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    July 31, 2014, 10:29:03 PM
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    To all of those who have worked the front heatsink and paste. How tight did you go when re-attaching? I normally wouldn't be paranoid about things like this but it seems like they weren't that tight from the factory at all. Certainly don't want to crush any SMCs.

    Tighten until resistance?


    DO NOT USE ARCTIC SILVER 5 IT CONDUCTS ELECTRICITY ..OR ANYTHING WITH SILVER IN IT.... STOP THIS NOW and if you have done this....get cleaning using a proper electronics alcohol FFS  Roll Eyes



    No, it does NOT. Please stop posting potentially wrong info with so much emphasis.
    From the product sheet:


    Hey Biodom, it is capacitive.  Your should not use anything silver based near electricity.  The arctic silver site even says as much in a warning.  

    Again, don't use a conductive or *capacitive* paste on these chips.  There is no way you will keep them off all of the pins and it will come in contact with electricity.  Again, even the manufacture says to not use it where it may come in contact with electricity.

    I am sure AS is great for a large processor with pins on the opposite side of the chip.  However, that is not this situation.

    Ok, thanks, I read it. In practice, however, it made no difference, but I kept it totally off the pins (used razor blade to spread a half mm-mm layer on top, then used Q-tip "wet" with isopropanol to remove slightest contamination around working with a magnifying lense. Maybe not the best, but no problems and chips are cool at 40c. BMT slapped it all around, pins and all and I have no indication as per their paste electrical/capacitive properties.
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