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Best thermal paste?
On Sep. 1, 2005 I replaced my normal HSF thermal compound with some 30
year old wheel bearing grease that I had in the garage. Afterwards the temps were the same as the original thermal compound. Today they are still as good are maybe .5C better. AMD64 3000+ CPU Temp: +31°C M/B Temp: +28°C The grease container lid has been craked wide open for years, along with some cracks in the plastic 1 lb. tub it came in. Temp. ranges where it's been stored (garage) all these years range from below -10C to around 60C annually. It's still soft. Think it will ever dry out? Think your $5 a gram compound is better than this $1 a lb?:-) I don't think I'll report on this again unless there's some kind of problem, which I don't expect. -- KT133 MB, CPU @2400MHz (24x100): SIS755 MB CPU @2330MHz (10x233) Need good help? Provide all system info with question. My server http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.php Verizon server http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.htm |
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Best thermal paste? Update
On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 19:10:39 +0000, Wes Newell wrote:
On Sep. 1, 2005 I replaced my normal HSF thermal compound with some 30 year old wheel bearing grease that I had in the garage. Afterwards the temps were the same as the original thermal compound. Today they are still as good are maybe .5C better. AMD64 3000+ CPU Temp: +31°C M/B Temp: +28°C The grease container lid has been craked wide open for years, along with some cracks in the plastic 1 lb. tub it came in. Temp. ranges where it's been stored (garage) all these years range from below -10C to around 60C annually. It's still soft. Think it will ever dry out? Think your $5 a gram compound is better than this $1 a lb?:-) Not much change after 2.5 months. Even though I've added a raid controller card with 2 more drives and an HDTV tuner card. I also replaced the rather old GF3 video card. Here's the temps now. CPU Temp: +31°C M/B Temp: +27°C -- KT133 MB, CPU @2400MHz (24x100): SIS755 MB CPU @2330MHz (10x233) Need good help? Provide all system info with question. My server http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.php Verizon server http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.htm |
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"Wes Newell" wrote in message news:1SEdf.4155$rO4.71@trnddc05... On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 19:10:39 +0000, Wes Newell wrote: On Sep. 1, 2005 I replaced my normal HSF thermal compound with some 30 year old wheel bearing grease that I had in the garage. Afterwards the temps were the same as the original thermal compound. Today they are still as good are maybe .5C better. AMD64 3000+ CPU Temp: +31°C M/B Temp: +28°C The grease container lid has been craked wide open for years, along with some cracks in the plastic 1 lb. tub it came in. Temp. ranges where it's been stored (garage) all these years range from below -10C to around 60C annually. It's still soft. Think it will ever dry out? Think your $5 a gram compound is better than this $1 a lb?:-) Not much change after 2.5 months. Even though I've added a raid controller card with 2 more drives and an HDTV tuner card. I also replaced the rather old GF3 video card. Here's the temps now. CPU Temp: +31°C M/B Temp: +27°C -- KT133 MB, CPU @2400MHz (24x100): SIS755 MB CPU @2330MHz (10x233) Need good help? Provide all system info with question. My server http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.php Verizon server http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.htm Yeah, lets put a flammable, electrically conductive petro-solvent on our computers. You are not even a good troll. I'd like to tell you where to put your axle grease, but to maintain the decorum of the group, I won't. If you are trolling, this one is a lame attempt. If you did indeed put axle grease on your CPU, then you are truly stupid. Bobby |
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NoNoBadDog! wrote: "Wes Newell" wrote in message news:1SEdf.4155$rO4.71@trnddc05... On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 19:10:39 +0000, Wes Newell wrote: On Sep. 1, 2005 I replaced my normal HSF thermal compound with some 30 year old wheel bearing grease that I had in the garage. Afterwards the temps were the same as the original thermal compound. Today they are still as good are maybe .5C better. AMD64 3000+ CPU Temp: +31°C M/B Temp: +28°C The grease container lid has been craked wide open for years, along with some cracks in the plastic 1 lb. tub it came in. Temp. ranges where it's been stored (garage) all these years range from below -10C to around 60C annually. It's still soft. Think it will ever dry out? Think your $5 a gram compound is better