Applying Artic Silver 5

[Kage]

Would someone like to aknowledge ignorance and tell me what a Desi is?

[TQ]

Originally Posted by Gavsman

hey man TQ r u really a DEsi caz surnames with "Q" are very rare

I've admired Desi Arnez for many, many years, Gav....loved his orchestra...

[Gavsman]

so ur not Desi right?
just know the language is it? which is in fact very cool caz some of the words are very hard to pronounce

[TQ]

Honestly, I don't speak a word of it. Beautiful language, though. And that young gal Harry Potter took to the Yule Dance in the latest movie was almost too lovely for words.

[Gavsman]

i think her name in the film was Parvati and her twin sis Padma Patil

[TQ]

Lovely girls, just lovely...Ron was really rude to Padma.

[Kage]

Always wanted to use those...

[TQ]

Of course had Ron spoken to her sweetly of the benefits of Arctic Silver 5 all would have been well...

[Kage]

you know the stuff that comes with Arctic-Cooling products is pretty good too.

[nlezcano]

I bought Artic Remover/Cleaner (I don’t remember the exact name), it comes in two parts, the grease remover and the "neutralizer", its like a shampoo and a conditioner! COOL ! I didn’t test it yet, but I’m sure the processor and heat sink will grow healthy hair.
I have a question about AS5 storage. I read at the AS site that the "grease" will eventually separate from the silver particles (that’s normal). How much time does it take? I also read that because of this, it is better stored at and cool environment (like a fridge), I put mine into my fridge, but I’m afraid it is too cold and could freeze or damage the paste. How do you guys store you AS5? If you use cool environments, which temperature do you store you paste? Thanks!

[GWillakers]

Originally Posted by nlezcano

I have a question about AS5 storage. ... I put mine into my fridge,

There is more to life than keeping Artic silver from separating.
Only food belongs in the refrigerator. That stuff is poison.

You don't want a little kid thinking thats a new spread for Hot dogs, or some type of candy. Even a little testing taste could be fatal.

[myckee]

Originally Posted by GWillakers

There is more to life than keeping Artic silver from separating.
Only food belongs in the refrigerator. That stuff is poison.

You don't want a little kid thinking thats a new spread for Hot dogs, or some type of candy. Even a little testing taste could be fatal.

Agreed that keeping it in the fridge is a bit excessive, and that if a kid got into it it wouldn't be good. However I don't think it would kill anyone. I took a tube to my buddies place when I was setting up is computer. I left it in the floor for a minute and his dog ate the entire tube and spit out the empty plastic. The dog was fine then and is still fine now.

[pepsi_max2k]

@storage - it does separate a little (more liquidy parts going up i guess...) but the AS site states this makes absolutely no difference in the effectiveness, and i've never seen a best-before type date for it. i've had mine around two years now... and you're best off storing it with the tip down and plunger up, i guess cos whatever seperates towards the top is less thermally conductive than whatever ends up at the bottom, something like that... anyway, how much difference it makes i dunno. and room temerature is prolly fine.

@applying - exposed cores (thumb sized purple things like XPs) you spread an even, paper thin layer (i can never get AS5 seethrough) across the whole thing, and for heatspreader (big gray A64 type stuff) you just put a small ballbearing size drop in the middle (on Athlon chips, about the size of the little blocky athlon logo thing) and the heatsink will spread it out once it's pushed down. that's the officially recommended way of doing things.

and fwiw, i've only ever seen my temps *rise* after it's been in use a few days (around 3c). so much for falling... but it did take it down a whopping 20c from the original paste that was on

[Tapir]

Originally Posted by myckee

Agreed that keeping it in the fridge is a bit excessive, and that if a kid got into it it wouldn't be good. However I don't think it would kill anyone. I took a tube to my buddies place when I was setting up is computer. I left it in the floor for a minute and his dog ate the entire tube and spit out the empty plastic. The dog was fine then and is still fine now.

Wow, he's now got "cool" dog

[zapionics<alt>]

Originally Posted by Tapir

Wow, he's now got "cool" dog

yeah, that dog now has a "silver lining"