Damn crappy motherboards
11 November 2006, 10:53 AM
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Damn crappy motherboards
Had a client drop off a PC the otherday because it kept playing up and I said I'll take a look.
When moving it I noticed something large and heavy was sliding about inside, so popped the lid to invesitgate:
Heatsink on one of the motherboard chips has fell off
: http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k3...b/DSC00298.jpg
Now, it has no form of clamping - just what looks like double sided numberplate tape.
Question is, what can I use to stick it back on? Bearing in mind it needs to be tolerant to heat. I was going to use superglue, but it doesn't seem to be as good as it used to be, so don't trust it.
When moving it I noticed something large and heavy was sliding about inside, so popped the lid to invesitgate:
Heatsink on one of the motherboard chips has fell off
: http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k3...b/DSC00298.jpgNow, it has no form of clamping - just what looks like double sided numberplate tape.
Question is, what can I use to stick it back on? Bearing in mind it needs to be tolerant to heat. I was going to use superglue, but it doesn't seem to be as good as it used to be, so don't trust it.
11 November 2006, 11:15 AM
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hi mate you need thermal paste cost about £6.oo from pc world etc must be thermal paste do not use anything esle as it will damage the cpu
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11 November 2006, 11:42 AM
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It already has the thermal paste on there (the tiny nail sized sqaure in the middle which is the actual chip), it probably needs a spot more but that won't solve the problem...it's the adhesive stuff I'm lacking to stick the heatsink to the surrondings of the chip (the black tape on outer edge of the heatsink).
Thermal paste doesn't glue, and there is no other form of clamping the heatsink on.
Thermal paste doesn't glue, and there is no other form of clamping the heatsink on.
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11 November 2006, 12:25 PM
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