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Thermal tape? No grease or gel?
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Thermal tape? No grease or gel?
Friday, March 14, 2003 at 6:50 pm
Posted by Brian
(448 messages posted)
I have Windows XP Home. It hangs constantly. Not what I'm working on right now. I
was wondering. I have a 1.7 Celeron. I got it, and there was a black square on the
heatsink, that makes contact with the processor. I was told that it is thermal tape
and grease or gel isn't required. Is that true? If not, maybe that's my problem.
Mabye.
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re: Thermal tape? No grease or gel?
Friday, March 14, 2003 at 6:56 pm
Posted by triplate
(4621 messages posted)
Garbage...use Arctic Silver....best bet!
On Friday, March 14, 2003 at 6:50 pm, Brian wrote:
>I have Windows XP Home. It hangs constantly. Not what I'm working on right now.
I
>was wondering. I have a 1.7 Celeron. I got it, and there was a black square on the
>heatsink, that makes contact with the processor. I was told that it is thermal tape
>and grease or gel isn't required. Is that true? If not, maybe that's my problem.
>Mabye.
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re: Thermal tape? No grease or gel?
Friday, March 14, 2003 at 6:58 pm
Posted by triplate
(4621 messages posted)
www.arcticsilver.com...
On Friday, March 14, 2003 at 6:50 pm, Brian wrote:
>I have Windows XP Home. It hangs constantly. Not what I'm working on right now.
I
>was wondering. I have a 1.7 Celeron. I got it, and there was a black square on the
>heatsink, that makes contact with the processor. I was told that it is thermal tape
>and grease or gel isn't required. Is that true? If not, maybe that's my problem.
>Mabye.
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re: Thermal tape? No grease or gel?
Friday, March 14, 2003 at 7:30 pm
Posted by Icebound
(8 messages posted)
Did you get an instruction sheet with the processor?
According to the instruction sheet that I got with my AMD XP processor, the tape
COVERS the heat-transfer gel. The tape is supposed to be REMOVED, to expose the
gel, immediately before installation.
On Friday, March 14, 2003 at 6:50 pm, Brian wrote:
>I have Windows XP Home. It hangs constantly. Not what I'm working on right now.
I
>was wondering. I have a 1.7 Celeron. I got it, and there was a black square on the
>heatsink, that makes contact with the processor. I was told that it is thermal tape
>and grease or gel isn't required. Is that true? If not, maybe that's my problem.
>Mabye.
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re: Thermal tape? No grease or gel?
Friday, March 14, 2003 at 7:50 pm
Posted by Clark
(665 messages posted)
Before you pass judgement on thermal tapes........check this out........ we've been
testing the latest high tech thermal tapes and they've been exceeding all stringent
requirements.........temperature/humidity, aging, and generally harsh conditions.
Do NOT use the tapes that often come with heat sinks, chips, etc. that you buy in
stores. Go to the 'Chomerics' web site, who specializes in thermal tapes. You can
order two free samples on-line, which they Fed-Ex'd to me in two days.......no cost!
I'd recommend checking out the T414 and T421, but you can choose from a list. "The
T414 Thermal tape for heat sinks features high bond strength and is loaded with aluminum
oxide particles for awesome thermal performance and electrical isolation". Ionically
clean and no mess. The free samples you get will be more than you'll ever need..........http://www.chomerics.com/index.htm.......and
click on 'Thermal Management'. Hope this helps...
On Friday, March 14, 2003 at 7:30 pm, Icebound wrote:
>Did you get an instruction sheet with the processor?
>
>According to the instruction sheet that I got with my AMD XP processor, the tape
>COVERS the heat-transfer gel. The tape is supposed to be REMOVED, to expose the
>gel, immediately before installation.
>
>
>
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re: Thermal tape? No grease or gel?
Friday, March 14, 2003 at 7:55 pm
Posted by triplate
(4621 messages posted)
oh man.............................................
On Friday, March 14, 2003 at 7:30 pm, Icebound wrote:
>Did you get an instruction sheet with the processor?
