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at least when it overheats and burns out there will be a nice minty fresh smell.
Grats.
Not even Colgate Toothpaste...
lol and thanks, thermal compound should be arriving today
What is it with some peoples reaction to this?!? I don't see him saying that is the best fix ever, just all he had at the time. Don't know how many people in this section of the forums have a tube of Artic Silver just laying around. Fair play on the improvisation is what I say. I wouldn't have had the bottle myself.
Wow. So because he does a temp fix it makes him a moron? He paid for the thing so he can do as he wishes, and as he said the thermal compound will be with him shorty.
Talk about a OTT reaction.
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Anger management much?
As people have said, the Toothpaste will work, but it's only a temporary solution. Get some proper stuff in there and trade it in I would.
You are a tool.
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Indeed you are, sir.
This!
I got slated lol. Seems i might of been a bit harsh with my opinion but its got to be better to wait or go out and find a proper cooling solution. I'm half expecting to later hear of someone fixing the 3rod on their xbox with some dental floss and double sided sticky tape
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This!
I got slated lol. Seems i might of been a bit harsh with my opinion but its got to be better to wait or go out and find a proper cooling solution. I'm half expecting to later hear of someone fixing the 3rod on their xbox with some dental floss and double sided sticky tape
a lot of people say toothpaste is good for heat transfer. It's not hard for someone to get the wrong end of the stick is it.
It hardly makes them ******* morons
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i know where u live sir. Play nice haha
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do they
its a semi viscous liquid, of course its going to transfer heat *until* it drys up. which for toothpaste isnt long.People would probably say nuclear waste is good too, but they wouldnt recommend that either!
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do they
People would probably say nuclear waste is good too, but they wouldnt recommend that either!
Google "Toothpaste thermal paste" It's all over the place. I dont agree with it personally, but its easy to see how someone else may
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you've missed the point obviously. I didnt say it didnt work, im saying it's about as useful as a chocolate fireguard. the idea of using toothpast has been around for a decade already, its nothing new.
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agreed, what i'm saying is, and my initial point was. It's easy to see how someone would think it would work fine, as it's often mentioned around the web.