I suspect you either put on too much paste on (a common fault) or too little.
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I suspect you either put on too much paste (a common fault) or too little.
Also did you clean off all the old paste? I use isopropyl alcohol 99.8% pure to clean.
Remember what you are doing is filling in microscopic pits in the bottom of the heat sink and the top of the CPU. If any squishes out the side as you reinstall the heat sink you have used way too much!
I suspect you either put on too much heat paste (a common fault) or too little.
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I suspect you either put on too much paste on (a common fault) or too little.
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Also did you clean off all the old paste? I use isopropyl alcohol 99.8% pure to clean
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Also did you clean off all the old paste? I use isopropyl alcohol 99.8% pure to clean.
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Remember what you are doing is filling in microscopic pits in the bottom of the heat sink and the top of the CPU. If any squishes out the side as you reinstall the heat sink you have used way too much.
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Remember what you are doing is filling in microscopic pits in the bottom of the heat sink and the top of the CPU. If any squishes out the side as you reinstall the heat sink you have used way too much!
I suspect you either put on too much heat paste (a common fault) or too little.
Also did you clean off all the old paste? I use isopropyl alcohol 99.8% pure to clean
Remember what you are doing is filling in microscopic pits in the bottom of the heat sink and the top of the CPU. If any squishes out the side as you reinstall the heat sink you have used way too much.
So redo it and see how it goes.