[Cialug] Remove Thermal Paste?

[Matt Stanton]

Dymin Systems sells a thermal paste remover that smells like either mineral oil or naphtha.  You could try zippo fluid, valve oil, or goo gone... all of which would need to be cleaned off themselves with some kind of soap that does a good job of cutting oil (like dish soap).  Sometimes mineral oil or naphtha will work far better than alcohol for gooey stuff, but if the alcohol is working well it's easier to use it since you don't have to clean it off.

-- Matt (N0BOX)

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-----Original Message-----
From: "L. V. Lammert" <lvl at omnitec.net>
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group <cialug at cialug.org>
Sent: Wed, 03 Apr 2013 7:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Cialug] Remove Thermal Paste?

On Wed, 3 Apr 2013, Todd Walton wrote:

> How does one go about carefully and efficiently removing thermal paste from
> a heatsink so that it can be re-used on a new CPU?  Any suggestions?
>
If it's a paste, a paper towel & alcohol should work; problem is many
coolers use a pad which hardens over time - have had to use a razor blade
for that.

Get new thermal grease in either case.

	Lee
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