Thermal Glue

are you suppose to replace the thermal glue after you take the heatsink off your CPU? I took the heat sink off my computer to clean it and I'm wondering if you're suppose to replace the thermal glue or not before putting it back on?

how do I make my own thermal glue for book binding. I want to heat the glue to the pages myself? is there a place to purchase the glue in bulk then cut it to the size I need. I plan to place a strip on the book cover and bind the pages to it... I am avoiding purchasing the expensive equipment untill the future.

Does anyone know the thermal glue that is needed to fix an xbox 360 three red rings? I have just taken my xbox appart as my warrnenty expired and i thought i would try and fix it, but i dont know what type/brand of glue to apply?

How to apply thermal glue? How exactly, and to where exactly, do you apply thermal glue?

Is there a substitute for thermal glue? I was just trying to find if there was something other than thermal glue/paste to use when putting the heatsink on the processor. When I say something, I mean something that will serve the same purpose as thermal glue. Please help!!!

Is there any way to replace your cpu heatsinkl after adding thermal glue? I bought a good heatsink, but i didnt get it till after I already put my computer together (i used the one that came with the processor), Now it finnaly arrived and im wondering if its possible to get it on there even after I added that glue stuff

What would happen to a proccessor without thermal grease or thermal glue? (see details)? Why do people put thermal glue on a CPU, wouldn't the heat sink be enough?

what kind of thermal glue should i use to fix my xbox 360? my xbox got the 3 red lights about a month ago , and xbox didnt fix it for me so now im trying to fix it myself , i have my xbox all taken apart and when i got to the thermal glue it was all melted and had went on some of the other stuff , so i was thinking i would just reinforce it with some new thermal glue and it would work again

Is Adhesive glue the same as Thermal paste? I told my mum to go and get thermal paste when she went out, and she came back with adhesive glue(PASCO, Epoxy Adhesive) so does it do the same as Thermal Paste? P.S: The case and package is orange

Is it okay to not use thermal glue on a cpu?

Is my cpu done? Does to much Thermal glue make cpu smoke?Why wont my Ide devices power on? Ok so i decided to build myself a nice new fast computer. I put everything together, including the cpu with thermal paste and attached the heat sink and fan. After the computer was all put together every thing look fine,i decided to try a test run to see if everything powered up. Right when i notice smoke coming from the cpu fan so i quickly shut it off. I checked the cpu after it looked fine except the thermal paste was dried out around where the cpu and heat sink meet so i wiped the left over glue off. Now when i start up for a second time, all the fans turn on lights etc. no smoke, but my key board does not power on(only for second) the ide devices (dvd drive and hdd) do not power on when the ide connector is in, it only powers on when the ide power cable is in ( i cant get them to power on when both are in) and i get no video from my pci express video card. This is my first time trying to run this computer and i so far never got to bios or any video at all, i cannot get my peripheral devices to power up or respond ( they all are working devices).Why wont my Ide devices power on? Why dont i get video from my video card? Could to much thermal glue make cpu smoke? Every thing eles in the computer work except these things,please help- i just want to start this thing up. I built computers before and the processor was mounted in right. I did put alotof paste on it. I un plugged all my ide cables and cards expect for my video card but still no video... Austin Semiconductor you just said every thing that is happening. it is good to know that my cpu is working because my key board does light up for a secong then goes black, and all other devices such as a mouse light up and stay lit. I have just found out that is was not any of the parts or devices but it was the motherboard. They sold me a bad motherboard, which shorted and smoked. I get a new free one.

Core i7 installation, does the thermal glue have a film of plastic that needs to be removed? I'm going to install the core i7 which comes with it's own thermal glue on the heatsink, but i can't seem to see any plastic covering the paste...is there any or does the core i7 go right on to the cpu as soon as you have plugged it into the motherboard? I mean does the heatsink go ontop of the cpu straight away, or does a film need to be removed from the thermal glue first? Also should I try and spread the thermal glue around so it covers the heatsink contact, it doesn't look like those 3 strops of glue it will go over a large surface.

What glue is good for a computer? I'm planning to build a computer of my own and don't have any thermal glue. What would work on a CPU and is easy to find at any store?

Will opening the xbox 360 arcade and changing the thermal compound glue and fixing x clamps fix all xbox 360? breakdowns

can i use glue instead of thermal paste? or what can i use instead of it.

where can I buy thermal glue?

Can I Apply heatsink to cpu with thermal glue? then overclock it...? I have a cpu on a wierd board so i am having trouble mounting it but what i would like to do is just glue the damn heatsink to the cpu and call it a day...if i need to remove it I can just take a scraper blade and scrape the glue from the heatsink first then peel it off the heatsink or scrape....i have a quad core so its kind of on the low end right now...so i don't care all i am asking is will this work?

Does my Heatsink/Fan come with any thermal compound/glue? I am buying this fan for my new cpu and i need to know weather it comes with compound or not. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3427261

difference between silicone glue and thermal heatsink?

How can i check if my processor is fried? It wont boot into anything, or can it be the thermal glue between the processor and the heat sink, what should i do to the old thermal glue on the surface and what should i get to apply a new coat of glue on?

how much thermal grease do i apply when fitting a laptop cpu? Hi, im trying to find out how much thermal grease/paste i should put on a cpu when fitting it in my samsung v20 laptop. do i cover the cpu?just a bit in the middle? the place i buy it from sells it in a little tube (like a small tube of super glue size) and i dont know weather to put it all on or just a smidgeon!! please help. :) i know a hell'ova lot more about it than you. but then you know all the gay web adresses u prick. nettosville? were you formerly aldi-alley?

Why is my CPU overheating in a couple hours? Brand new Intel QuadCore on a brand new MSI motherboard. The heat sink was installed properly, and already had thermal glue on it. I have two additional system fans running as well.

What are the best materials to make a thermal protection system for a small rocket? I need to make a small space capsule for a school science project. We have to make a way to prevent it from burning up we have to make a Thermal Protection System. We can make it out of a copper sheet, aluninum foil, aluninum, and a peoce of plain window screen. any ideas for for an order or shapes of materials? oh yea everything is attached to a bolt that is glued into a block of wood and it has to stay up for 4 minutes

Is there a way to prevent the Yellow light of death for PS3? My ps3 has gotten the YLOD but fortunately enough i was able to fix it. Now it has gotten it again, but before i fix it I want to know if there is a way to avoid this in the future. The first time it had to do with the the thermal glue/coolant gel, i'm pretty sure this is the problem now. I'm wondering if buying one of those system coolers (like those fans) will keep the gel from drying up. Any suggestions?

