i've had my p4 3.4 EE for just over 2 years now. I bought the motherboard/CPU from monarch and had them apply the thermal compound and mount the CPU. It was a while ago so i don't remember exactly but it was something like arctic silver 3.
anyways today I took my rig apart today and unmounted the CPU to apply a new coat of paste. i wasn't very impressed by what i saw of the compound that was there. when i went to remove it from the heatsink, pieces of it broke off in chunks. when i worked those pieces through my fingers they would crack and seemed quite brittle, breaking down into the consistancy of sand with little effort.
the paste left on the processor seemed very hard, almost like glue. it took quite some effort with q-tip's/rubbing alcohol to get it off. is this simply part of the settling process?
is this what i should have expected to see after a bit over 2 years of use? tx
anyways today I took my rig apart today and unmounted the CPU to apply a new coat of paste. i wasn't very impressed by what i saw of the compound that was there. when i went to remove it from the heatsink, pieces of it broke off in chunks. when i worked those pieces through my fingers they would crack and seemed quite brittle, breaking down into the consistancy of sand with little effort.
the paste left on the processor seemed very hard, almost like glue. it took quite some effort with q-tip's/rubbing alcohol to get it off. is this simply part of the settling process?
is this what i should have expected to see after a bit over 2 years of use? tx