than this $1 a lb?:-) Not much change after 2.5 months. Even though I've added a raid controller card with 2 more drives and an HDTV tuner card. I also replaced the rather old GF3 video card. Here's the temps now. CPU Temp: +31°C M/B Temp: +27°C -- KT133 MB, CPU @2400MHz (24x100): SIS755 MB CPU @2330MHz (10x233) Need good help? Provide all system info with question. My server http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.php Verizon server http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.htm Yeah, lets put a flammable, electrically conductive petro-solvent on our computers. You are not even a good troll. I'd like to tell you where to put your axle grease, but to maintain the decorum of the group, I won't. If you are trolling, this one is a lame attempt. If you did indeed put axle grease on your CPU, then you are truly stupid. Bobby Interesting comments. The flamability is relatively low, less than the motherboard itself. Arctic silver is electrically conductive and doesn't seem to present problems. I'm not sure if any of the components it would contact would necessarily be chemically changed or softened. So where do you want to go with this? Do you have some evidence of damage from this material that we can use to determine whether or not its OK to use? |
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Best thermal paste? Update
"NoNoBadDog!" wrote in message news:sAKdf.2818$MY4.977@trnddc03... "Wes Newell" wrote in message news:1SEdf.4155$rO4.71@trnddc05... On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 19:10:39 +0000, Wes Newell wrote: On Sep. 1, 2005 I replaced my normal HSF thermal compound with some 30 year old wheel bearing grease that I had in the garage. Afterwards the temps were the same as the original thermal compound. Today they are still as good are maybe .5C better. AMD64 3000+ CPU Temp: +31°C M/B Temp: +28°C The grease container lid has been craked wide open for years, along with some cracks in the plastic 1 lb. tub it came in. Temp. ranges where it's been stored (garage) all these years range from below -10C to around 60C annually. It's still soft. Think it will ever dry out? Think your $5 a gram compound is better than this $1 a lb?:-) Not much change after 2.5 months. Even though I've added a raid controller card with 2 more drives and an HDTV tuner card. I also replaced the rather old GF3 video card. Here's the temps now. CPU Temp: +31°C M/B Temp: +27°C -- KT133 MB, CPU @2400MHz (24x100): SIS755 MB CPU @2330MHz (10x233) Need good help? Provide all system info with question. My server http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.php Verizon server http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.htm Yeah, lets put a flammable, electrically conductive petro-solvent on our computers. You are not even a good troll. I'd like to tell you where to put your axle grease, but to maintain the decorum of the group, I won't. If you are trolling, this one is a lame attempt. If you did indeed put axle grease on your CPU, then you are truly stupid. Bobby It might seem like that, but Wes is actually an old head here. It does seem horrific though -- grease -- yikes. -- Ed Light Smiley :-/ MS Smiley :-\ Send spam to the FTC at Thanks, robots. Bring the Troops Home: http://bringthemhomenow.org Fight Spam: http://bluesecurity.com |
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"Cal Vanize" wrote in message ... NoNoBadDog! wrote: "Wes Newell" wrote in message news:1SEdf.4155$rO4.71@trnddc05... On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 19:10:39 +0000, Wes Newell wrote: On Sep. 1, 2005 I replaced my normal HSF thermal compound with some 30 year old wheel bearing grease that I had in the garage. Afterwards the temps were the same as the original thermal compound. Today they are still as good are maybe .5C better. AMD64 3000+ CPU Temp: +31°C M/B Temp: +28°C The grease container lid has been craked wide open for years, along with some cracks in the plastic 1 lb. tub it came in. Temp. ranges where it's been stored (garage) all these years range from below -10C to around 60C annually. It's still soft. Think it will ever dry out? Think your $5 a gram compound is better than this $1 a lb?:-) Not much change after 2.5 months. Even though I've added a raid controller card with 2 more drives and an HDTV tuner card. I also replaced the rather old GF3 video card. Here's the temps now. CPU Temp: +31°C M/B Temp: +27°C -- KT133 MB, CPU @2400MHz (24x100): SIS755 MB CPU @2330MHz (10x233) Need good help? Provide all system info with question. My server http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.php Verizon server http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.htm Yeah, lets put a flammable, electrically conductive petro-solvent on our computers. You are not even a good troll. I'd like to tell you where to put