thermal adhesive

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  1. M

    Question Computer shutting off abruptly after adding RAMs, even after taking them back apart

    This has been my computer components, and I never experienced any problem until today. Crucial P5 2TB PCIe M.2 GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT GAMING OC 4G(GV-R65XTGAMING OC-4GD) ASRock Z690 Phantom Gaming 4/D5 INTEL TWO Crucial DDR5 4800_32G 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-12900KF Cougar Gex 1050...
  2. mikeh44

    Question I have a Sony Vaio with CPU fan problem, often does not start from sleep, or runs very hot, thermal paste?

    When coming from sleep, the fan sometimes is 0 RPM on speed fan. If it does not come online, the system overheats and turns off immediately. sometimes i fumble around quickly and it starts again normally. Still runs quite hot. Max rpm around 7000, averages around 4-5k. all within range when...
  3. J

    [SOLVED] Heatsink is very hot but the exhaust air is cold ?

    Hi, so i just repasted my laptop thermal paste today i use arctic mx-4 to replace the laptop thermal paste it seems to be going well at first since my laptop thermal paste has dried up which has made my laptop fan sounds so loud but after i check the temp it is even worse than before and the fan...
  4. NoodlezWasTaken

    [SOLVED] Cleaning old thermal paste from CPU/CPU cooler

    Hello, Just wondering if there are any other good/easy ways to clean your CPU thermal paste rather than using Isopropyl alcohol. Need to clean CPU and cooler paste but do not have Isopropyl alcohol, would get some but ordering it from amazon would mean waiting ~2 days for it, and its pouring...
  5. _dawn_chorus_

    [SOLVED] Where can I get this foam tape for RAM?

    I am changing the heatsinks on my G,Skill Ripjaws ram and one side of the stick has no chips on it, just foam tape to fill the gap and I assume separate sensitive parts from the metal heatsink. Where can I buy this and what is it called? Does it have any specific function like heat dissipation...
  6. M

    [SOLVED] Removing stock AM4 cooler from Ryzen 5 5600x

    So i've seen a few horror stories of trying to remove the cooler and ripping the cpu out with it, i took some thermal paste off it accidently when i installed it a few days ago so its running a bit hot and to fix this i've ordered a replacement improved cpu cooler and thermal paste but im a bit...
  7. M

    [SOLVED] Will i need to remove the thermal paste already on the cpu before i apply new thermal paste and its new cooler

    So i had a bit of an accident on the install of my new CPU on monday which led to it having to be taken out and handled after placing the heatsink/thermal paste on the CPU and as a result now that its sorted most of the thermal paste was taken off by accident so to remedy this and lower the temp...
  8. L

    Question Themeral tape/thermal pad

    I have a laptop I want to put thermal pads on the gpu with a heatsink not sure if it will stick to the heatsink so I'm thinking of getting thermal tape. so it can stick im just wondering will it effect any of the themral output of the thermal pad?
  9. B

    [SOLVED] My CPU keeps getting stuck to my fan repeatedly, why?

    I’ve got AMD Phenom II, an AVC fan (AV-Z7UH40Q001-2215), and MSI 890FXA-GD70 motherboard. Using MX-4 Arctic thermal paste. I’m aware these are old. Other components are a Sandisk SSD, XFX R series GPU, and Redline Mushkin 2x4GB RAM. Sorry this post is so long. A few months ago my fan stopped...
  10. Potato825

    [SOLVED] Corsair H100i RGB PLATINUM SE Stock Thermal Paste VS Arctic MX-4

    Just got the Corsair H100i RGB PLATINUM SE, and I don't know how good the stock thermal paste it. I have left over Arctic MX-4 from my last build should I use that or just leave the stock thermal paste on the cooler?
  11. D

    [SOLVED] Keep replacing thermal paste, but not working

    Hello guys, I’m using TS140 as NAS server with Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 3.2GHz, running 24/7 almost 5 years. It keeps shutting down recently. I have replaced power supply and applied new thermal paste: First thermal paste applied lasts for few months Second thermal paste applied lasts for few...
  12. F

    Question MSI GF63 Thin 9SC cooling paste

    I have the above mentioned laptop with an i5-9300h cpu and the GTX1650 Max-Q design gpu both with stock cooling paste. And i would like to keep it as cool as possible. I have been searching and decided that getting the Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut or Noctua NT-H2 would be the best for my laptop...
  13. Kealopian

    Question Ryzen 7 3800x - Heat sink paste already put on cooler

    I am helping my girlfriend assemble her new rig right now. Got some experience, though it's been a few years (or maybe more like a decade). So I am unpacking her brand new Ryzen 7 3800x (my heart pounding like back when I was 14 years old), telling her about how crucial it is to get "that...
  14. J

    [SOLVED] CPU idles at 73 C do i got over heating problem ?

    So yesterday while watching a 1080P video my PC shutdown completely when i touched the Cabinet it was quiet hot.. [ its was running 9 hours continuously] So i cleaned the CPU fans and other components completely. i used CPUID HWMonitor to check my PC temperature readings here's the...
  15. Jebeansprout

    Question (Beginner) Overheating PC. What Should I Do? Help/Tips?

    (Hi, I'm pretty new to PC maintenance and have never built a PC before so apologies for any noob moments in advance. :ouimaitre:) PC specs I could find - G6 Fusion 600 X2 - 6 Core AMD Gaming PCCase: G6 Vantage Red (ATX) Processor (CPU): AMD FX 6300 (6x 3.50GHz) AM3+ Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE -...
  16. M

    8 core build

    I am wondering if this is possible I need at least an 8 core cpu due to multiple virtual machines I will also be playing some light games that a gtx 1060 would cope with I currently have a z97 motherboard My colour scheme is red white and black The budget is around £700 I do not need...