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Last post 06-28-2008, 7:21 PM by HOGHAULER. 3 replies.


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06-28-2008, 3:58 PM 347476

PacMan
Joined on 01-02-2008
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Artic Silver 5

ok I'm going to buy this thermal compound for both my fan/heatsinks on both of my comps.....now heres the question....on bottom of both fan/heatsinks there is this gray stuff...like some crappy factory thermal compound now i read the instructions on putting on AS5, is this the thermal compound they say to wipe off??

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06-28-2008, 4:52 PM 347486 in reply to 347476

HOGHAULER
Joined on 11-06-2007
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Re: Artic Silver 5

Yes it is, I use a razor blade to scrape it off then wet a paper towel with Isopropel alcohol to clean the remainder off then let it dry and apply the AS5 following the instructions. Cool

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06-28-2008, 5:19 PM 347501 in reply to 347486

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Re: Artic Silver 5

thanks for the help man

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06-28-2008, 7:21 PM 347512 in reply to 347501

HOGHAULER
Joined on 11-06-2007
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Re: Artic Silver 5

You are more than welcome, just glad to be of help. Yes

I fold for my uncle Mac and anyone who has to suffer from these DISEASES
what goes around comes around
(RIG) MSI P35 Platinum Q6600@3.3 HIS HD2600XT512mb,128bit 2gigs Corsair2048-6400C5DHX Seagate barracuda sata 120 gig Liteon sata DVD Burner
RaidMax AZTEC midtower, PC P&C 610watt PSU, 19" envision LCD monitor.

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