Can I use superglue for Component heat sinking? I have to heat sink an amplifier chip that dissipate about 20W of heat onto a old CPU heat sink. I don't want to drill the holes. therefore can super glue be used to bond the surfaces together, whiles still remaining to be able to transfer all heat from the chip onto the heat sink? If not is there any other easily accessible and cheap thermal glue? the cheap is a TDA1554 amplifier.

Should I upgrade the processor in my computer or buy a new computer? Im not sure exactly the model of my current processor. Its an Intel processor single core 3.06ghz, My computer is a Dell dimension e520, 3GB DDR2 RAM, 80GB SATA HDD and 160GB SATA HDD, nvidia 5500 128Mb. And i was thinking of upgrading to a dual core processor. I have a fairly good knowledge of computers, but have no idea how to replace my processor. I know i need some thermal insulating glue?

Q6600 Cores have Hotter Tepretures than the CPU TEMP? My Q6600 is running a bit hot as i have mentioned before and i am getting some new thermal glue to fix it. But out of interest is it normal for the cores of the CPU to run hotter than the CPU Temperature. CPU Runs 33-45oC, cores 47 - 70oC. Most people have hotter cores, but what is a good temp for a core to go to?

Hair extensions: can I thermal bond a weft? A friend has been helping me apply cold bonded hair extension wefts to my head. While I LOVE the way they look, they just aren't meant to last long. Shampoo and natural scalp oils loosen the bonds, and it's just a vicious cycle. Is it possible to use keratin glue sticks with a hot glue gun to apply it to a weft and attach near my roots?

Thermal protection system? How are the space shuttle's orbiter thermal protection tiles produced, by whom and what material/s etc are used? Is it an expensive product to produce? What type of glue is used as it obviously is'nt your standard wood glue. Is the orbiter's thermal blanket used in less intense heat areas of the craft made of the same material as the tiles.

where could i get a xbox 360 graphics card.? i have no video output on my 360. i watched a video on youtube that said i need to put some artic thermal glue on a chip. i did that and still no output. so sence the last time i played my xbox the graphics where all messed up, i figure that my 360's graphics card is fried. so......... where could i get a xbox 360 graphics card.

how long will cpu over temperature last with out doing anything? can i use glue instead of thermal paste in cpu?

HOW TO JOIN TWO PIECES OF WIRE WITHOUT USING SOLDER OR GLUE? does anyone know how to join this cable to a thermal fuse without using solder or glue. http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/ac132/area51_2k7/ghd_thermal_fuse_in_pot.jpg i guess none of these have been used to make the connection because the thermal fuse reaches a high temperature. i tried to desolder it but it does not come apart, it seems to be welded together or something. if anyone knows how to join these cables without using a big expensive welder please reply. thanks I can't use ferrules or a wire nuts because it would not fit into the ceramic pot which would then be filled with a potting compound. thanks for your answer SKYNET, it sounds like the best thing to do but im not experienced enough to run a high current through the wire to make the join. if i was to try this how high voltage would i need to use? 150v 200v+? please e-mail me: area51_2k7@yahoo.co.uk thanks to everyone for all there answers

Adhesive Thermal Pad for Heatsink? I am having the hardest time trying to find Adhesive Thermal Pad for Heatsinks and I can not find it in any stores. I only find it online. Will I be able to put a little super glue on the heatsink and then put it back on the chip?

why is it necessary to replace the x-clamps with screws on my xbox 360? im trying to fix my xbox and im just wondering why after i put the new thermal glue on , why i cant just put the x-clamps back on the way they were

How to remove thermal paste that is 'glued' cpu to heatsink? Well having problems with my pc, possibly linked it to an overheating issue. Removed fan to find heatsink was cemented to cpu via thermal paste -took 20 minutes to reach release lever for cpu- the two are baked together and I cannot get the thing off. What safe methods can I use to separate the two and reapply some competent paste? I have heard freezing the sink will make the paste crack and flake right off, but can I do this with the cpu welded onto the heatsink?

Laptops and thermal greese? I removed the heatsink on my dell laptop because the pets in my house shed teribaly and i could see hiar stuck in it that would not be blown out by combressed air. I went to go back and assemble it and noticed that there was not any thermal gress or at least any of a type i have seen before. There is this blue glue like substance hardend to the top of the processor. do laptop hardrives have this stuff in place of customary thermal gress. Should i put thermal gress on it just to be safe. If i do add some will it harm it. please help i no longer have the manual for the laptop so i can not check.

My computer won't log on anymore? Me and my friend were trying to upgrade some stuff on my Compaq Presario, but really didn't upgrade anything overall. Well anyways we took the processor out of it, and accidently turned on the computer without the processor. Then we put the processor back into the computer. Now it won't work no more. Do we need some thermal glue? When I say it doesn't turn on I mean, it turns on. But doesn't go anywhere. Just the fans are spinning extra hard. I try opening disk tray to see if it'd function but doesn't. Help? Desktop By the way

how to differentiate? How can I be able to differentiate a semiconductor diode from other kinds of diode like laser diode and light emitting diode?(basing on appearance) A semiconductor diode uses the P-N junction right? Erm, so how will I be able to isolate the p-type semiconductor from the n-type semiconductor? Also, how can I be able to attach the semiconductor to a metal, is it advisable to use thermal glue? What are other means in attaching them? Please answer asap.

