I have a xp 2500+ and I have been using the thermal pad solution but I am getting a new motherboard and need to know what to use to clean the pad of the processor and my retail heatsink.The bottom of my heatsink is copper too fyi.
I have a xp 2500+ and I have been using the thermal pad solution but I am getting a new motherboard and need to know what to use to clean the pad of the processor and my retail heatsink.The bottom of my heatsink is copper too fyi.
rubbing alcohol and some kind of cloth i believe is most reccomended.
I use q-tips...
thanks
70% isopropyl alcohol should be fine, but if you want less residue and more effective cleaning action, get the highest purity alcohol you can get, which is around 90% I believe.
Scrap the bulk of it off with a credit card. Then use some Carborator Cleaner (acetone works well too) and an old t-shirt to get the last of it off. The trick is to use something that leaves no residue behind (rubbing alcohol leaves lanolin behind and Q-Tips can leave fibers behind).
razor blade and kleenex
NOOOO! Use a LINT-FREE cloth. Kleenex is almost the exact opposite and it will leave a lot of crap on your CPU. Use a lense cleaning cloth if you have one, they work really good.Quote:
Originally posted by fbs1992
razor blade and kleenex
razor blade and kleenex-You will scratch copper on a heatsink for sure with that,and I would not even think about using it on a cpu core.