CPU Grease

[Loxa]

Hey again,
i recently had a coolmaster 212 evo installing into my computer and found out that the place i had it installed at used the how tube of the supplied CPU Grease on the heatsink. Is this going to case problems or is it me just worrying?

I was positive i heard you only use a pea sized amount

 

[VaderDSL]

They used a whole tube of thermal paste? If so remove/inspect and post pictures for our enjoyment.

That said it does depend on how large the tube is

 

[RJC]

Depends on how much was in the tube, keep a eye on temps, belongs the paste in not all over the side of the CPU don't worry.

 

[Showboat]

I did this a few years ago with my first build, was a real mess.
When i took the cpu off to clean it it had dripped down on to the motherboard and into the cpu socket.

I was able to clean it all off and it's been running fine for nearly 3 years

If they used the entire tube it will have run down onto the motherboard and should be clearly visible without having to remove the fan.

 

[Loxa]

They used a whole tube of thermal paste? If so remove/inspect and post pictures for our enjoyment.

That said it does depend on how large the tube is

Yeah they used the hole tube, they rang me today saying they found my thunb screw they lost. So i also asked for my leftover Thermal Paste and thats when i found out it was all gone :s

The tube was around this long |--==========>

 

[PCplod]

Thats about the same length as something else I know

 

[Menty]

Yeah they used the hole tube, they rang me today saying they found my thunb screw they lost. So i also asked for my leftover Thermal Paste and thats when i found out it was all gone :s

The tube was around this long |--==========>

Nah I bet they just threw the remnants away after using it on your build.

 

[Rik1254]

Why did you let a company install it? The HS is probably one of the easiest things to install after RAM and GPU.

 

[Loxa]

Why did you let a company install it? The HS is probably one of the easiest things to install after RAM and GPU.

Because i had never done it before and didnt want to take the motherboard out myself to mount the backplate, i carnt afford to break anythin

Also had everything fitted into a new case. Was only £15 so seemed worth it

 

[j.col]

Nah I bet they just threw the remnants away after using it on your build.

Or they just kept it, to reuse on another pc

 

[panyan]

Or they just kept it, to reuse on another pc

+1 !!!

 

[Loxa]

+1 !!!

Im collecting the tube and thumb screw from them tomorrow, they said it was empty but i said i want the tube. Since they still have it kinda tells me someone is tellin porkys ;p

 

[RooBoonix]

Ooooohhh!!! Very strange tbh, can you see any paste around the CPU then? Tube doesn't look very big but it must've been more than a pea sized amount! Wonder what they will say....

 

[bartledvd]

all the profits in scamming ppl out of thermal paste these days. i have to admit also sounds odd as to why they would keep tiny little emtpy tube

 

[Rusty0611]

You'd see it if they had used it all....

 

[Loxa]

Ooooohhh!!! Very strange tbh, can you see any paste around the CPU then? Tube doesn't look very big but it must've been more than a pea sized amount! Wonder what they will say....

All they said to me was we had to use it all because you need thermal compound on your CPU, speaking asif i didnt know this :s

The hole experience was very strange