System Specs:
Pentium 4 Northwood Socket 478 2.4Ghz
1gb Kingston 168pin SD Ram
ECS P4VASD2+ Motherboard
120gb Maxtor Hard Drive
Geforce 4 Mx 440 64mb AGP
Note: Hey I know it's not great but it's gotten the job done
Anywho, recently I've had random freezing with one of my computers at random times and I've pretty much narrowed it down to the heat of the processor. The processor used to idle around 60C but after a slight fiddling with the heatsink by adjusting the levers to make it level it dropped a few degrees. In doing so I've bought myself some Arctic Silver and intend on clearing out the heatsink and fan to improve my cooling solution. My question truly lies in what materials/important tips do I need to proceed with removal of the heatsink and applying arctic silver 5? I'd appreciate any help I could recieve as it's my first time.
Thank you.
Pentium 4 Northwood Socket 478 2.4Ghz
1gb Kingston 168pin SD Ram
ECS P4VASD2+ Motherboard
120gb Maxtor Hard Drive
Geforce 4 Mx 440 64mb AGP
Note: Hey I know it's not great but it's gotten the job done
Anywho, recently I've had random freezing with one of my computers at random times and I've pretty much narrowed it down to the heat of the processor. The processor used to idle around 60C but after a slight fiddling with the heatsink by adjusting the levers to make it level it dropped a few degrees. In doing so I've bought myself some Arctic Silver and intend on clearing out the heatsink and fan to improve my cooling solution. My question truly lies in what materials/important tips do I need to proceed with removal of the heatsink and applying arctic silver 5? I'd appreciate any help I could recieve as it's my first time.
Thank you.