Hi Guys,
I recently decided to replace my generic thermal compound on my Pentium 4 with Arctic Silver II. I followed the instructions from their website and had a nice even coat over the heat spreader. Isopropyl alcohol was used to clean the chip and HSF, and I also prepared the HSF as they say to do.
Problem is, I have not noticed a change at all in my load temperatures. The Pentium 4 is of course a hot-running chip, and with the old stuff on it was running at 61 degrees under load, with the same ambient temperature I am getting 61 degrees with the Arctic Silver II - am I doing something wrong? I would have expected about a 2 degree drop in temperature. Can anyone offer any suggestions?
Thanks guys :wave:
I recently decided to replace my generic thermal compound on my Pentium 4 with Arctic Silver II. I followed the instructions from their website and had a nice even coat over the heat spreader. Isopropyl alcohol was used to clean the chip and HSF, and I also prepared the HSF as they say to do.
Problem is, I have not noticed a change at all in my load temperatures. The Pentium 4 is of course a hot-running chip, and with the old stuff on it was running at 61 degrees under load, with the same ambient temperature I am getting 61 degrees with the Arctic Silver II - am I doing something wrong? I would have expected about a 2 degree drop in temperature. Can anyone offer any suggestions?
Thanks guys :wave:
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