what's the stuff between a motherboard chipset and the fan?

[Chewy]

The stuff is slightly pinkish and sticky, so it's not thermal compound. It's basically like putty. I wanna replace it, so need to know exactly what to buy. Thanks.

 

[L00PY]

It's a thermal pad, a phase-change thermal interface material. Thermal pads tend to be gray or pink. Your other basic type of TIM is a thermal grease, which is usually gray or white.

You can either replace it with another thermal pad or use a thermal compound with an adhesive.

 

[Blazer]

Originally posted by: Chewy
The stuff is slightly pinkish and sticky, so it's not thermal compound. It's basically like putty. I wanna replace it, so need to know exactly what to buy. Thanks.

yes thermal compound does come in a pinkish color, a thermal pad would be better as the chipset isnot and cannot be lapped.

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Arctic Silver 5 and Some Arcticlean also made by the same company. It dissolves that pad very quickly so you cna put on some new thermal compound. Others may suggest alcohol and carburator cleaner, but The arcticlean works the best IMO

 

[Old Hippie]

Originally posted by: RadiclDreamer
Arctic Silver 5 and Some Arcticlean also made by the same company. It dissolves that pad very quickly so you cna put on some new thermal compound. Others may suggest alcohol and carburator cleaner, but The arcticlean works the best IMO

+1 on all counts.

IDK what's in that Arcticlean stuff but it sure does a number on thermal paste/pads/and any other thermal stickie stuff.

 

[Chewy]

Originally posted by: L00PY
It's a thermal pad, a phase-change thermal interface material. Thermal pads tend to be gray or pink. Your other basic type of TIM is a thermal grease, which is usually gray or white.

You can either replace it with another thermal pad or use a thermal compound with an adhesive.

Where can I buy thermal pads? The only place around me is a microcenter and their website didn't have any.

Originally posted by: RadiclDreamer
Arctic Silver 5 and Some Arcticlean also made by the same company. It dissolves that pad very quickly so you cna put on some new thermal compound. Others may suggest alcohol and carburator cleaner, but The arcticlean works the best IMO

Is thermal compound better than a thermal pad? Can I use the Arcticlean directly on the chipset? I bought some generic thermal compound and wondering if that's sufficient...only thing is it's not sticky.

 

[Blazer]

http://www.tglobal.com.tw/en/i...mNjOk5cCFQEuxwodnBlQJA

might try radio shack as well for local

 

[L00PY]

You can find them online if you can't find them locally. Google is your friend. In theory, thermal pads are easier to apply and can be made with that stickiness to adhere the heatsink to the chip (aka thermal tape). Properly applied, high quality thermal compound and adhesive ought to give marginally better performance than thermal pads / tape. That said, it's unlikely end users would be able to tell the difference for things like mobo chipsets.

 

[Chewy]

Originally posted by: L00PY
You can find them online if you can't find them locally. Google is your friend. In theory, thermal pads are easier to apply and can be made with that stickiness to adhere the heatsink to the chip (aka thermal tape). Properly applied, high quality thermal compound and adhesive ought to give marginally better performance than thermal pads / tape. That said, it's unlikely end users would be able to tell the difference for things like mobo chipsets.

Yeah, I just wanna be able to buy it locally to get my comp up and running. Nothing online. Just curious if places like Radio Shack sells this kind of stuff. Thx.

 

[Scottae]

Microcenter has alot of options including all the Arctic Cooling Products the clean and the TIMs