Keep getting BSOD, even after fresh windows xp install, but it passes memtest86+? I just built a computer with the following specs: amd athlon64 x2 5400+ 2gb 800mhz ddr2 ram evga 7900gs 500gb sata I tried windows xp pro x64 and 32-bit versions, but it freezes, or restarts, or i get a bsod everytime I run a game or watch a movie or do a virus scan. sometimes when i run itunes. i have all the drivers updated, all the windows update stuff done, and i tried it with the most basic configuration. all the fans are working, and they're pretty good aftermarket fans that are fully compatible. I put a thin layer of thermal glue on the cpu too. When I check my system temps, they are normally this: cpu=40C, system=33C, and vga=50C. overall i'd say my computer is well cooled. maybe it is bad ram but i ran memtest86+ through 20 tests and they all passed. Could it be that memtest doesnt test l1 and l2 cache or the vga memory? oh, also the bsod says "win32k.sys"... blah blah blah... "beginning dump of physical memory" at the bottom, but my memtests show that my ram is fine. thx

On center tables how is glass top fixed on to metal stands? It certainly is not vaccum, glue, moulding.? This is regarding furniture. I find that centre tables with glass tops are fitted with two to five metal caps. May be these caps have same thermal expansion as that of glass. Then these metal caps are used for holding frame or stand. But I am unable to understand the technology used in joining the metal caps with glass plate. Please tell me. see picture of glass table at the website: http://www.peoplesfurniture.net/glass_furniture.htm I want to know how this is held to metal base. It is a very strong bondage.

need info on adhesives? Hello all, Am looking for general information about adhesives: which ones are used for what, differences between them and their relative strengths and weaknesses. Any links would be great. I'd specifically like to know anything you know about these ones: Cyanoacrylate Ahesive, and acrylate AB Epoxy Adhesive (or any kind of AB....what's with the two different substances?) Anaerobic Adhesive Thermal Glue (not glue gun) something called silicone? thanks for any insight

Heatsink Cleaning... Overheating? Hi Everyone!! :) Well my Acer Aspire sa90 2.6ghz Pentium D has been running very hot lately.... 50 degrees just on idle i have tried downloading speedfan and stuff but it seems my BIOS is in control of the fan so that software was no help.... I adjusted a setting the CPU warning temperature in BIOS to the lowest setting it could go which was 60 degrees... but whenever it reached 60 degrees it makes this schreeching noise that continues until the temperature reaches below 60.... it would screech upon startup then once the comp was on idle and temp was under 60 it would stop, then start a couple of programs and there it goes again until the temp drops again...... So i changed the Bios setting back to default which is 70 degrees CPU warning temperature now once it reaches 70 it will make that noise..... So if i play command and conquer red alert 3 i wont be hearing the game sound ill be hearing alot of screeching noise.. Ok so now ive been looking up on what i can do to sort this problem out! I find cleaning the heatsink might help so i look up on youtube about tutorials about how to pull out the heatsink and so on..... 20 mins later im inside my computer pulling it apart hehe :) So i pull apart the heatsink done a lil cleaning but wasnt sure if i should wipe off all that thermal glue stuff on the CPU and the bottom of the heatsink since i dont have any thermal glue myself so i just spreaded the thermal stuff thats already on there so that it had no clumpy bits and was spreaded level..... my question is: Do you think the heatsink is my problem? And If i removed the thermal glue without adding new thermal glue stuff to it will it overheat?? I also found you are able to Underclock or Undervoltage your CPU so that it is not making so much heat... would this be recommended?

xbox 360 help? i watched a video on youtube were a guy opens up the 360 and takes off the clamps and removes the two main components to clean away the old thermal glue left on so they can put new thermal glue on, well i did remove the clamps and scrape away the old thermal glue from the chips, but i didnt put new thermal glue on it, could this be the reason why when i try to test it the fan spins super fast than cuts off, than after it cuts off two red lights blinked, i even let it cool down for a long time, but it just wont work, please if u have a solution please tell me

Fan keeps coming on? Keeps coming on when I have internet explorer open or a few programs on. And it stays on. Even when starting up it goes on and then goes off when computer boots to desktop screen. Then I open a program or 2 and it comes on. I opened the case, cleaned the whole inside out, took the fan out, cleaned that. I noticied one of the clamps that keeps the fan on in place was broken off. But its still pretty snug on the processor. It has this thermal glue also, could it be that it needs more thermal glue? Could I possibly need a new fan? 516 MB 2.70 intel celeron processor.

Problems after replacing heat sink? I just took out the heat sink ( fan ) out, and replaced it with a new one. I think it was not compatible or mabye I did not put on any new thermal glue, but the computer would start but turn off by itself after like 20 seconds while booting. So I put back my old heat sink with which the computer worked fine, but still I have the same problem, the computer just shuts off after 20 s. I am thinking once a heat sink is taken off u must put new thermal glue? Or when I put in the new heat sink and turned on the computer something happened then? Can't understand whats the problem. I have a p4 2.8 gz processor and asus motherboard. Yes the fan is running, but it still turns off abruptly while booting, before reaching the windows loading screen. Will the computer start booting if the processor is damaged?

P4 computer freezes/locks up after about 1-30 minutes every time.? Hokay, so my girlfriend has had this Gateway computer for the longest time that has been working fine running XP, but for the past couple of months it has been freezing/locking up nonstop. She had me format it a while back and it fixed it for about an hour and now its even worse! Its a P4 1.6Ghz socket 478 with 256 MB of DDR 266 ram. As crappy as that is, I recently decided that I would get to the bottom of this problem for her because she needs a computer. First thing we played around with it and watched it crash a couple of times and attempted to format it with Linux but it wouldn't even let us get to the first screen haha. Next we cleaned out all of the dust in the computer, fans, heat sink, etc. still didn't help. Then we took a stop at a local computer store to buy a new faster CPU for it. We got a P4 2.0 Ghz. (Not much faster but it would eliminate the possibility of it being a CPU problem and gain some speed in the process.. Plus it was cheap) then we took a stop at another store to pick up a stick of DDR 266 512 MB ram. (also not much more but still eliminates if it may be freezing due to lack of ram) So we installed everything and blablabla. I would like to point out that getting the CPU off of the heatsink was a serious pain. I think gateway used thermal glue instead of grease? I really have no idea. I used a screw driver and ended up prying off the bottom half of the CPU. So now I have the top half of the cpu glued to this stupid metal heat sink. I literally had no choice but to use a tile grout scraper and use all of my strength just to remove it. Afterwords the leftover thermal stuff wouldn't come off with rubbing alcohol so I had to scrape it some more with the tile scraper. After replacing it and adding the ram we turned it on, gave it another format, this time into the XFCE version of Linux Mint 6, (simply because of the amazingly low amount of CPU and RAM it requires to run the OS) It worked for a while (longer than before) then yet again froze. I then, hoping it could be true, decided to grab a new power supply from my sisters Alienware and switch them out because I heard in rare cases power supply's could, after a lot of use, cause freezing. still froze after a little bit of use. I even went in and disabled everything that was not in use and unplugged the floppy drive and USBs and removed the 56k modem that was not in use to make sure nothing was interfering. Still froze. So basically it is narrowed down the either the hard drive, video card (which is a really old Nvidia Geforce 2 or something like that (I know it has a 2 in it), or the motherboard. I dont think it is the hard drive because it doesnt really crash when I am transferring files or anything like that, and plus it locked up once when I was in the live CD version of Linux which had nothing to do with the hard drive, and it even locked up in the Bios once when I was disabling stuff. Just to make sure I ran the long test with Seagate Seatools and it crashed in the middle of it so I decided to take the hard drive out and run the test from my computer. It ran the entire test without any problems and passed. I then took out the hard drive from my computer that I know works and put it in her computer. My goal was to see it crash with a hard drive that I know works to hopefully eliminate that possibility. It did crash. I do not know if that's a good enough test to eliminate the hard drive possibility but it seems pretty logical to me. I'm not sure, but I doubt it is the video card. I guess it is possible? Can it cause freezes? So I think the mobo must have something wrong with it. I looked at it, up and down to see if any capacitors might be blown or leaking and I don't see anything. Either way it just seems like the only logical answer to me so I looked up the motherboard to see what kind of price we are looking at. http://search.pricewatch.com/motherboards/socket_478_video-0.htm Its the one on the top. Do you think it would be the right choice to purchase that or is there a better one? Also, do you think it could be the video card or the hard drive? Or even something else? I mean, I don't want to replace the motherboard for nothing.. I want to see if there are any other possibilities. No, we are not buying a new computer. We are already this far in fixing this one and refuse to give up. These computer parts are really cheap anyway.. Also, how common is it for the CPUs to be that hard to remove from the heat sink? PLEASE HELP I love my girlfriend!

