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| 705380 | 2008-09-16 00:12:00 | You could always fix it permanently to the chip using thermal compound? Which is like superglue and thermal grease in one. At least I think that would work. Wouldn't it? |
Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
| 705381 | 2008-09-16 00:30:00 | You could always fix it permanently to the chip using thermal compound? Which is like superglue and thermal grease in one. At least I think that would work. Wouldn't it?Sounds interesting - can you tell me more?? :D Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 705382 | 2008-09-16 01:10:00 | Sounds interesting - can you tell me more?? :D Mike. I'm not really certain enough to tell you to do it. See what someone like PCTek, Wainui, or one of the others say. They're the pros, I just thought it might work. Might save you some time and money. Only thing is it's basically impossible (I think) to undo once you've done it. When I was a teenager (not that long ago) I tried to take the heatsink off of my dads computer (old computer, so OK). It was compounded on, and I ripped the heat spreader straight off of the CPU. Learned a lesson that day. |
Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
| 705383 | 2008-09-16 04:15:00 | I'm not really certain enough to tell you to do it. See what someone like PCTek, Wainui, or one of the others say. They're the pros, I just thought it might work. Might save you some time and money. Only thing is it's basically impossible (I think) to undo once you've done it. OK then, anyone? :) I found some Arctic Silver Alumina Epoxy Adhesive (www.pp.co.nz)- is this useable to reattach my heatsink? anything I need to know? Will the heatsink be too heavy for the chip once it's attached, as the chip will then be supporting the weight of the heatsink? Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 705384 | 2008-09-16 04:57:00 | OK then, anyone? :) I found some Arctic Silver Alumina Epoxy Adhesive (www.pp.co.nz)- is this useable to reattach my heatsink? anything I need to know? Will the heatsink be too heavy for the chip once it's attached, as the chip will then be supporting the weight of the heatsink? Mike. It definitely won't be too heavy for the chip. Unless you have an absolute monster of a northbridge chip (which you almost certainly don't), it won't weigh too much more than 20 grams (guess). That's nothing. Less than nothing. Now to wait for PCtek or someone... |
Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
| 705385 | 2008-09-16 20:11:00 | I found some Arctic Silver Alumina Epoxy Adhesive (www.pp.co.nz)- is this useable to reattach my heatsink? Can anyone confirm that I can use this stuff on my heatsink, or do I need to go down the line of getting the loops soldered back on? Cheers, Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 705386 | 2008-09-16 21:40:00 | Being the type of heatsink that yours is, I suspect the northbridge has an exposed die - which is quite a small area compared to others I have no idea if Arctic Alumina is a good idea or not, but if it was me I'd try to get the clips resoldered |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 705387 | 2008-11-04 06:04:00 | OK I know its been a while, but here's what I did :) I misplaced the little D clip things (kids got them I'm guessing), so decided to flag getting them resoldered and bought some arctic alumina epoxy and this past weekend I glued the heatsink onto the chip. About 4 hours later (as recommended in the epoxy instructions) the chip was stuck quite firmly in place, and the PC has been running ever since, so I'm assuming its working right. So thanks for the suggestion of the thermal epoxy Bananamonkey, it seems to have done the job :D Cheers, Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
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