My PC is thanking CPF

[kurni]

My PC kept rebooting itself. Being a novice, I straight away blame Windows. But after several time reformatting it with XP / Vista, it's still happening.

I gathered courage to open the case, and finally unhooked the heatsink...

:sick2:

It must have been a cheap thermal goo; it turned into powder :thumbsdow

The only reason I got Arctic Silver was for modding; but now I found another use.

I learn a lot from this wonderful forum. Thank you very much.

Kurni

 

[PhotonWrangler]

Great catch, Kurni. Hopefully the CPU wasn't damaged from the heat. I had one CPU that had one or more of it's internal bonding wires loosen up from heat caused by a failed fan, and the symptom was that the machine would boot, crash and reboot infinitely, with each successive cycle becoming increasingly shorter as the chip warmed up. I had to replace the CPU after replacing the fan.

 

[Mad1]

Funny thing is Arctic Silver is actually ment for CPU heatsinks, not flashlights.

 

[light_emitting_dude]

Lately I have used silicone grease to fix my kitchen sink faucet and make my computer mouse feet slicker!

 

[LED_Thrift]

Lately I have used silicone grease to fix my kitchen sink faucet and make ....mouse feet slicker!

Don't let the politically correct nuts find out you are testing your silicone grease on live animals!