How much would this xbox be worth? I am planning to sell my xbox and accesories and I would like to know how much it would sell for all together: -xbox 360 that has been modded to play copied games -4 wireless controllers -1 headset -Call of Duty Modern Warfare -Call of Duty World at War -Halo 3 -GTA IV -Any many other games The xbox is in great condition and the glue has been replaced with a much stronger thermal glue. Can someone give me an estimate as to the value of all these things together?

First time desktop builder, am I missing anything? So I've decided to build a desktop (sort of) rather than buying a premade one. I have chosen the barebone kit which includes the motherboard, CPU, RAM, Tower. Can't forget the CPU fan and thermal paste. Also getting two extra cooling fans for the case. I'm going to use my current 40GB HD and DVD ROM in the meantime until I can upgrade the HD. I also already have a monitor,keyboard, mouse, and speakers. I plan on using this computer for mainly schoolwork and internet, eventually some gaming (TF2, WoW) when I buy a graphics card. Barebone: http://www.compusa.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4509497&sku=B69-0038 CPU fan: http://www.compusa.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2604150&sku=T925-1168 Case Fans(2): http://www.compusa.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1897486&sku=S457-1056 Thermal Glue: http://www.compusa.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3522883&sku=O261-8086 Am I missing anything that wont let this computer run? First time builder. Thanks!

Xbox just red ringed, How/what does Xbox refurbish? do they send a new one? How does this all work? I sent in my Xbox 360 11/09/09. I have read about the new jasper internals, and that xbox has "changed" their refurbish process but they do not specify how/what other than mention of Jasper internals (and even then they don't specify if they use those for all Refurbs) I have a few questions: 1. What does xbox refurbish now in their New 2009 procedure? (fans? power supply? chipset? thermal glue? Thermal Pads? Does the refurbish procedure vary problem to problem?) 2. How likely is it Xbox will just send me a New Xbox? (read a few cases like this, my console is about 2 years old. How likely is this? Does it come with a hard drive and controller like a store 360?) 3. How likely is it to fail after 2009 refurbish? (read some horror stories from back in the day, wonder if it will happen to me) 4. How/Can I get a month extra of xbox live or microsoft points? (read sometimes they do this as a sorry for the inconvienence. Still the case? do I have to ask?) 5. Finally, Is there a way for me to tell how they refurbished it without cracking it open? (say they gave me some chipset that isn't jasper, can I tell? is there a way to tell if they fixed all the other stuff? I don't wanna void the warenty) The reason I ask is if all is good with a NEW refurb, I'll not worry. If not, I plan on trading my refurbed Pro with a 20gb to Gamestop and switch it for an arcade model and use my spare 60gb hardrive I have in it. And please spare me "Xbox sucks, get a PS3" answers. I already have a PS3, it won't do me any good to buy ANOTHER!

I need help my CPU seems to be running a tad hot.? I have a Q6600. My last Q6600 used to run at around 20 - 30oC (this broke for other reasons) I replaced the CPU along with a nvidia 9800GTX and a corsair power Supply. The CPU no runs at 45oC idle!!! I think that this is wrong though just for a few reasons. It is 45oC AS SOON as i turn the computer on and go into bios which is a bit suspicious as i didn't think that it would get that hot that quick. It has an artic freezer pro 7 on there and the hot air gets chucked straight out the back. But the thing is it doesn't feel hot, the air that is expelled. So it cant be producing that much heat, or the cooler is being weird. I thought it may be something to do with thermal glue but i am not sure, could i have knocked something on the motherboard to give in accurate temperatures? PS, While i was getting my other Cpu replaced i had an intel D which ran at almost identical temperatures with a different cpu cooler. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

I need help finding a new Processor/CPU? Right now I have an AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3700+ @ 2.20GHz. According to CanYouRunIt.com, it is the only thing that is slowing me down in WoW(Yes, World of Warcraft...I know) as it just barely meets the Minimum requirements when everything else is at the Recommended requirements. I have been looking at this processor here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103674 I thought the price looked reasonable for the specs. I wanna ask 4 things about it. 1. How much better is it than this processor http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=37255&code=Intel%C2%AE+Core%E2%84%A22+Duo+Processor+T6600+(2M+Cache,+2.20+GHz,+800+MHz+FSB) 2. How can I tell if it will fit on my motherboard? 3. What do I need to do to install it? Just remove my old Fan and CPU then put the new CPU where it goes, put thermal glue on it then get the fan on? There isn't anything else to it is there? 4. Is there a better processor you would recommend that is >$200? Thanks for any help you can give me. Actually, I have replaced everything within the last year except for my CPU. My Motherboard just might be a little bit old though. It's a Winfast and looks like it was made in 2005 =O. My CPU and Motherboard would be the only things I would replace(Ram if necessary too). Mercuri, you seem to know what you are talking about, any way I could contact you easier? Do you use any IMs? An email address you use? If not, what would I need to look for in a Motherboard? Something like this work: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131402

Does laptop thermal grease wear out? I've had problems with overheating in my laptop the last few months. I was told that condensing memory would help, which it did, for a week. I then took it in to get it professionally cleaned, fans and everything. Now I wonder, does Thermal Grease wear out? I've had my laptop since February 2007 and I haven't changed it or reapplied it at all. My CPU usually operates around 25 degrees Celsius (77 Fahrenheit), but yesterday I did a cold restart and it was at 25 degrees Celsius, today it's at 56 degrees Celsius (133 Fahrenheit). It keeps going up and some of the papers glued to bottom of my laptop have already fallen off due to excessive heat. Is it the thermal grease, I don't know what else it could be. Also, I've heard around the Internet that Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Grease is a good one to use, is that true? Please help me. Thanks in advance.

