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Artic Silver 5

post #1 of 24
2/17/05 at 4:39pm
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I just bought some artic silver 5 from www.easypckit.com and I was planning to use this on the gpu. I had opened it earlier and noticed there was very little artic silver applied to it. Would it be a good idea to add some? Also their website has instructions for applying it to the cpu but not gpus. How much should I add? Step by step instructions would help for both the gpu and cpu for lappys because I'm a noobie. Thanks.
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post #2 of 24
2/17/05 at 6:21pm
Opened up what? Looked at what? Arctic silver on what? Simply slathering AS5 on something doesn't cool it down. Is there a heatsink on the CPU? Fan?

The point of arctic silver is to eliminate the gaps between a CPU (GPU) and the heatsink. The gaps/air pockets prevent heat transfer. A heatsink and CPU, no matter how finally lapped, has microscopic hills and valleys. You apply a THIN coat of AS to eliminate those gaps, to increase the heat transfer from CPU to heatsink--the heatsink then disappates the heat into the case, and the fans move the heat form the case out of the laptop.

So, does your GPU have a heatsink/fan? If not, you're wasting your time.
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post #3 of 24
2/17/05 at 6:26pm
You want just enough to put a very thin layer on it. All it's for is filling in the microscopic "gaps" between the mating surfaces of the chip and the heatsink.

AS5 is conductive, so if you use too much, it will ooze out and possibly short-circuit other components (just like spilling water into it). A very thin layer.
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post #4 of 24
2/17/05 at 9:57pm
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Originally Posted by gerryf
Opened up what? Looked at what? Arctic silver on what? Simply slathering AS5 on something doesn't cool it down. Is there a heatsink on the CPU? Fan?

The point of arctic silver is to eliminate the gaps between a CPU (GPU) and the heatsink. The gaps/air pockets prevent heat transfer. A heatsink and CPU, no matter how finally lapped, has microscopic hills and valleys. You apply a THIN coat of AS to eliminate those gaps, to increase the heat transfer from CPU to heatsink--the heatsink then disappates the heat into the case, and the fans move the heat form the case out of the laptop.

So, does your GPU have a heatsink/fan? If not, you're wasting your time.
Should of specified this was for the 9860....

yeah ok I planned on using it on the gpu but I have no common sense what so ever so i opened the battery and put it all in there. And then instead of looking at the gpu (since thats what I wanted to use it on) I looked inside the card reader.
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post #5 of 24
2/17/05 at 10:03pm
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Originally Posted by Val
Should of specified this was for the 9860....

yeah ok I planned on using it on the gpu but I have no common sense what so ever so i opened the battery and put it all in there. And then instead of looking at the gpu (since thats what I wanted to use it on) I looked inside the card reader.
i suggest you stop, before you void your warranty.
if you look in the reviews section, youll see pics as to what compartments hide what.
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post #6 of 24
2/17/05 at 10:30pm
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Originally Posted by Val
Should of specified this was for the 9860....

yeah ok I planned on using it on the gpu but I have no common sense what so ever so i opened the battery and put it all in there. And then instead of looking at the gpu (since thats what I wanted to use it on) I looked inside the card reader.
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Originally Posted by ambitwogunz
i suggest you stop, before you void your warranty.
if you look in the reviews section, youll see pics as to what compartments hide what.
*rofl*
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post #7 of 24
2/17/05 at 10:49pm
holy mother of god. If i knew you in real life I would be smackin the shit outta you right now.
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post #8 of 24
2/17/05 at 11:10pm
lol
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post #9 of 24
2/18/05 at 12:27am
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Originally Posted by Val
Should of specified this was for the 9860....

yeah ok I planned on using it on the gpu but I have no common sense what so ever so i opened the battery and put it all in there. And then instead of looking at the gpu (since thats what I wanted to use it on) I looked inside the card reader.
I laughed....
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post #10 of 24
2/18/05 at 12:29am
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yeah ok I planned on using it on the gpu but I have no common sense what so ever so i opened the battery and put it all in there. And then instead of looking at the gpu (since thats what I wanted to use it on) I looked inside the card reader.
ALL?!?!?! As in ALL OF THE TUBE?!!??! Are you mentally retarted!?!??!?! ROFL
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post #11 of 24
2/18/05 at 1:14am
i had the same thing happen. i had a stomach ache, but when i performed surgery on myself, i accidentally removed 2 chambers of my heart. i still have a stomach ache
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post #12 of 24
2/18/05 at 1:15am
i know i'm a n00b and all, but are they still running n00b of the week? i think we have the uber uber
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post #13 of 24
2/18/05 at 1:18am
OK, guys...we we're all new to this stuff once.....let's ease up on the poor guy...
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post #14 of 24
2/18/05 at 1:25am
when i was new to a bottle of robitussin i read the instructions first
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post #15 of 24
2/18/05 at 1:51am
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It was a joke....
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post #16 of 24
2/18/05 at 1:57am
well there goes ridicule, sarcasm and allegory all in one thread, not to mention parody, irony and stoicism... and no doubt most people here don't have a clue what I am talking about... what ever happened to a classical education...

"America is the only country to go from barbarism to decadence without first passing through civilisation" - Oscar Wilde
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post #17 of 24
2/18/05 at 5:58am
I had a feeling it was a joke, but I couldn't help but laugh thinking that there ARE people that would do that. Imagine the call to tech support...
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post #18 of 24
2/18/05 at 6:03am
I don't see any stoicism. I think everyone reacted quite strongly to the OP's comments.
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post #19 of 24
2/18/05 at 7:08am
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Originally Posted by alcoris
You want just enough to put a very thin layer on it. All it's for is filling in the microscopic "gaps" between the mating surfaces of the chip and the heatsink.

AS5 is conductive, so if you use too much, it will ooze out and possibly short-circuit other components (just like spilling water into it). A very thin layer.
better read again as5 is nonconductive skippy...
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post #20 of 24
2/18/05 at 7:42am
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Originally Posted by deltawalkerl
I don't see any stoicism.
it was mine delta, it was mine...
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