Hi
I have a Asus P4C800-E Deluxe with a Prescott 2.8 with the stock Intel
heatsink/fan installed with the supplied thermal pad.
I am thinking of removing the H/F, cleaning off the old thermal pad applying
Arctic Silver 5 and reinstalling. ( Arctic Silver has a cleaning kit of two
solutions that work well )
Has anyone removed the stock Intel H/S?
Is it difficult to remove?
How much of the thermal pad has transferred to the CPU if any?
I am leery of cleaning the CPU in its socket, but I am also leery of taking
it out to clean it.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
Ken'

I have removed thermal pads with Varsol (odorless paint thinner).
Afterwards carefully clean the surfaces - with the same product,
methyl alcohol or acetone (preferably the latter two).

"Ken'" <(E-Mail Removed)> a écrit dans le message de news:
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> Hi
> I have a Asus P4C800-E Deluxe with a Prescott 2.8 with the stock Intel
> heatsink/fan installed with the supplied thermal pad.
> I am thinking of removing the H/F, cleaning off the old thermal pad
> applying Arctic Silver 5 and reinstalling. ( Arctic Silver has a cleaning
> kit of two solutions that work well )
> Has anyone removed the stock Intel H/S?
> Is it difficult to remove?
> How much of the thermal pad has transferred to the CPU if any?
> I am leery of cleaning the CPU in its socket, but I am also leery of
> taking it out to clean it.
> Any suggestions?
> Thanks
> Ken'
>

"Natéag" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I have removed thermal pads with Varsol (odorless paint thinner).
> Afterwards carefully clean the surfaces - with the same product,
> methyl alcohol or acetone (preferably the latter two).
>
> "Ken'" <(E-Mail Removed)> a écrit dans le message de news:
> dJ6dnRRHE-NBY3nfRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hi
>> I have a Asus P4C800-E Deluxe with a Prescott 2.8 with the stock Intel
>> heatsink/fan installed with the supplied thermal pad.
>> I am thinking of removing the H/F, cleaning off the old thermal pad
>> applying Arctic Silver 5 and reinstalling. ( Arctic Silver has a cleaning
>> kit of two solutions that work well )
>> Has anyone removed the stock Intel H/S?
>> Is it difficult to remove?
>> How much of the thermal pad has transferred to the CPU if any?
>> I am leery of cleaning the CPU in its socket, but I am also leery of
>> taking it out to clean it.
>> Any suggestions?
>> Thanks
>> Ken'
>>
>
>

Does any of the thermal pad transfer to the CPU or does it all stay on the
heatsink?
Ken'

On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 11:17:13 -0400, "Ken'" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>"Natéag" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:1i7Fe.23434$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I have removed thermal pads with Varsol (odorless paint thinner).
>> Afterwards carefully clean the surfaces - with the same product,
>> methyl alcohol or acetone (preferably the latter two).
>>
>> "Ken'" <(E-Mail Removed)> a écrit dans le message de news:
>> dJ6dnRRHE-NBY3nfRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Hi
>>> I have a Asus P4C800-E Deluxe with a Prescott 2.8 with the stock Intel
>>> heatsink/fan installed with the supplied thermal pad.
>>> I am thinking of removing the H/F, cleaning off the old thermal pad
>>> applying Arctic Silver 5 and reinstalling. ( Arctic Silver has a cleaning
>>> kit of two solutions that work well )
>>> Has anyone removed the stock Intel H/S?
>>> Is it difficult to remove?
>>> How much of the thermal pad has transferred to the CPU if any?
>>> I am leery of cleaning the CPU in its socket, but I am also leery of
>>> taking it out to clean it.
>>> Any suggestions?
>>> Thanks
>>> Ken'
>>>
>>
>>
>
>Does any of the thermal pad transfer to the CPU or does it all stay on the
>heatsink?
>Ken'
>

Usually the pads sort of melt and end up stuck to both the heatsink and
CPU. Just clean them up real good, don't leave any oily residue on them.
Apply new paste sparingly, or as suggested by the thermal paste/pad OEM
for your setup.

