Let the Specing Begin!

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » April 2nd, 2007, 14:20

Probably best trying to get most of the gunk off or your new compound isn't going to touching the surface.

Lateralus wrote:Edit: I go past Maplins on the way home, do I need to pick up some of this?

I'd buy that just so I could own the box.

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » April 2nd, 2007, 14:21

Stoat wrote:
I'd buy that just so I could own the box.

Haha, if I get it I'll post you the inlay from the packaging if you want.

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » April 2nd, 2007, 14:22

You are too kind by far.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » April 2nd, 2007, 14:23

Lateralus wrote:Edit: I go past Maplins on the way home, do I need to pick up some of this?

yeah, you may as well.

as far as the thermal goop, just use nail-polish remover and something credit-card-like to dissolve/scrape it off.

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » April 3rd, 2007, 8:27

Alas, they didn't have any of that gunk in stock, so I just bought a cheapish Akasa cooler with pre-applied gunk anyway. Sorry to disappoint Stoat!

Perhaps a silly question, but does a new CPU require a reformat? I'm assuming not, but would be most irritating to discover otherwise and not be prepared for it.

eion · Post by **eion** » April 3rd, 2007, 8:35

Lateralus wrote:Perhaps a silly question, but does a new CPU require a reformat? I'm assuming not, but would be most irritating to discover otherwise and not be prepared for it.

No, it doesn't.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » April 3rd, 2007, 8:37

nope.

I'd suggest resetting the bios to defaults (just do it from within the bios) that way it probably won't try to do anything too stupid.

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » April 3rd, 2007, 8:41

Defaults for what? The only thing I've possibly changed in it is the bootup order from disks - no overclocking at all.

eion · Post by **eion** » April 3rd, 2007, 8:53

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:
yeah, you may as well.

as far as the thermal goop, just use nail-polish remover and something credit-card-like to dissolve/scrape it off.

Not this - nail-polish remover/acetone tends to leave reside behind. Use 99% isopropyl alcohol (not for drinking, Berk, for cleaning), and lint-free cotton swabs. Works a charm... I know this because I once spent most of a day cleaning excess gunk from computers that someone had assembled with the "more thermal compound is better" philosophy and that were consequently overheat. I guess my boss thought that using copious amounts of isopropyl alcohol would be just the thing for me after I turned up to work obviously hungover.

Lateralus wrote: Defaults for what? The only thing I've possibly changed in it is the bootup order from disks - no overclocking at all.

No need to reset to defaults, then.