thermal pad&heatsink compound

[russchar]

1st time build. Iput heat seek compound(compusa generic) on along with the thermal pad from the heat sink. This seems to be a no-no. Should I remove the thermal pad? Will any harm be done if i dont.? I put thermal compound over the entire cpu.

[TexMag]

Originally posted by russchar:
1st time build. Iput heat seek compound(compusa generic) on along with the thermal pad from the heat sink. This seems to be a no-no. Should I remove the thermal pad? Will any harm be done if i dont.? I put thermal compound over the entire cpu.

AAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
not the whole cpu
just a dab on the core. and for the love of god get rid of that thermal pad that is if you can still get on here to see this

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[wonderinguy34]

Great tutorial on applying paste http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_s...structions.htm

[CenturionStrategy]

yes, remove the thermal pad, then apply thermal paste, like it says in the link.

You must use use either the pad or paste, I would recommend strongly that you go for the paste.

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