I've never seen this B4

[j.m@talk]

Took HSF unit off this Athlon 700 & there was thermal
stuff everywhere !!!

I mean it was covering everything!!! die bridges all

Stupid question this may sound but does the white
gooey stuff get runny when it gets hot?

It was really too close to running underneath & glooping all
the pins up !!!!!!!!

I've cleaned it up but not turned it on yet

OOOOhhhhhh boy .. it worked when I got it tho

Nervous

[absalom]

Originally posted by j.m@talk21.com
Took HSF unit off this Athlon 700 & there was thermal
stuff everywhere !!!

I mean it was covering everything!!! die bridges all

Stupid question this may sound but does the white
gooey stuff get runny when it gets hot?

It was really too close to running underneath & glooping all
the pins up !!!!!!!!

I've cleaned it up but not turned it on yet

OOOOhhhhhh boy .. it worked when I got it tho

Nervous

Sounds to me like you have cheap white thermal grease all over the place and not very practical when keeping your cpu temps down buy AS3 .

[gibsinep]

It probably melted under the heat, Cheap stuff?

[j.m@talk]

Originally posted by gibsinep
It probably melted under the heat, Cheap stuff?

Hard to say, its been well put together, all cables neatly bundled up & all that. Just whipped off the H/s unit (Prior to bazzing it in the dish washer) & thought Holy S**t whats all this
There was gallons of it!
Slopping around all over the gaff

[bushmaster]

mebbe a cheap attempt at using a plastic shim

[gibsinep]

Or mabey some of that "gum" stuff

[absalom]

Thermal Grease will do that to you

[jad1097]

Someone put too much paste on there.


The cheap thermal paste works fine and has for years.


You did apply some thermal paste after you put it back together, right? It does not take very much.



LOL melted.

[j.m@talk]

Yep cleaned the mess up. put some more gooey stuff
on & all is hunky dorey Phew

Another fine mess averted by JM