>
>According to the instruction sheet that I got with my AMD XP processor, the tape
>COVERS the heat-transfer gel. The tape is supposed to be REMOVED, to expose the
>gel, immediately before installation.
>
>
>
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re: Thermal tape? No grease or gel?
Friday, March 14, 2003 at 8:44 pm
Posted by Clark
(665 messages posted)
lol.......I sound like a saleman......and actually, the T421 that we're checking
out now is the current favorite.
On Friday, March 14, 2003 at 7:50 pm, Clark wrote:
>Before you pass judgement on thermal tapes........check this out........ we've been
>testing the latest high tech thermal tapes and they've been exceeding all stringent
>requirements.........temperature/humidity, aging, and generally harsh conditions.
>Do NOT use the tapes that often come with heat sinks, chips, etc. that you buy in
>stores. Go to the 'Chomerics' web site, who specializes in thermal tapes. You can
>order two free samples on-line, which they Fed-Ex'd to me in two days.......no cost!
>I'd recommend checking out the T414 and T421, but you can choose from a list. "The
>T414 Thermal tape for heat sinks features high bond strength and is loaded with
aluminum
>oxide particles for awesome thermal performance and electrical isolation". Ionically
>clean and no mess. The free samples you get will be more than you'll ever need..........http://www.chomerics.com/index.htm.......and
>click on 'Thermal Management'. Hope this helps...
>
>
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re: Thermal tape? No grease or gel?
Saturday, March 15, 2003 at 4:30 am
Posted by triplate
(4621 messages posted)
Your on.....we,ll see..;)
On Friday, March 14, 2003 at 7:50 pm, Clark wrote:
>Before you pass judgement on thermal tapes........check this out........ we've been
>testing the latest high tech thermal tapes and they've been exceeding all stringent
>requirements.........temperature/humidity, aging, and generally harsh conditions.
>Do NOT use the tapes that often come with heat sinks, chips, etc. that you buy in
>stores. Go to the 'Chomerics' web site, who specializes in thermal tapes. You can
>order two free samples on-line, which they Fed-Ex'd to me in two days.......no cost!
>I'd recommend checking out the T414 and T421, but you can choose from a list. "The
>T414 Thermal tape for heat sinks features high bond strength and is loaded with
aluminum
>oxide particles for awesome thermal performance and electrical isolation". Ionically
>clean and no mess. The free samples you get will be more than you'll ever need..........http://www.chomerics.com/index.htm.......and
>click on 'Thermal Management'. Hope this helps...
>
>
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re: Thermal tape? No grease or gel?
Saturday, March 15, 2003 at 11:37 am
Posted by Brian
(448 messages posted)
No, the only thing I got was the Warranty in like six different languages. I tried
peeling off the tape, and there wasn't any gel there. I only pulled off a corner.
I did however discover that the black just scratches off. The black under that tape
stuff, also scratches off. Is this good, or is it even a thermal tape?
On Friday, March 14, 2003 at 7:30 pm, Icebound wrote:
>Did you get an instruction sheet with the processor?
>
>According to the instruction sheet that I got with my AMD XP processor, the tape
>COVERS the heat-transfer gel. The tape is supposed to be REMOVED, to expose the
>gel, immediately before installation.
>
>
>
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re: Thermal tape? No grease or gel?
Saturday, March 15, 2003 at 6:43 pm
Posted by Icebound
(8 messages posted)
I didn't actually do mine... it was done at the shop... but that is what the instruction
sheet showed.
If you already have the heatsink off, then I agree with the other posters. Clean
whatever is there off very carefully from the heat sink and the chip, and replace
with Arctic Silver.
The Arctic Silver web pages have instructions.
On Saturday, March 15, 2003 at 11:37 am, Brian wrote:
>No, the only thing I got was the Warranty in like six different languages. I tried
>peeling off the tape, and there wasn't any gel there. I only pulled off a corner.
>I did however discover that the black just scratches off. The black under that tape
>stuff, also scratches off. Is this good, or is it even a thermal tape?
>
>
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