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What's the proper way to remove thermal paste from a CPU?
I'm replacing the heatsink on my CPU, and want to clear the current thermal paste.
What should I do?
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Is it OK to use toothpaste instead of thermal paste when fitting a CPU?
I was told many years ago to do this by someone who at the time knew more than I did. The CPU was a celeron in the Pentium 2 era. It ran cooler with the toothpaste between the chip and the heatsink ...
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Can I remove and put back the heatsink of my processor without reapplying thermal paste?
If I remove the heatsink from my processor temporarily, then later put it back without changing the heatsink or CPU, do I need to reapply thermal paste?
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Can I use LGA775 heatsink on LGA1156 CPU?
Will cooler that is designed to LGA775 CPUs install on LGA1156 CPU or are they mechanically incompatible?
I'm building my first 1U server and surprise-surprise - Intel stock cooler doesn't fit (...
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What is the gum like thing on the heat sink?
See the attached picture. What is the gum like thing? Should I replace it with thermal paste? Thanks!
Update
Thank you guys! I replaced it with new thermal paste and my laptop is not burning anymore!...
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Can I use an LGA 1156/1155 heatsink on an LGA 1150 motherboard?
I'm considering moving to Haswell from Nehalem by just getting a new mobo and CPU, but I'm not sure if I can keep my current heatsink.
Can an LGA 1156 heatsink be mounted on to an LGA 1150 ...
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What's the point of heat pipes? [closed]
I've been asking myself this question for probably more than 10 years now... What's the point of heat pipes? For example on a CPU cooler.
It just seems super unreasonable to me that 4,6,8 or I don't ...
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