Can use drinkable alcohol? If yes then can i use the 4% concentration like carlsberg? Or must use 40%?

dunno about tht, i think it's safer you use swan alcohol, only 2.90 for big bottle from "Speedy"

aiyo jsust go buy the artic cleaner set for 25rm, u get tim cleaner and surface purifier, will last u a lifwe time if u use properly, well woth the money imo, coz u dun have to worry bout anything as it is design for cleaning procs..

anyone tried using shin-etsu thermal paste before?

its is ok.... not the best but performes at least beter than the zalman paste. pm pcmoddingmy for more details, he has used it before...or beter mr.prem would u mind posting here?

But i used the Zalman thermal grease...will the artic cleaner work?

I want to know where can i get isopropyl alcohol too...because it can evaporate.

arctic cleaner works on all TIM.

Okay thanks

Merry Christmas all!

no...wrong concept

u must use pure alcohol or alcohol+water based solvent.

u want to clean the thermal paste, and you wouldn't want to leave any residue on the heatsink base or on the cpu surface

Something bad happened when i took off my northbridge cooler yesterday.The stock Zalman paste that come with my nb cooler which was only applied for maybe 1 month+ had hardened and stick to the nb.Clean it off using TIM remover.The one thing i was not sure is that is it usual for TIM to hardened so quickly (in around 1month) or the Zalman paste is really that cheapo?

Rock hard? or just dried up abit? TIM dont really harden, it meant to be stay in liquid form.

Its not rock hard but it cant be removed from the nb even by wiping it out.As well as the bottom of the nb cooler..Needed to use alchohol to remove it and its way hard..Not sure what happened though..luckily i bought the AS5 as a replacement...

oh then it is normal.. some TIM will get harder than normal. nothing to worry about. of course it is highly recommended to use third party TIM for better result

lol..Then i must be over reacting cause i just applied the TIM around 1month+ ago and i was surprise it was already that hard..lol..currently using some kind of silver TIM that my cousin got for me from Hong Kong.No brand though as my AS5 is still in KL and i am away...

dont too worry... if your TIM not working as it should be, you will notice a raise in your temp. if nothing happen, dont worry too much

Does every TIM need time to sinked in like the AS5 or some will straight perform when applied?

nop... TIM like arctic ceramic dont need sink in. only high end stuff like arctic silver 5 or zalman stg1 need :0

it's normal for the thermal paste to become hard and tough to dismantle. i would advise you warm up the whole hsf, let the hsf become hot so the paste will be soften.

I experience difficulties when removing the HS when the sink base isnt evenly lapped or the CPU surface has a sink in the center , i mean its like a suction between the HS and CPU IHS . Even the with the HS heated up , i still cant remove the way its suppose to be removed , sometimes i pull the HS out with the CPU stickin with the socket locked .
Plus my CPU IHS center isnt flat , there is a sink in the center as the edges always scratch my HSF surface .

Would it be dangerous to the PC(overheating) if we use some kind of cheapo TIM or doesnt even use TIM at all?