Will a Pentium 4 with a different FSB speed work with a motherboard with another FSB speed? I removed my P4 chip off the motherboard and when I put it back, I bent a few pins, the computer doesn't work anymore, doesn't even run the BIOS program or beep or anything. I'm up to get a new processor as the one I got might have the inside circuits broken as I forced it out of the thermal cement that glued it to the cooler (bad idea, I know - I realize I did something really stupid.

My Xbox 360 has a 3 light red ring of death again....? hi guys this is the second time this happen. first i was able to fix it myself by taking out the x-clamp and putting screws, washers and thermal glue to attach the heat-sinks to the motherboard... (as seen on youtube) for nearly a month it was working. then today my lil brother played for over 5 hours. then boom red light!!! my question is. is there another way to fix this? cuz i dont really want to throw this one away. i want to try the towel trick. but it has negative feedbacks from xbox owners.. then theres the penny trick.. do u think this will work, need help now!! thank u guys..

I Need Xbox 360 Help!!!? well i was grounded for about 2 weeks and to celebrate my ungroundedness i bought Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and a year of Xbox Live. Before i was grounded i noticed that the color was a little crazy becasue it would go green whenever i played a game and sometimes i would turn on the xbox and the screen would stay black. I looked on the internet and almost every site i went to it would tell e that it was an early sign of getting the Red Rings of Death. I thought that it would eventually go away but the same day i bought the game and the year of xbox live IT happened. It was a cold night, everyting was silent, it was just me my xbox and the thrill of playing Modern Warefare 2. I approached the power button slowly to appretiate the moment. Everything was fine for a second then The 3 Red Rings appeared. I felt my heart beating really fast and i felt all this rage build up inside of me. i didnt know what to do so i went on my computer and searched for what seemed like hours. Some sites told me to do the so called ' Towel Trick' some told me to open the xbox and use some thermal glue on the Gpu and Cpu and others told me to call Microsoft and tell them about my problem but that would take a really long time. I need help on what you guys recommend i should do and why

2 red rings xbox 360? i just got the two red rings which means overheating. i was curious if anyone know how to fix it manually the warranties up so im not paying them shit and i dont want to get a new one if the same things going to happen. i just want to know what might be damaged in the xbox and what i may need to replace. what do people at Microsoft do to actually fix this problem? i also want to know if any you tube tricks work like thermal glue or the penny trick. please help. thanks alot. and one last thing microsoft is great an everything but w the F do we have to play for xbox live if every xbox self destructs and your forced to but a new one or buy their repairs. were getting robbed at gun point. bullshit! i let it cool down for a day but within 5 - 10 minutes i get the rings. so how do you fix this hardware problem w/o microsofts repair or buying a new one? not buying ps3 games suck and.... intercooler cause red rings?

Safe to put desktop p4 2.4GHZ processor in Inspiron 1521? I would like an upgrade on the inspiron 1521. I heard it can have something other than an AMD turion 64 1.8GHZ (which i find to be rather suckish), and we have a desktop that has a pentium 4 2.4GHZ. I want to know if it would be safe (i'm not asking about battery life, temperature or anything else) to put the desktop processor inside my laptop. I opened it up already and the processor is upgradeable. I know how to replace a processor, and that i need thermal glue and all that. But I would really like a processor upgrade, and not a paperweight that looks like a laptop.

xbox 360 three red ring problem.? well i first got the three red rings awhile ago. i opened up my xbox and replaced those (supposedly) heat bandages and replaced them with 2 pennies wrapped in electrical tape stuck there by uh... thermal glue or something. i then closed my xbox and used the hot towel treatment to fix it. that worked for awhile. then it started flashing red rings again completely randomly. i gave up on it and it started working again later. then it stopped again. during this amount of time i found that tilting it diagonally (making it bang into my television shelf) made the red rings go away. i then left on a week long vacation and returned, started watching a video, and in the very middle of the video it froze. i turned it off and back on and poof comes the red ring, rearing its ugly head. i have learned that one of the three red rings comes immediately after i turn it on, which is the one i fix by banging it. i have learned that the new red three ring comes a slightlly longer time after i turn it on, when it starts making some whirling noises within the xbox. somebody please don't tell me to send it to microsoft and tell me why it doesn't work! (PS three red rings doesn't mean overheating it's something to do with hardware of the xbox 360 or the power cable (the power cable is working fine))

is this a good gaming rig? iBuypower Gamer 515-GZ2 AMD Gaming Computer - Athlon X2 6000+ Dual Core, 4GB DDR2-800, 500GB, NVIDIA GeForce 9600GT 512MB, DVDRW, DVD-ROM, Gigabit, 580W, Vista Home Premium (64-bit) and i plan on switching the video card to a XFX GeForce 8800 Ultra Video Card - 768MB DDR3, SLI Ready, PCI Express, (Dual Link) Dual DVI, HDTV, Video Card i need to know if everthing will work together and do i need to buy my own heat sink and thermal glue i want this to play games like WoW COD4 and fable2 and diablo 3

Did I ruin my processor? Athlon AM2 Dual Core 4000+ 2.1GHz? I was replacing my mother board and the first time I placed in the processor into the socket it fit fine. However, after installing the heatsink and cooler I realized that the new mother board had a 3 pin male connector for my cpu fan and my fan had a 4 pin female connector. Needless to say I had to remove the fan and heatsink and when doing so the processor was stuck to the heatsink. The thermal glue, which I used very sparingly, held the processor and heatsink together. Basically tearing out the processor. Some of the pins on the processor are bent and I can't get it to fit into the socket. Do I need to buy a new processor? I have valuable information on the hard drive that I need access to so I just ditching the system isn't an option.

