 cbrigante2Cubs 20??Premium
join:2002-11-22
North Aurora, IL | reply to C0deZer0
Re: [ps3] yLoD prevention, I hope I usually use the edge of a credit card or something similar to spread the paste over the whole chip...very thin. The paste is not as effective if you have too much in there. |
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 OCZThe Former Pocket
join:2009-05-15
Saint Paul, MN | said by cbrigante2:I usually use the edge of a credit card or something similar to spread the paste over the whole chip...very thin. The paste is not as effective if you have too much in there. That's what the heat-spreaders are for (on top of the GPU/CPU)
It's also recommended by arctic silver to do the pea method. |
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 ztmikeMark for moderationPremium
join:2001-08-02
Michigan City, IN | reply to cbrigante2
said by cbrigante2:I usually use the edge of a credit card or something similar to spread the paste over the whole chip...very thin. The paste is not as effective if you have too much in there. I don't recommend this.
Its basically the same thing on PC's, what you do is just squirt about a grain of rice on the middle of the cpu/gpu and then just put the heatsink back down, when you do this it will spread the thermal paste itself.
If you spread the paste yourself it will cause air bubbles and it will run hot. |
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 C0deZer0Oc'D To Rhythm And PolicePremium
join:2001-10-03
Davenport, FL | not to mention that Arctic Silver themselves also recommend the "pea" method as well for a job like this. They have a "line" method for the Core 2 processors and stuff, but that's so it most immediately spreads over the "hottest" part of the chip. As these are basically single-core chips, the pea method starts from the hottest part and spreads across the surface.
And it's more of a 'liquid silver' rather than a paste, which is what $ony used here.
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cbrigante2Cubs 20??Premium
join:2002-11-22
North Aurora, IL | Yeah I guess I learned something from this thread. I was going a CPU install a few years back and was following a step by step online..and they did the spread method on the AS5. I like the method you guys describe in here much better. Easier to do actually. |
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