your axle grease, but to maintain the decorum of the group, I won't. If you are trolling, this one is a lame attempt. If you did indeed put axle grease on your CPU, then you are truly stupid. Bobby Interesting comments. The flamability is relatively low, less than the motherboard itself. Arctic silver is electrically conductive and doesn't seem to present problems. I'm not sure if any of the components it would contact would necessarily be chemically changed or softened. So where do you want to go with this? Do you have some evidence of damage from this material that we can use to determine whether or not its OK to use? Most grease contains detergents and solvents to prevent the grease from coagulating due to heat and aging. In addition, it will damage any motherboard it comes into contact with. The flammability of grease is most definitely higher than the motherboard, and its flashpoint is lower. You must understand that axle grease is meant to lubricate axles, and is not intended to be used as HSF compound. All else considered, you must assume that many who may read your post may not have the experience level to know that what you did was just plain wrong. I hope you don't work on any computers but your own. I would fire anyone I discovered was using axle grease for any purpose on any computer. Using axle grease on your own computer, as lame and stupid as that is, is your perogative. Posting it here in a manner that may cause others to try it is irresponsible. You may be proud of the silly axle grease trick, but it is not recommended under any circumstances. Imagine this scenario...someone decides to build their first computer. They read your lame post...run to the garage and find some automotive grease, slap it on, and their processor/motherboard goes up in smoke. Who is to blame? You are as guilty as they are for posting the lame post you made. For anyone else bothering to read this thread: DO NOT USE AXLE GREASE ON ANY PART OR COMPONENT OF YOUR COMPUTER. I thought maybe you were a troll, or that you were merely stupid. It appears I was right on both counts. Good luck with the computer.... Bobby |
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Best thermal paste? Update
DO NOT USE AXLE GREASE ON ANY PART OR COMPONENT OF YOUR COMPUTER.
I thought maybe you were a troll, or that you were merely stupid. It appears I was right on both counts. Good luck with the computer.... Well, no need to denigrate a person. You're getting desperate there. You should understand that some people are religious in their rejection of such products as the Arctic Silver line and delight in showing that even such and such -- toothpaste, and now axle grease -- is just as good. But I don't think they try out the Arctic long enough for it to bake into its better-performing final form. Or maybe they disdain spending any $ on it. I use Arctic Ceramique myself, because I've read reports where after some bake-in it did give couple of extra degrees C cooling, and it's great to apply (just a dot or stripe, then twist the mounted hsf a little) and comes off easily. We did use it on a friend's machine recently and it's running cooler than when we put it on. It's cheap too, in the little tube that does lots of cpu's. -- Ed Light Smiley :-/ MS Smiley :-\ Send spam to the FTC at Thanks, robots. Bring the Troops Home: http://bringthemhomenow.org Fight Spam: http://bluesecurity.com |
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NoNoBadDog! wrote: "Cal Vanize" wrote in message ... NoNoBadDog! wrote: "Wes Newell" wrote in message news:1SEdf.4155$rO4.71@trnddc05... On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 19:10:39 +0000, Wes Newell wrote: On Sep. 1, 2005 I replaced my normal HSF thermal compound with some 30 year old wheel bearing grease that I had in the garage. Afterwards the temps were the same as the original thermal compound. Today they are still as good are maybe .5C better. AMD64 3000+ CPU Temp: +31°C M/B Temp: +28°C The grease container lid has been craked wide open for years, along with some cracks in the plastic 1 lb. tub it came in. Temp. ranges where it's been stored (garage) all these years range from below -10C to around 60C annually. It's still soft. Think it will ever dry out? Think your $5 a gram compound is better than this $1 a lb?:-) Not much change after 2.5 months. Even though I've added a raid controller card with 2 more drives and an HDTV tuner card. I also replaced the rather old GF3 video card. Here's the temps now. CPU Temp: +31°C M/B Temp: +27°C -- KT133 MB, CPU @2400MHz (24x100): SIS755 MB CPU @2330MHz (10x233) Need good help? Provide all system info with question. My server http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.php Verizon server http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.htm Yeah, lets put a flammable, electrically conductive petro-solvent