How NOT to apply thermal paste

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#1 Post by **gator** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 11:51 pm

How NOT to apply thermal paste (click for HUGE version):

http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/hprajani/phun/haha.jpg

I wonder what went on in that guy's mind ... "If a small dab of thermal paste can cool my CPU by 5C, I wonder how much will 20 tubes do!!"

The Spirit of X21 · #2 Post by **The Spirit of X21** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 1:01 am

Ha! That is terrible. It is as if he stuffed the CPU full of Elmer's glue....

#3 Post by **underclocker** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 1:36 pm

Well, when your machine can't turn on it does stay pretty cool!

Temetka · #4 Post by **Temetka** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 5:41 pm

In all my years of messing around with computers I have NEVER seen anything like that.

E.V.E.R.

The first thought that came to mind (once my brain recovered from shock) was OH DEAR GOD. I hope the CPU and Mobo can be salvaged. I ton of rubbing alcohol should do the trick but still....geez.

NS · #5 Post by NS » Fri Sep 14, 2007 6:15 am

I think he does it to seek attention. Now, he has gotten all the attention that he wants.

Poor CPU and poor computer.. *sigh*

Oraklini · #6 Post by **Oraklini** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 4:02 pm

A little knowledge ( or not

) can be a dangerous thing.

I was rendered speechless for a while after viewing that mess...

#7 Post by **AlphaKilo470** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 11:11 pm

Wow, before that, the worst I had seen was an older AMD Athlon with the thermal paste on the rubber pads but not on the chip.

NS · #8 Post by NS » Sun Sep 16, 2007 2:23 am

He should watch this..

jamerslong · #9 Post by **jamerslong** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:21 pm

hey thats my CPU and MOBO, howd you get that?

J/k

well i understand that sometimes people get the wrong idea about things but this is just pure ignorance. i bet he took it into a shop to get it fixed and when they found that they were like WTF! "hey mike!, did you fix this?"

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