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Title: Claning H/eatsink
Post by: wheeler74 on May 01, 2007, 05:07:00 PM

im replacing my xclamps and am having a heck of a time cleaning off the paste from the heatsinks the factory paste...

any tips would be greatly apreacieated also  do i  clean the chips?

can iuse iso.?

Title: Claning H/eatsink
Post by: Navillos on May 01, 2007, 05:09:00 PM

QUOTE(wheeler74 @ May 1 2007, 06:07 PM)

im replacing my xclamps and am having a heck of a time cleaning off the paste from the heatsinks the factory paste...

any tips would be greatly apreacieated also  do i  clean the chips?

can iuse iso.?

the best stuff out there is Arcticlean

This post has been edited by Navillos: May 2 2007, 12:09 AM

Title: Claning H/eatsink
Post by: wheeler74 on May 01, 2007, 05:13:00 PM

QUOTE(Navillos @ May 2 2007, 12:09 AM)

the best stuff out there is Arcticlean

ty for super fast response , but do i clean the chips aswell.. theres paste on resistors too.. around the chips

Title: Claning H/eatsink
Post by: ptr.exe on May 01, 2007, 05:22:00 PM

Dont worry about it too much about the transistors surrounding the core, as long as the core is clean then it doesnt matter.

Some 360s have this white paste that is incredibly easy to clean off, however some have the dark grey paste, that is a nightmare to clean off well.

I use isopropyl alcohol, and a credit card to scrape off the thermal paste (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Title: Claning H/eatsink
Post by: 89c4l98 on May 01, 2007, 07:17:00 PM

i used a toothbrush and some contact cleaner then after it was clean i used rubbing alchol

Title: Claning H/eatsink
Post by: jetlae on May 02, 2007, 12:11:00 AM

I used a qtip, alcohol and patience.

Title: Claning H/eatsink
Post by: RBJTech on May 02, 2007, 04:15:00 AM

Carburettor cleaner - it will melt the grey stuff like it's hot butter.  Then use some contact cleaner (iso alcohol) to clean it to a polish ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Title: Claning H/eatsink
Post by: jameswalter on May 02, 2007, 09:02:00 AM

I used Q-tips with goo gone, Wd-40 and a final cleaning with IPA to clean mine up.  I cleaned the whole chip, including the SMCs.  I know it's not necessary, but neither was lapping my heatsinks.   Here is what mine looked like after cleaning....and I had that nasty gray paste.  Goo gone and WD-40 worked really well to get it off though, but it did leave behind a film, so I cleaned it really good with IPA too.

(IMG:http://home.comcast.net/~jameswalter007/mb.jpg)

Title: Claning H/eatsink
Post by: batmike1990 on May 02, 2007, 11:29:00 AM

thats a fukin shiney gpu/cpu!!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)  (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)  (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)