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Remember the thermal paste!

posted by  Will740turbo on  Mon Mar 4 20:08 CST 2013
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Aye! In my few years as a computer tech, I ran across a few computers, mine included, with dried up thermal paste.
The factory paste tends to last about 3-5 years, especially in laptops (not sure why, maybe because they're commonly overheated), and then it beings to get really dry and ineffective, then to completely fail within a year or two.

The plain white thermal paste doesn't seem to hold up very well - the Arctic Silver 5 does seem to last a bit longer, but so long as it's silverish, it should last at least 4-5 years. I don't know how hot the power stages run, but computers run anywhere from 100-160F with averages around 110-130F.

Cheers! And thanks for the PSA.






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