So, applying new thermal paste should be cake work, right?

[Jason H.]

Buying new thermal paste tomorrow for my APU (AMD A8 5600k). Any WRONG way to do it lol? and whats the best thing to take off the old paste?

 

[Ubrales]

1. Use alcohol swabs to clean off the old thermal compound. 70% isopropyl alcohol may spill over on the CPU and create a problem.

2. Apply a pea sized drop of good thermal compound on the COP and spread it as evenly and as thinly as possible. Ditto for the heatsink base. Mate the parts and gradually tighten the hold down screws in a cross pattern. There is a tutorial on this website and also on other websites. (Arctic Silver website).

 

[Jason H.]

1. Use alcohol swabs to clean off the old thermal compound. 70% isopropyl alcohol may spill over on the CPU and create a problem.

2. Apply a pea sized drop of good thermal compound on the COP and spread it as evenly and as thinly as possible. Ditto for the heatsink base. Mate the parts and gradually tighten the hold down screws in a cross pattern. There is a tutorial on this website and also on other websites. (Arctic Silver website).

ty sir yea Imma be getting Arctic Silver compound

 

[Ubrales]

1. Use alcohol swabs to clean off the old thermal compound. 70% isopropyl alcohol may spill over on the CPU and create a problem.

2. Apply a pea sized drop of good thermal compound on the COP and spread it as evenly and as thinly as possible. Ditto for the heatsink base. Mate the parts and gradually tighten the hold down screws in a cross pattern. There is a tutorial on this website and also on other websites. (Arctic Silver website).

ty sir yea Imma be getting Arctic Silver compound

On their website they have some good detailed instructions. Since this is your first attempt do a dry run on a piece of metal just to see how the stuff behaves. And then clean off the stuff using alcohol swabs available at Walgreens and other pharmacies.

Good luck!

 

[getochkn]

The first thing is when pull of the stock cooler, it's probably going to pull the chip right out of the socket because the old thermal paste has dried and bonded to it, so don't bend the pins. lol.

 

[Ubrales]

An informative video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRRWbQUqW1Y

 

[Jason H.]

The first thing is when pull of the stock cooler, it's probably going to pull the chip right out of the socket because the old thermal paste has dried and bonded to it, so don't bend the pins. lol.

I did this last time and bent 3 pins....... Is it SUPPOSED to pull it right out of the socket? how can I make it not like SLAM out of the socket? last time I pulled heatink off, big bang.. then it came out.. i thought I had broke the clib that clips down the cpu before applying heatsink...

 

[Ubrales]

"I did this last time and bent 3 pins....... Is it SUPPOSED to pull it right out of the socket? how can I make it not like SLAM out of the socket? last time I pulled heatink off, big bang.. then it came out.. i thought I had broke the clib that clips down the cpu before applying heatsink..."

Before removing anything run the computer for about 10 minutes. This will warm up the CPU/heatsink; thus making removal a little easier. Then remove all the mounting screws, and gently hold the heatsink and twist it and rock it. Hope for the best!