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« Reply #15 on: Friday, January 11, 2008, 00:10:27 » |
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My Dell laptop is still working a treat. Just in case you were wondering like. mine too 
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« Reply #16 on: Friday, January 11, 2008, 00:22:37 » |
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I've fixed mine now. Might have lost a couple of films but nothing I can't get again.
Oh and probably some old uni coursework. But like that fucking matters.
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« Reply #17 on: Friday, January 11, 2008, 00:24:24 » |
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I have a bound copy of my final year dissertation on oestrogen or something. I used thick paper to make it look like there was more content than there really was.
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« Reply #18 on: Friday, January 11, 2008, 08:16:36 » |
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Another one for you geeks because I've never done it before: I'm replacing my heatsink & fan after my little incident last night (  ), I've got some thermal paste and cleaner coming with it. My question is, can I just use any old rag to remove the old thermal paste using the cleaner?
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« Reply #19 on: Friday, January 11, 2008, 09:15:01 » |
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Buy a glasses cleaning clothe or get one if you can Sam...
fB - if you want those files back I have a program that can do it for you...
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« Reply #20 on: Friday, January 11, 2008, 09:21:44 » |
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I've got one  I'm supposed to wear glasses but I never do.
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« Reply #21 on: Friday, January 11, 2008, 09:26:39 » |
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Just be gentle and make sure the clothe is free of dirt (pretty obvious).
When you apply the thermal past use a finger covered in clingfilm (or a sandwich bag) or use a thin bit of plastic as a spreader (old plastic credit card style thing). What thermal paste have you got. Just be uber careful with the conductive stuff and don't use a lot - try getting the thinnest layer you can to cover the heat spreader.
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« Reply #22 on: Friday, January 11, 2008, 09:43:12 » |
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It's called Arctic Silver Ceramique, comes in a little syringe type thing.
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« Reply #23 on: Friday, January 11, 2008, 09:46:36 » |
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Ceramique isn't conductive I don't think so if it all goes pete tong it shouldn't short circuit the board.
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« Reply #24 on: Friday, January 11, 2008, 10:46:57 » |
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It's called Arctic Silver Ceramique, comes in a little syringe type thing. i used that and it's the dogs. to clean my cpu etc i used an old credit card to scrape the old compound off.
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« Reply #25 on: Friday, January 11, 2008, 11:27:30 » |
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« Reply #26 on: Friday, January 11, 2008, 12:39:30 » |
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That's what I use. You have to be careful with that because it's electrically conductive.
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« Reply #27 on: Friday, January 11, 2008, 13:09:58 » |
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« Reply #28 on: Friday, January 11, 2008, 13:20:13 » |
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That's what I use. You have to be careful with that because it's electrically conductive. didn't realise that i'll have to double check mine later to make sure it's not squeezed out the side of my heatsink. doubt it has cos i didn't use a massive amount but always best to check
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« Reply #29 on: Friday, January 11, 2008, 13:39:02 » |
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That's what I use. You have to be careful with that because it's electrically conductive. didn't realise that i'll have to double check mine later to make sure it's not squeezed out the side of my heatsink.
doubt it has cos i didn't use a massive amount but always best to checkNah, just whack it in and hope for the best, and when/if it all goe's Pete Tong just blame whoever is closest to you at the time. That's what I do.
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