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05-28-2008, 11:36 AM
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| Junior Techie  Join Date: May 2008 Location: *sigh* Currently Alabama
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 |  No Thermal Paste! Potential Harm? I was just reading the Thermal Paste Aplications Thread and it reminded me..... About a week or so ago, My brother, A city over from me, Had pulled his heatsink for cleaning and didnt have any Thermal Paste to put it back on with. So he just didnt use any. He Said he "Polished" both the CPU and HS before putting them together. I tried to tell him that Polishing takes days, Starting with an extremely fine grain sand paper and ending with a polishing compound and has to be done to a Mirror Finish. But he didnt want to go without being able to use his computer. So what kind of destruction is going on under there? About how long does he have before his "Abrupt Lesson" is learned? |
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05-28-2008, 11:38 AM
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| Moderator  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Oxford, UK
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| Re: No Thermal Paste! Potential Harm? Well it depends on what sort of temperatures he's getting. With no paste I assume the temps are pretty nasty though. Also it depends which sort of processor he has...some of the older ones heat up and die....but most just downclock to reduce dangerous temperatures and/or shut down. In any case he should get some thermal paste on there ASAP.
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05-28-2008, 11:55 AM
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| Junior Techie Join Date: May 2008 Location: *sigh* Currently Alabama
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| Re: No Thermal Paste! Potential Harm? Its a (old) Compaq P4 1.8 ghz all stock. I was over there last night and it seems to still be running fine. Its only got 380+ Ram so its kinda hard to tell. But they cant afford anything better and Id hate to see theyre only computer (no matter how crappy) Die. |
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05-28-2008, 12:01 PM
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| Re: No Thermal Paste! Potential Harm? everest or speedfan will tell you the temperature
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05-28-2008, 12:18 PM
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| ликвида́торы  Join Date: Feb 2007
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| Re: No Thermal Paste! Potential Harm? P4's tend to run hot anyway so he may be baking his chip, tell him to get some compound on that chip as soon as possible it's only a few quid an will save him more in the long run.
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05-28-2008, 07:54 PM
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| Junior Techie Join Date: May 2008 Location: *sigh* Currently Alabama
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| Re: No Thermal Paste! Potential Harm? I called him and told him whats been said here, but he has none and it would be a while before he could get some sent to him (tinytown, usa). Is there an alternative for a few days or a week until he can get some in there? Something that he would have around the house or something? |
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05-28-2008, 08:05 PM
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| Re: No Thermal Paste! Potential Harm? Doubt it, he is best just not using it. He would better off not using it for a week an waiting for some thermal paste than waiting even longer for a new computer.
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05-28-2008, 08:43 PM
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| Re: No Thermal Paste! Potential Harm? Its worse than just forgetting your pants its more like painting your wang with blood an attaching a link of sausages to it an shouting dinner time fido.
__________________ "May the *NIX Kernel be praised and revered" There is no patch for human stupidity. What is the matter with you? do you have a extra go to 10 line or something? Last edited by Saxon; 05-28-2008 at 08:45 PM. |
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05-28-2008, 08:52 PM
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| Re: No Thermal Paste! Potential Harm? im quoting you on that its ***** hilarious!
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