a rather clueless person brought a motherboard back to the store.
he complained that it was unstable and he gets the blue screen of death. he was quite sure of himself that it was the MB's fault... so i take it outta the anti static bag and find the CPU socket was filled with thermal paste...
when i inquired why it was filled with thermal paste, he said he had a refrigiration unit to cool his CPU, the thermalpaste within the socket "and" the pin holes was to stop condensation.
obviously you do need anti water compound but not in the pin holes and you don't use silicon thermalpaste for that!!!. anyway, he bought another motherboard and wanted a tube of silicon paste as well, can already visualize his next visit when the same thing happens. *sigh*
this MB he brought back could be resold if it works properly, any ideas? no frikken idea how i can get all that paste outta the pin holes and from under the socket.
he complained that it was unstable and he gets the blue screen of death. he was quite sure of himself that it was the MB's fault... so i take it outta the anti static bag and find the CPU socket was filled with thermal paste...
when i inquired why it was filled with thermal paste, he said he had a refrigiration unit to cool his CPU, the thermalpaste within the socket "and" the pin holes was to stop condensation.
obviously you do need anti water compound but not in the pin holes and you don't use silicon thermalpaste for that!!!. anyway, he bought another motherboard and wanted a tube of silicon paste as well, can already visualize his next visit when the same thing happens. *sigh*
this MB he brought back could be resold if it works properly, any ideas? no frikken idea how i can get all that paste outta the pin holes and from under the socket.