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Aguiluz · 12-31-2007, 12:05 PM

I used to have a desktop pc (yes, the one with the RecyklaCooler) and the CPU gradually overheats. Diagnosis? Dried out thermal phase. Wipe off the crud and carefully put a new one. Oh, If you don't have access to thermal paste - like I did back then - my Low Tech method is to take a sheet of aluminum foil (you know, kitchen variety, make sure its clean) then fold it to a square the size of the CPU die. Then put it between the CPU and the Heatsink. Not too thick, nor too thin. If you do it right, you would have "astonishing" results. Yes, it might sound... crude... but its highly effective on my "slightly overclocked" Pentium 4. Plus, I call that resourceful and inventive.

-Aguiluz

12-31-2007, 12:05 PM	#6 (permalink)
Aguiluz Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 223	Re: Temps increase over time I used to have a desktop pc (yes, the one with the RecyklaCooler) and the CPU gradually overheats. Diagnosis? Dried out thermal phase. Wipe off the crud and carefully put a new one. Oh, If you don't have access to thermal paste - like I did back then - my Low Tech method is to take a sheet of aluminum foil (you know, kitchen variety, make sure its clean) then fold it to a square the size of the CPU die. Then put it between the CPU and the Heatsink. Not too thick, nor too thin. If you do it right, you would have "astonishing" results. Yes, it might sound... crude... but its highly effective on my "slightly overclocked" Pentium 4. Plus, I call that resourceful and inventive. -Aguiluz __________________ Cwazy Dwagon