on our computers. You are not even a good troll. I'd like to tell you where to put your axle grease, but to maintain the decorum of the group, I won't. If you are trolling, this one is a lame attempt. If you did indeed put axle grease on your CPU, then you are truly stupid. Bobby Interesting comments. The flamability is relatively low, less than the motherboard itself. Arctic silver is electrically conductive and doesn't seem to present problems. I'm not sure if any of the components it would contact would necessarily be chemically changed or softened. So where do you want to go with this? Do you have some evidence of damage from this material that we can use to determine whether or not its OK to use? Most grease contains detergents and solvents to prevent the grease from coagulating due to heat and aging. In addition, it will damage any motherboard it comes into contact with. The flammability of grease is most definitely higher than the motherboard, and its flashpoint is lower. You must understand that axle grease is meant to lubricate axles, and is not intended to be used as HSF compound. All else considered, you must assume that many who may read your post may not have the experience level to know that what you did was just plain wrong. Hey, not my post. Just asking the questions. I hope you don't work on any computers but your own. I build and maintain a lot of computers including my own. Haven't had any problems. All are stable and most have been running 24x7 for 2 years. I would fire anyone I discovered was using axle grease for any purpose on any computer. Using axle grease on your own computer, as lame and stupid as that is, is your perogative. Posting it here in a manner that may cause others to try it is irresponsible. You may be proud of the silly axle grease trick, but it is not recommended under any circumstances. Imagine this scenario...someone decides to build their first computer. They read your lame post...run to the garage and find some automotive grease, slap it on, and their processor/motherboard goes up in smoke. Who is to blame? You are as guilty as they are for posting the lame post you made. For anyone else bothering to read this thread: DO NOT USE AXLE GREASE ON ANY PART OR COMPONENT OF YOUR COMPUTER. I thought maybe you were a troll, or that you were merely stupid. It appears I was right on both counts. Good luck with the computer.... Bobby Gee, Bobby. Don't hold back. Tell us all what you really think. Shouldn't your post be directed to the original poster? BTW, I've got an old motherboard and an Athlon XP2000. That kinda runs a little warm, typically around 53C. I'll smear grease on the motherboard and chip and them drop an undersized heatsink on it. If you don't hear back, its because it exploded and took out the whole neighborhood. |
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"Cal Vanize" wrote in message ... NoNoBadDog! wrote: "Cal Vanize" wrote in message ... NoNoBadDog! wrote: "Wes Newell" wrote in message news:1SEdf.4155$rO4.71@trnddc05... On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 19:10:39 +0000, Wes Newell wrote: On Sep. 1, 2005 I replaced my normal HSF thermal compound with some 30 year old wheel bearing grease that I had in the garage. Afterwards the temps were the same as the original thermal compound. Today they are still as good are maybe .5C better. AMD64 3000+ CPU Temp: +31°C M/B Temp: +28°C The grease container lid has been craked wide open for years, along with some cracks in the plastic 1 lb. tub it came in. Temp. ranges where it's been stored (garage) all these years range from below -10C to around 60C annually. It's still soft. Think it will ever dry out? Think your $5 a gram compound is better than this $1 a lb?:-) Not much change after 2.5 months. Even though I've added a raid controller card with 2 more drives and an HDTV tuner card. I also replaced the rather old GF3 video card. Here's the temps now. CPU Temp: +31°C M/B Temp: +27°C -- KT133 MB, CPU @2400MHz (24x100): SIS755 MB CPU @2330MHz (10x233) Need good help? Provide all system info with question. My server http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.php Verizon server http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.htm Yeah, lets put a flammable, electrically conductive petro-solvent on our computers. You are not even a good troll. I'd like to tell you where to put your axle grease, but to maintain the decorum of the group, I won't. If you are trolling, this one is a lame attempt. If you did indeed put axle grease on your CPU, then you are truly stupid. Bobby Interesting comments. The flamability is relatively low, less than the motherboard itself. Arctic silver is electrically conductive and doesn't seem to present problems. I'm not sure if any of the components it would contact would necessarily be chemically changed or softened. So