Is this how you change a intel processor? My desktop pc is an hp a730n that has a intel pentium 4 3.0ghz processor, I recently got a 3.4ghz processor same thing just 400mhz more for free! and yes my motherboard will be able to handle it i called hp to confirm, i want to switch processors so my pc has the 3.4ghz instead of the 3.0ghz, i know it probally will not make that much of a difference but hey it was free and its 400mhz more... i have never did this before but doi i just take out the old processor and put the new one in and drop some thermal glue/paste on it and thats it? do i need to do any configering or some complication crap like that or is it just switch it and it works?

Xbox 360 - Controller wont sinc, and video doesnt work anymore (HDMI plugin)? I recently got the Rrod and i took it apart and did the penny trick...wrap two pennies in electric tape and used thermal glue to stick them onto the 4 chips. PICTURE ====> http://i.ehow.com/images/GlobalPhoto/Articles/4821479/motherboard360Firstchips_Full.jpg i also took the band aid looking things that were previously stuck to the chips and I stuck them to the inside of the top panel in the disk drive like so ====>http://www.flickr.com/photos/73552020@N00/3391011743/ doing so allows you to turn your 360 on its side without destroying your discs. But after putting all this back together, I plugged in all the cords right. I usually before i red ringed would play on my computer monitor as for it has HDMI abilities. But now, i have my 360 plugged into my computer like usual and my computer says "no input signal" and the screen is black. after doing all of this, and seeing that it didnt work, i did the towel trick, and still nothing (towel trick = over heating system to reset programing) also, I can turn on my 360 without a problem. I can even do it with the controllers, but it shows like the controllers are not sinc'd to the system. What can I do to fix these problems. obviously my warrante is void so i cant send it back and get a different one. Please anyone with information to help it would be greatly appreciated. I want to keep it a really cheap fix. I appologize for misspelled words lol http://www.flickr.com/photos/73552020@N00/3391011743/ this is the second link, it got cut off

How do you remove a CPU Heatsink that is glued without harming the CPU? I have a computer that needs a new Heatsink and fan for the CPU. I removed the finger clips, but it is still stuck on with thermal compound. The system is not cooling properly. The fan seems to be working fine, so I was trying to replace the heat sink and fan to see if that is the problem. Is it possible to put a more powerful fan on it to cool it better?

Where and how should I put my internal thermal sensors? My motherboard came with 3 of these attached to long wires and I'm not sure where to put them and then how to attach them. I'm thinking 1 on the cpu, 1 on the video card, and maybe the last one with the RAM. I hear that they aren't very accurate temp gauges, but unfortunately every fan in my case is on manual speed control so I figure its something I should be paying attention to. Also, more importantly than where, I'd like to know how you put a sensor with something and have it stay there to get the best reading (for example, am I supposed to somehow glue one to the side of the cpu?) Edit: I'm trying to keep fans at a minimum to reduce sound. Max speed isn't unbearable, but isn't exactly quiet.

Name of the grey colored glue between the CPU and it's heat sink? Where can i buy it? I recently replaced my CPU and while pulling the old one out, i discovered the "grey poo" in between the CPU and the heat sink. A friend of mine told me that the "poo" is necessary to allow the CPU to pass all of it's thermal output to the heat sink and hence an important component. The problem i have now is the fact that nearly all of the "grey poo" had gone off with the old CPU. Since the replacement CPU does not come with any "grey poo", where about can i buy them and what are they called?

My recently fitted Solid Oak floor is rising in places and creaking. Is this normal and will it go away? It is a 18mm solid oak glued floating floor above 12mm plywood and a waterproof / thermal membrane covering a concrete floor. We left at least 12mm gap all round and "climatised" the flooring for at least 10 days prior to install. I'm wondering if we need to act now or wait to see if it settles. Any help or advice appreciated. Thanks.

I glued my heatsink to my processor? Because my computer contains no brackets for connecting the heatsink to the processor, I used superglue to glue my heatsink to a Socket 423 Intel processor, putting thermal paste in the middle and a ring of superglue on the outside of the processor's metal cover. What do you think of this idea?

What should I do?? My heatsink fell off of one of my smaller chips but was clamped to the M.B.? It isnt my main heatsink but one of the brackets on the motherboard broke off that held one side of the heatsink down onto the chip and I lost it I tried thermal compound to re-bond the heatsink to the chip without getting the clamp/bracket fixed and it slides off should i glue it?? I need it to stay in place and I have checked in to getting it fixed and it is way too expensive just to solder a small metal clip to my m.b. would super-glue ruin its heat dissipating capabilities I just need it to have a firm hold. Any answers are appreciated!!

I think I just made a big mistake.? When I was cleaning out my cpu heat sink a fiew months ago, i noticed some sticky glue like paste on the cpu, so I wiped it all off ( not knowing that it was the processor thermal paste) my pc hasnt overheated yet, but I use it for youtube,word, and very intense games. Should I worry? Should I buy some new paste or not?

Motherboard or CPU? My Dell Inspiron 1100 was overheating and shutting down. I opened it and found the heatsink glued to the base and the processor glued to the heatsink. No thermal grease anywhere. Removed & reseated heatsink but did not grease (don't have any yet). After that computer powered on, can hear a fan (which?), but no POST. Only steady green power light & blinking battery charge, no HD light. Dell said 'bad mobo'. Bought and installed a new mobo & heatsink. Careful, static-free installation. Did NOT replace CPU or HD. Same problem: powers up, fan sound but no POST. No beep, no message, no anything else. After 1-2 minutes, fan stops and only power led light remains on. Defective mobo or fried CPU?

