I've run into people mixing thermal adhesive stuff with AS (a mix which according to them diverts heat better than tape or the other gunk alone), but that sounds a bit dodgy.Originally Posted by clocker
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I've run into people mixing thermal adhesive stuff with AS (a mix which according to them diverts heat better than tape or the other gunk alone), but that sounds a bit dodgy.
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I've used AS5 with a touch of superglue in each corner (of the chip) to reattach heatsinks like the OP's and it seems to work OK but a specific thermal adhesive would obviously be the optimal solution.
Even a high quality tape would be preferable to no sink at all.
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A low quality one wouldn't?
does not really look like high end specs. dont need a high end cooler
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Thermal tape- in general- is certainly a distant second choice to proper thermal grease but poor quality tape is almost as bad as no heatsink at all.A low quality one wouldn't?
Just my opinion, you understand.
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Finally, I got the thermal tapes today. I cleaned both the heatsink and the IC, but after I turned on PC and it stayed turned on for about 15-20 minutes the heatsink just fell down from IC. I repeated the procedure until the same story happened again. I think I should have used an adhesive rather than a tape...
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Arctic Silver makes an adhesive that works well.
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I forgot to mention yesterday, that after I had cleaned both the chip and the heatsink, I applied a thermal tape to the heatsink and then attached it to the chip. After that, when ambient and chip temperatures rose to 45-50C, the heatsink fell down from the chip. After second attempt the same story happened. It seems that the tape melts at high temperatures.
So, I decided to follow your advice and will buy Artic Silver adhesive compound. Also, I want to try to use a drop of superglue in each corner of the chip. I think it will work.
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It sounds like you got ordinary thermal pads or tape (which are designed for the cpu, and as you've discovered they melt), rather than the adhesive type.
If you use proper adhesive thermal compound or tape you shouldn't need superglue.
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Thank you very much clocker and lynx!
I did everything you told me and it works like a charm now.
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