Ed

On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 11:01:50 -0400, "Ken'" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Hi
>I have a Asus P4C800-E Deluxe with a Prescott 2.8 with the stock Intel
>heatsink/fan installed with the supplied thermal pad.
>I am thinking of removing the H/F, cleaning off the old thermal pad applying
>Arctic Silver 5 and reinstalling. ( Arctic Silver has a cleaning kit of two
>solutions that work well )
>Has anyone removed the stock Intel H/S?
>Is it difficult to remove?
>How much of the thermal pad has transferred to the CPU if any?
>I am leery of cleaning the CPU in its socket, but I am also leery of taking
>it out to clean it.
>Any suggestions?
>Thanks
>Ken'
>

I've never taken a CPU out of the socket, no need to, just take your
time, use cleaners on rag and wipe gently.

http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_s...tions_big2.htm

"Ed" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 11:01:50 -0400, "Ken'" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Hi
>>I have a Asus P4C800-E Deluxe with a Prescott 2.8 with the stock Intel
>>heatsink/fan installed with the supplied thermal pad.
>>I am thinking of removing the H/F, cleaning off the old thermal pad
>>applying
>>Arctic Silver 5 and reinstalling. ( Arctic Silver has a cleaning kit of
>>two
>>solutions that work well )
>>Has anyone removed the stock Intel H/S?
>>Is it difficult to remove?
>>How much of the thermal pad has transferred to the CPU if any?
>>I am leery of cleaning the CPU in its socket, but I am also leery of
>>taking
>>it out to clean it.
>>Any suggestions?
>>Thanks
>>Ken'
>>
>
> I've never taken a CPU out of the socket, no need to, just take your
> time, use cleaners on rag and wipe gently.
>
> http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_s...tions_big2.htm
>

Ed
Thanks for the help. Just what I wanted to know.
Thanks again
Ken'

On both surfaces.

"Ken'" <(E-Mail Removed)> a écrit dans le message de news:
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> "Natéag" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:1i7Fe.23434$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I have removed thermal pads with Varsol (odorless paint thinner).
>> Afterwards carefully clean the surfaces - with the same product,
>> methyl alcohol or acetone (preferably the latter two).
>>
>> "Ken'" <(E-Mail Removed)> a écrit dans le message de news:
>> dJ6dnRRHE-NBY3nfRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Hi
>>> I have a Asus P4C800-E Deluxe with a Prescott 2.8 with the stock Intel
>>> heatsink/fan installed with the supplied thermal pad.
>>> I am thinking of removing the H/F, cleaning off the old thermal pad
>>> applying Arctic Silver 5 and reinstalling. ( Arctic Silver has a
>>> cleaning kit of two solutions that work well )
>>> Has anyone removed the stock Intel H/S?
>>> Is it difficult to remove?
>>> How much of the thermal pad has transferred to the CPU if any?
>>> I am leery of cleaning the CPU in its socket, but I am also leery of
>>> taking it out to clean it.
>>> Any suggestions?
>>> Thanks
>>> Ken'
>>>
>>
>>
>
> Does any of the thermal pad transfer to the CPU or does it all stay on the
> heatsink?
> Ken'
>
>
>
>

On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 11:01:50 -0400, "Ken'" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Hi
>I have a Asus P4C800-E Deluxe with a Prescott 2.8 with the stock Intel
>heatsink/fan installed with the supplied thermal pad.
>I am thinking of removing the H/F, cleaning off the old thermal pad applying
>Arctic Silver 5 and reinstalling. ( Arctic Silver has a cleaning kit of two
>solutions that work well )
>Has anyone removed the stock Intel H/S?
>Is it difficult to remove?
>How much of the thermal pad has transferred to the CPU if any?
>I am leery of cleaning the CPU in its socket, but I am also leery of taking
>it out to clean it.

I used paint thinners and a clean rag to remove the thermal pad from both heatsink and CPU followed by
cleaning with acetone. Bear in mind that what you see is the CPU cover, not the CPU.

"Old Bugger" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 11:01:50 -0400, "Ken'" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Hi
>>I have a Asus P4C800-E Deluxe with a Prescott 2.8 with the stock Intel
>>heatsink/fan installed with the supplied thermal pad.
>>I am thinking of removing the H/F, cleaning off the old thermal pad
>>applying
>>Arctic Silver 5 and reinstalling. ( Arctic Silver has a cleaning kit of
>>two
>>solutions that work well )
>>Has anyone removed the stock Intel H/S?
>>Is it difficult to remove?
>>How much of the thermal pad has transferred to the CPU if any?
>>I am leery of cleaning the CPU in its socket, but I am also leery of
>>taking
>>it out to clean it.
>
> I used paint thinners and a clean rag to remove the thermal pad from both
> heatsink and CPU followed by
> cleaning with acetone. Bear in mind that what you see is the CPU cover,
> not the CPU.
>

Thank you for your reply.
The cover your refereed to I believe is called the heat spreader.
Yes the lists of solvents to use seem to be endless, but I think I would
rather stick to the Arctic Silver cleaners. The reviews that I have read
claim it works just fine.
Thanks again.
Another old bugger.
Ken'

Ken' wrote:

> The cover your refereed to I believe is called the heat spreader.

Ain't that the truth!

> Another old bugger.

Welcome to the club.