Motherboard Replacement / Arctic Silver

[Josh]

When I initially installed my processor, I used the Arctic Silver 5
thermal compound. Now the CPU is exposed until the new motherboard
arrives. Do I need to clean off the compound from the CPU
heatspreader before installing the CPU into the next motherboard?
There's traces of grease on the heatsink as well. Thanks.

 

[Frank McCoy]

When I initially installed my processor, I used the Arctic Silver 5
thermal compound. Now the CPU is exposed until the new motherboard
arrives. Do I need to clean off the compound from the CPU
heatspreader before installing the CPU into the next motherboard?
There's traces of grease on the heatsink as well. Thanks.

Clean both.
Use fresh Arctic Silver when you install.

 

[Skybuck Flying]

When I initially installed my processor, I used the Arctic Silver 5
thermal compound. Now the CPU is exposed until the new motherboard
arrives. Do I need to clean off the compound from the CPU
heatspreader before installing the CPU into the next motherboard?
There's traces of grease on the heatsink as well. Thanks.

I was running out of artic silver 5, and the local store was out of supply
as well.

So I used what was left and did not clean off any artic silver 5,

It was messy but the computer is working till this day

So probably can't hurt

(The stuff was one year old anyway, which was still quite fresh I think...)

Bye,
Skybuck.

 

[JAD]

I think...)

Bye,
Skybuck.

since when?!

 

[Josh]

Clean both.
Use fresh Arctic Silver when you install.

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Thanks, I'll do that then. It really didn't have enough time to be
broken in properly anyway.