The poor man's Artic Silver

[OC Guy]

I recently got a 486sx. My dad has a 486dx2, so I switched cpus. The problem is that the 486dx2 ran WAY to hot even with a heatsink. I had a old p166 heatsink laying around, so I stuck it to the 486dx2 with, can you guess? No not Artic Silver or a thermal pad. Give up? I used Elmers Glue-All school glue! You know, that white glue you used in elementary school? That's the stuff! It works pretty good I might add. You just need to let it dry overnight or so. I just wouldn't use it on a 1.4 ghz AMD Thunderbird though! Does anyone know where I can get a free sample of Artic Silver?

[Richard_Cranium72]

Elmers is not thermally conductive.

Use silicone grease if nothing else is available.

Here's some Arctic Silver for $10 inc s&h
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=manufactory&catalog=85&manufactory=1410

DrVette

[Bovon]

You know doc...it might not be thermal conductive, but I am an old time experimenter, and maybe taking some copper, sanding it to gather some fine copper dust, mixing that with some Elmers glue would certainly make it somewhat thermally conductive...whatcha think?

[OC Guy]

I'm tellin' ya it works! It want be as good as artic silver, but hey, i needed to see if the cpu worked. Elmers glue must have some conductivity to it because the heatsink got warm.

[Bovon]

Coooool...(no pun intended)

[TechDude]

So whats your cpu temp?

[Richard_Cranium72]

Dunno Bovon but I have filed down some pure copper and mixed it with Epoxy as a thermal adhesive..

I shouldn't have said the Elmers is NOT thermally conductive, It just is not the best choice in thermal adhesives.

DrVette

[bhess]

See I took the easy route. I yanked out my fillings and melted them down. Insurance will buy new ones right? Then I poured it while still molten on the chip and stuck the HSF on real quick.
Cost= free $$$$ (pain not included)

[OC Guy]

I have no way of telling the cpu temp as that machine is a 486.

[jeffpapier]

I got this from an Art supply store.

Metallic copper oil paint in a tube, 100%powdered copper in an oil base it says in the ingredients. A small dab on a chip and you have great heat transfer.

[Kabuki]

Hey, Jeff... how does that copper paint work? Better than silicone and zinc based stuff? My only concern about these things that are MADE to dry out, is... what happens when they do? You would be pretty much stuck (no pun intended) with the results, right?

[Bovon]

Jeff, you might have a good heat transfer with the copper filings, but with the oil base, it would not stick...and it would not mix with any adhesive I am familiar with to cure and be a glued on type of fix.

The copper filings made with a fine file or sandpaper mixed with epoxy should work quite well...maybe even Elmers glue...who knows...us experimenters do all sorts of crazy things...some actually work, LOL... http://www.sysopt.com/forum/biggrin.gif

[bhess]

Just get some artic silver and be done with it. Great stuff.