I found a way to fix Xbox RROD (Red Ring of Death)? It only requires 12 pennies, black tape, T6 screwdriver, thermal paste (found at radioshack) if you can't get thermal paste I have used a water solvent glue. Lemme know if you want more info. I was going to profit off this info. But greed is a sin. Lemme know if you want help! I'm not talking about a XBOX under warranty. Of course you'll just send it in. It's only $40 more dollars to buy a new one than to send to xbox under no warranty. But I have fixed SEVERAL with 12 cents. They have been running for months with all night usage. And your a fool if you think thermal paste will ruin a chip. Your a top contributor but your uneducated if you think thermal paste ruins chips. You use a tiny amount and COPPER is a huge conductor of heat. The main thing is relieving the pressure from those chips by removing screws. Not only does my method fix old dusty RROD xboxs. But it IMPROVES them. Please don't comment on something you know little about.

how to i fix my broken bong? hey the mouth pice and part of the mount pice and going down aboudt a quarter of the way down and im trying to melt the glass back together. my friend suggested gorilla gluing it but i don't want to use glue i cant buy a new one and i want to try to melt this back together how to i go about using a propane torch to fix it. also it ant shattered and don't suggest a glass blower. case i don't have a way to get it there Ive already tried it but it keeps un setting and im getting thermal shock cracks should i just give up and glue it or keep trying the propane torch

chemistry please help Solids, Liquids? Which of the following is primarily responsible for holding water molecules together in the liquid state? (1 point) dispersion forces hydrogen bonds ionic bonds polar covalent bonds 20. Which is responsible for the high thermal energy required to melt ice? (1 point) covalent bonding dispersion forces hydrogen bonding ionic attractions 21. Predict which one of the following compounds would be insoluble in water. (1 point) NaCl HCl CF4 CuSO4 22. An electric current can be conducted by ____. (1 point) methane gas a sugar solution a salt solution rubbing alcohol 23. Which of the following materials is NOT a colloid? (1 point) glue alloy smoke muddy water 24. What causes Brownian motion in colloids? (1 point) molecules of the dispersion medium colliding with dispered phase particles coagulation of particles of the dispersed phase erratic flashes of light There is no Brownian motion in colloids. 25. What occurs in solvation? (1 point) Solute ions separate from solvent molecules. Solvent molecules surround solute ions. Solvent molecules bind covalently to solute molecules. Ionic compounds are formed.

Is my scary costume for Halloween scary and practical? It's kinda like a zombie Frankensteinish thing. First, I'll cut the sleeves off a long sleeve white thermal and sew it onto another's sleeve to make the sleeves extra long. I'll put unnecessary stitching all over it. Second, for my face, I'm going to get putty and make scars all over myself but add real stitches to it to make it look like I've been stitched together. Then, I'll apply different shades of blue to my face and neck. For my mouth, I thought I'd use elastic string to sewing it shut using the putty to hold it in place with some glue or something; tell me what the something could be. I'm also thinking of using the same stitching method on my eyes. The elastic would allow me to open my mouth and eyes when I want to but make it look like I have to tear my mouth open to talk. Finally, for the pants, I'll get some old pants, cut them and cross colors with stitching. Could I work this out? If not, could, I get other suggestions for scary costumes? I'm 14.

can anyone help with this long chemistry? 1. Which of the following statements is part of the kinetic theory? The particles of a gas move independently of each other. The particles in a gas move rapidly. The particles in a gas are relatively far apart. all of the above 2. What is the one standard atmosphere of pressure in kilospascals? 0 kPa 760 kPa 101.3 kPa 1 kPa 3. With which temperature scale is temperature directly proportional to average kinetic energy? Celsius Fahrenheit Kelvin centigrade 4. Which states of matter can flow? gases only liquids only gases and liquids only gases, liquids, and solids 5. Which are the first particles to evaporate from a liquid? particles with the lowest kinetic energy particles with the highest kinetic energy particles below the surface of the liquid All particles evaporate at the same rate. 6. An increase in the temperature of a contained liquid _____. has no effect on the kinetic energy of the liquid causes the vapor pressure above the liquid to decrease causes fewer particles to escape from the surface of the liquid causes the vaopr pressure above the liquid to increase 7. Water could be made to boil at 105°C instead of 100°C by ____. adding a lot of energy to the water increasing the external pressure decreasing the external pressure taking the sample to a higher altitude 8. How do crystal systems differ? in the angles between faces only in the number of edges of equal length only in the angles between faces and the number of edges of equal length Crystal systems do not differ. 9. Which of the following elements has the ability to undergo sublimation? oxygen carbon sodium iodine 10. How does the gas propellant move when an aerosol can is used? from a region of high pressure to a region of lower pressure from a region of high pressure to a region of equally high pressure from a region of low pressure to a region of higher pressure from a region of low pressure to a region of equally low pressure 11. Why air escape from a tire when the tire valve is opened? The pressure outside the tire is lower than the pressure inside the tire. The pressure outside the tire is greater than the pressure inside the tire. The temperature is higher outside the tire than inside the tire. There are more particles of air outside the tire than inside the tire. 12. Boyle's law states that ____. the volume of a gas varies inversely with pressure the volume of a gas varies directly with pressure the temperature of a gas varies inversely with pressure the temperature of a gas varies directly with pressure 13. When the volume and number of particles of a gas are constant, which of the following is also constant? the sum of the pressure and temperature in kelvins the difference of the pressure and temperature in kelvins the product of the pressure and temperature in kelvins the ratio of the pressure and temperature in kelvins 14. If a sealed syringe is plunged into cold water, in which direction will the syringe piston slide? in out No movement will occur. The direction cannot be predicted. 15. Under what conditions of temperature and pressure is the behavior of real gases least like that of ideal gases? low temperature and low pressure low temperature and high pressure high temperature and low pressure high temperature and high pressure 16. If oxygen is removed from a sample of air as iron rusts, what happens to the partial pressure of oxygen in the air? It increases. It stays the same. It decreases. The change cannot be determined. 17. A box with a volume of 22.4 L contains 1.0 mol of nitrogen and 2.0 mol of hydrogen at 0°C. Which of the following statements is true? The total pressure in the box is 101 kPa. The partial pressures of N2 and H2 are equal. The total pressure is 202 kPa. The partial pressure of N2 is 101 kPa. 18. Which of the following gases will effuse the most rapidly? bromine chlorine ammonia hydrogen 19. Which of the following is primarily responsible for holding water molecules together in the liquid state? dispersion forces hydrogen bonds ionic bonds polar covalent bonds 20. Which is responsible for the high thermal energy required to melt ice? covalent bonding dispersion forces hydrogen bonding ionic attractions 21. Predict which one of the following compounds would be insoluble in water. NaCl HCl CF4 CuSO4 22. An electric current can be conducted by ____. methane gas a sugar solution a salt solution rubbing alcohol 23. Which of the following materials is NOT a colloid? glue alloy smoke muddy water 24. What causes Brownian motion in colloids? molecules of the dispersion medium colliding with dispered phase particles coagulation of particles of the dispersed phase erratic flashes of light There is no Brownian motion in colloids. 25. What occurs in solvation? Solute ions separate from solvent molecules. Solve I can not find any answer in my book UGG O well I just hav been searching online I cannot find 1, 3, 17, 8, 12, 13, 24 O well I just hav been searching online I cannot find 1, 3, 17, 8, 12, 13, 24

