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How to prepare and serve grilled Ahi Tuna. by Motherhead 06/23/2007, 9:59pm PDT
motherfuckerfoodeater wrote:

I have gotten a CPU temp error message, which seemed a little suspicious coming immediately after startup. I have some follow-up questions.

1) The heat sink fan has, since day one, been my primary source of headaches. It has always been a little loose because I'm kind of reluctant to bend the motherboard in the process of shoving the pins into it. I am assuming that boards are manufactured with this in mind, but how far should I trust Asus in this case?


Here are the installation videos for Intel and socket AMD heatsinks. As long as you're installing it correctly, the board won't crack.

motherfuckerfoodeater wrote:

2) The thermal paste on the sink and the back of the cpu is pretty dry. Should it be reapplied periodically?


I only clear the gack off the CPU and Heatsink when I have a reason to. You have a good reason to. To clean the CPU you can use a Q-tip with a bit of high-grade (no oils or perfumes, which is most nail polish removers) isopropyl alcohol. I use Artic Silver's compound remover but, unless you build a lot of computers, that might be overkill. There is enough solvent and purifier in those bottles for 10 years.

motherfuckerfoodeater wrote:

If so, who makes good thermal paste?

The current arguments are that they are all the same except for Acrtic Silver 5. Arctic Silver 5 is expensive and one tube will last you the rest of your life. If you are unwilling to make such a commitment, Antec, Zalman and various others will be fine.

Remember when applying that less is more. You want more of a glorified haze than you want toothpaste strata of compound.


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Power problems by motherfuckerfoodeater 06/23/2007, 6:26pm PDT NEW
    I had a slightly similar problem. by Worm 06/23/2007, 6:38pm PDT NEW
        That fixed it. Cheers worm. NT by motherfuckerfoodeater 06/23/2007, 7:05pm PDT NEW
            Re: That fixed it. Cheers worm. by motherfuckerfoodeater 06/23/2007, 7:14pm PDT NEW
                Re: That fixed it. Cheers worm. by Motherhead 06/23/2007, 7:24pm PDT NEW
                    Re: That fixed it. Cheers worm. by motherfuckerfoodeater 06/23/2007, 8:44pm PDT NEW
                        How to prepare and serve grilled Ahi Tuna. by Motherhead 06/23/2007, 9:59pm PDT NEW
                            Re: How to prepare and serve grilled Ahi Tuna. by motherfuckerfoodeater 06/25/2007, 8:42pm PDT NEW
            Cheers wrom. NT by wrom'cheer, the wrom cheerer 06/24/2007, 6:23am PDT NEW
 
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