it please? thank you Share this post Link to post
peterh 1 Posted January 18, 2007 You need 'Silver based thermal compound' which you can get from any Electronics store such as Maplin (www.maplin.co.uk). Costs about £8. Share this post Link to post
thatsteveguy 0 Posted January 18, 2007 artic silver which is what is mentioned above. Share this post Link to post
Kain Bloodstone 0 Posted February 9, 2007 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 Share this post Link to post