where do you want to go with this? Do you have some evidence of damage from this material that we can use to determine whether or not its OK to use? Most grease contains detergents and solvents to prevent the grease from coagulating due to heat and aging. In addition, it will damage any motherboard it comes into contact with. The flammability of grease is most definitely higher than the motherboard, and its flashpoint is lower. You must understand that axle grease is meant to lubricate axles, and is not intended to be used as HSF compound. All else considered, you must assume that many who may read your post may not have the experience level to know that what you did was just plain wrong. Hey, not my post. Just asking the questions. I hope you don't work on any computers but your own. I build and maintain a lot of computers including my own. Haven't had any problems. All are stable and most have been running 24x7 for 2 years. I would fire anyone I discovered was using axle grease for any purpose on any computer. Using axle grease on your own computer, as lame and stupid as that is, is your perogative. Posting it here in a manner that may cause others to try it is irresponsible. You may be proud of the silly axle grease trick, but it is not recommended under any circumstances. Imagine this scenario...someone decides to build their first computer. They read your lame post...run to the garage and find some automotive grease, slap it on, and their processor/motherboard goes up in smoke. Who is to blame? You are as guilty as they are for posting the lame post you made. For anyone else bothering to read this thread: DO NOT USE AXLE GREASE ON ANY PART OR COMPONENT OF YOUR COMPUTER. I thought maybe you were a troll, or that you were merely stupid. It appears I was right on both counts. Good luck with the computer.... Bobby Gee, Bobby. Don't hold back. Tell us all what you really think. Shouldn't your post be directed to the original poster? BTW, I've got an old motherboard and an Athlon XP2000. That kinda runs a little warm, typically around 53C. I'll smear grease on the motherboard and chip and them drop an undersized heatsink on it. If you don't hear back, its because it exploded and took out the whole neighborhood. My apologies, and yes my comments were meant for the OP. Bobby |
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On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 17:19:20 +0000, NoNoBadDog! wrote:
"Wes Newell" wrote in message news:1SEdf.4155$rO4.71@trnddc05... On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 19:10:39 +0000, Wes Newell wrote: On Sep. 1, 2005 I replaced my normal HSF thermal compound with some 30 year old wheel bearing grease that I had in the garage. Afterwards the temps were the same as the original thermal compound. Today they are still as good are maybe .5C better. AMD64 3000+ CPU Temp: +31°C M/B Temp: +28°C The grease container lid has been craked wide open for years, along with some cracks in the plastic 1 lb. tub it came in. Temp. ranges where it's been stored (garage) all these years range from below -10C to around 60C annually. It's still soft. Think it will ever dry out? Think your $5 a gram compound is better than this $1 a lb?:-) Not much change after 2.5 months. Even though I've added a raid controller card with 2 more drives and an HDTV tuner card. I also replaced the rather old GF3 video card. Here's the temps now. CPU Temp: +31°C M/B Temp: +27°C -- KT133 MB, CPU @2400MHz (24x100): SIS755 MB CPU @2330MHz (10x233) Need good help? Provide all system info with question. My server http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.php Verizon server http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.htm Yeah, lets put a flammable, electrically conductive petro-solvent on our computers. You are not even a good troll. I'd like to tell you where to put your axle grease, but to maintain the decorum of the group, I won't. If you are trolling, this one is a lame attempt. If you did indeed put axle grease on your CPU, then you are truly stupid. I don't know where you came from, but you should go back there and learn a few things before coming into a newsgroup spouting **** you know absolutely nothing about. I've seen more incorrect post from you in the last couple of months than I've seen in here in the last couple of years. I would plonk your stupid butt but I have to keep correcting your post so you don't mislead others. Go ahead, tell me what you think. Considering the source, it won't bother me a bit. -- KT133 MB, CPU @2400MHz (24x100): SIS755 MB CPU @2330MHz (10x233) Need good help? Provide all system info with question. My server http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.php Verizon server http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.htm |
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