Chemistry help any one??? =[? Resolved QuestionShow me another » Can anyone help with this long chemistry? 1. Which of the following statements is part of the kinetic theory? The particles of a gas move independently of each other. The particles in a gas move rapidly. The particles in a gas are relatively far apart. all of the above 2. What is the one standard atmosphere of pressure in kilospascals? 0 kPa 760 kPa 101.3 kPa 1 kPa 3. With which temperature scale is temperature directly proportional to average kinetic energy? Celsius Fahrenheit Kelvin centigrade 4. Which states of matter can flow? gases only liquids only gases and liquids only gases, liquids, and solids 5. Which are the first particles to evaporate from a liquid? particles with the lowest kinetic energy particles with the highest kinetic energy particles below the surface of the liquid All particles evaporate at the same rate. 6. An increase in the temperature of a contained liquid _____. has no effect on the kinetic energy of the liquid causes the vapor pressure above the liquid to decrease causes fewer particles to escape from the surface of the liquid causes the vaopr pressure above the liquid to increase 7. Water could be made to boil at 105°C instead of 100°C by ____. adding a lot of energy to the water increasing the external pressure decreasing the external pressure taking the sample to a higher altitude 8. How do crystal systems differ? in the angles between faces only in the number of edges of equal length only in the angles between faces and the number of edges of equal length Crystal systems do not differ. 9. Which of the following elements has the ability to undergo sublimation? oxygen carbon sodium iodine 10. How does the gas propellant move when an aerosol can is used? from a region of high pressure to a region of lower pressure from a region of high pressure to a region of equally high pressure from a region of low pressure to a region of higher pressure from a region of low pressure to a region of equally low pressure 11. Why air escape from a tire when the tire valve is opened? The pressure outside the tire is lower than the pressure inside the tire. The pressure outside the tire is greater than the pressure inside the tire. The temperature is higher outside the tire than inside the tire. There are more particles of air outside the tire than inside the tire. 12. Boyle's law states that ____. the volume of a gas varies inversely with pressure the volume of a gas varies directly with pressure the temperature of a gas varies inversely with pressure the temperature of a gas varies directly with pressure 13. When the volume and number of particles of a gas are constant, which of the following is also constant? the sum of the pressure and temperature in kelvins the difference of the pressure and temperature in kelvins the product of the pressure and temperature in kelvins the ratio of the pressure and temperature in kelvins 14. If a sealed syringe is plunged into cold water, in which direction will the syringe piston slide? in out No movement will occur. The direction cannot be predicted. 15. Under what conditions of temperature and pressure is the behavior of real gases least like that of ideal gases? low temperature and low pressure low temperature and high pressure high temperature and low pressure high temperature and high pressure 16. If oxygen is removed from a sample of air as iron rusts, what happens to the partial pressure of oxygen in the air? It increases. It stays the same. It decreases. The change cannot be determined. 17. A box with a volume of 22.4 L contains 1.0 mol of nitrogen and 2.0 mol of hydrogen at 0°C. Which of the following statements is true? The total pressure in the box is 101 kPa. The partial pressures of N2 and H2 are equal. The total pressure is 202 kPa. The partial pressure of N2 is 101 kPa. 18. Which of the following gases will effuse the most rapidly? bromine chlorine ammonia hydrogen 19. Which of the following is primarily responsible for holding water molecules together in the liquid state? dispersion forces hydrogen bonds ionic bonds polar covalent bonds 20. Which is responsible for the high thermal energy required to melt ice? covalent bonding dispersion forces hydrogen bonding ionic attractions 21. Predict which one of the following compounds would be insoluble in water. NaCl HCl CF4 CuSO4 22. An electric current can be conducted by ____. methane gas a sugar solution a salt solution rubbing alcohol 23. Which of the following materials is NOT a colloid? glue alloy smoke muddy water 24. What causes Brownian motion in colloids? molecules of the dispersion medium colliding with dispered phase particles coagulation of particles of the dispersed phase erratic flashes of light There is no Brownian motion in colloids. 25. What occurs in solvation? Solute ions separate from solvent molecul

Which of the following gases will effuse the most rapidly? 18. Which of the following gases will effuse the most rapidly? bromine chlorine ammonia hydrogen 19. Which of the following is primarily responsible for holding water molecules together in the liquid state? dispersion forces hydrogen bonds ionic bonds polar covalent bonds 20. Which is responsible for the high thermal energy required to melt ice? covalent bonding dispersion forces hydrogen bonding ionic attractions 21. Predict which one of the following compounds would be insoluble in water NaCl HCl CF4 CuSO4 22. An electric current can be conducted by ____. methane gas a sugar solution a salt solution rubbing alcohol 23. Which of the following materials is NOT a colloid? glue alloy smoke muddy water

What's the correct way to install a heatsink fan to a processor? Both times that i've built a computer, i've had trouble with the heatsink fan and the processor gluing together properly. Like what i'm meaning is i've attached the processor and the heatsink together with the thermal paste that came on the processor, but it would always take me about 30 minutes to install the heatsink correctly to the motherboard, and by then, the thermal paste felt like it was in a very fine layer between the heatsink fan and the processor and some of it had pushed out around the outside of the heatsink and processor. I just wanted to know the proper way to install the heatsink fan so that i don't screw up my thermal paste, and so it won't take me an hour to install it with me feeling like im going to break something in the process Alright i have a better understanding now! Say the processor is 2 inches by 2 inches, and i'm going to apply my own thermal paste instead of the factory paste. Would it be better to spread it in a 2.5 inch by 2.5 inch square instead of risking not covering the entire 2x2 square by not spreading enough around it? That is assuming i applied it to the heatsink fan instead of the processor. If i were to apply it to the processor, would i just try to cover the most area i could with the thermal paste?

How to remove heatsink from GEForce 4 FX550? I have an Inno3d GEForce 4 Fx550 video card, The cooling fan broke. I need to replace it but the heatsink is stuck! I know it is no thermal paste because it is really stuck. I think they used super glue on it. Well yeah that would work.. if I could find one.. Actually had replaced it with a fan from my 3.5 HDD enclosure bought from singapore.. well, the only place I saw i can buy that fan is there.. maybe I should save to buy a new one :-)