Botched Mini-scythe Ninja installation - cleaning off Arctic Silver?

[SiD the Turtle]

Hi guys,

It's a bit embarrassing but I just finished building my new Core 2 Duo system only to watch the temperatures jump to 60 degrees when loading up something as simple as Media Centre.

Looking in the case, the heatsink was cold. When I touched it I noticed it was wobbling- then I noticed that two of the posts were loose

So I need to reapply it properly, but I need to clean the arctic silver off and then put some back on. I can order some articlean to arrive Tuesday, but are there any sensible alternatives that you're likely to find in the average home?

 

[benjo]

Nail polish remove, strong alcohol.

edit: Even those face wash pads work really well!

 

[helmutcheese]

ISO PROPYLN CLEANER, as AS removes easy.

 

[SiD the Turtle]

Thanks guys. I found some nail polish remover but it has lots of perfume in it.

I also found some alcohol that was used to clean heads on a tape deck. I'm going to apply some AS5 to a random bit of metal and see if it will do the job.

 

[Bonjour]

Akasa do a good lemon based TIM cleaner. That's what I use.

 

[helmutcheese]

I also found some alcohol that was used to clean heads on a tape deck

AKA

ISO PROPYLN CLEANER

 

[Grimley]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isopropyl_alcohol

Bought a massive bottle of it from the chemist at the bottom of my road. does the job though I've used meths in the past & that seemed to work OK too.

 

[p4radox]

I've always been fine with white spirit.

 

[SiD the Turtle]

Cleaned it up with the alcohol used to clean tape heads.

Its idling at about 20degrees rather than 30degrees and it's yet to go over 35. Going to stress test now.

P.S. the Core 2 Duo heatsink plugs are a PITA.

 

[gt_junkie]

P.S. the Core 2 Duo heatsink plugs are a PITA.

Agreed - ridiculous design.

Give me an A64 clip method any day. Might be a bit more fiddly but at least you pretty much knew when it was on.

gt

 

[helmutcheese]

Both methods are PIA with stock sinks, I prefer to bolt through Mobo.

 

[RaiderX]

ive always just wiped off the old stuff with tissue, never made much of a difference if any.

 

[helmutcheese]

You need some wetness to get rid of all traces not a dry tissue, thats not going to give you a perfect finish to start over with unless you aint fussy.

I use Johnsons Cotton Buds and Bounty Roll to clean all PC parts as it dont make a mess like cheaper stuff (leave powder).

Im sure peeps who spend hours lapping IHS+Heatsinks will clean it throughly to get best out it.

 

[Sasso]

if ya have any industrial meths laying about like i do it does the trick

 

[Chris C]

I've always been fine with white spirit.

Always worked for me too using the girlfriends face pads.

 

[Methanoid]

Can I ask how the Mini Ninja mounts to mobo for an AMD AM2 solution? I hate those poxy plastic plug mechanisms and prefer bolt/screw/metal attachments. One reason why I got Noctua coolers for my C2D PCs - Artic Cooling use plastic....

 

[Senture]

Agreed - ridiculous design.

Give me an A64 clip method any day. Might be a bit more fiddly but at least you pretty much knew when it was on.

gt

I totally hated those clips. I felt like I was going to crack the damn IHS on my Opteron fitting the thing on

 

[gt_junkie]

I totally hated those clips. I felt like I was going to crack the damn IHS on my Opteron fitting the thing on

At least you knew it was on!

775 scares me - never sure that the stock sinks are actually secured.

gt

 

[Reality|Bites]

I usually just clean the paste off with a dry paper towel lol, Never had a problem.

 

[Sin_Chase]

Might not have a problem, but something like a paper towel will leave a nice bunch of inpurtieis on the chip, not so good for getting good thermal interfacing

Isopropyl, clean it off, final clean with a lint free.