Re: Old burnt heatsink termal compound (white grease) removal

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xtberia wrote:

> I am from Kolkata, India, and would appreciate very much if someone
> could please tell me where to procure the following items in Kolkata:
>
> 1. Thermal compound/glue for use between processor and heat sink.

Computer supply store.


> 2. Isopropyl alcohol.

Pharmacy/Drug Store

>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
 
Bob I;2997929 Wrote:
> xtberia wrote:
>
> > I am from Kolkata, India, and would appreciate very much if someone
> > could please tell me where to procure the following items in
> Kolkata:
> >
> > 1. Thermal compound/glue for use between processor and heat sink.
>
> Computer supply store.
>
>
> > 2. Isopropyl alcohol.
>
> Pharmacy/Drug Store
>
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> >


Are you sure my friend that you reside in Kolkata? The reason for
asking this question is that either you are not a resident of this
city, or you are plain guessing.

Let me tell you that the first item is not to be had in any major
computer stores across the city. While the latter cannot be bought from
any pharmacy or a drug store, as you have pointed out.

Both these items can be had at Brabourne Road. For the curious, please
browse through chemical shops at Old China Bazar.

I was given this information by an old acquaintance of mine who happens
to be a chemist by education, and a consultant by profession.

Hope this helps those who are in the same quandry as I was. I shall
keep this thread upto date with my experiences in using thermal grease
and isopropyl alcohol.


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xtberia wrote:

> Bob I;2997929 Wrote:
>
>>xtberia wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I am from Kolkata, India, and would appreciate very much if someone
>>>could please tell me where to procure the following items in
>>
>>Kolkata:
>>
>>>1. Thermal compound/glue for use between processor and heat sink.
>>
>>Computer supply store.
>>
>>
>>
>>>2. Isopropyl alcohol.
>>
>>Pharmacy/Drug Store
>>
>>
>>>Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>>
>
>
>
> Are you sure my friend that you reside in Kolkata? The reason for
> asking this question is that either you are not a resident of this
> city, or you are plain guessing.
>
> Let me tell you that the first item is not to be had in any major
> computer stores across the city. While the latter cannot be bought from
> any pharmacy or a drug store, as you have pointed out.
>
> Both these items can be had at Brabourne Road. For the curious, please
> browse through chemical shops at Old China Bazar.
>
> I was given this information by an old acquaintance of mine who happens
> to be a chemist by education, and a consultant by profession.
>
> Hope this helps those who are in the same quandry as I was. I shall
> keep this thread upto date with my experiences in using thermal grease
> and isopropyl alcohol.
>
>

Perhaps you are unaware this is not a local chat room or business
directory for your town. This is a worldwide accessable newsgroup for
the discussion of hardware issues relating to the Windows XP operating
system. Please do not bother with a reply or continue with any thread
updates.
 
Bob I;3001076 Wrote:
> Perhaps you are unaware this is not a local chat room or business
> directory for your town. This is a worldwide accessible newsgroup for
> the discussion of hardware issues relating to the Windows XP operating
> system.
>
> xtberia wrote:
>
> > Bob I;2997929 Wrote:
> >
> >>xtberia wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>I am from Kolkata, India, and would appreciate very much if someone
> >>>could please tell me where to procure the following items in
> >>
> >>Kolkata:
> >>
> >>>1. Thermal compound/glue for use between processor and heat sink.
> >>
> >>Computer supply store.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>2. Isopropyl alcohol.
> >>
> >>Pharmacy/Drug Store
> >>
> >>
> >>>Thanks in advance.
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> >
> >
> > Are you sure my friend that you reside in Kolkata? The reason for
> > asking this question is that either you are not a resident of this
> > city, or you are plain guessing.
> >
> > Let me tell you that the first item is not to be had in any major
> > computer stores across the city. While the latter cannot be bought
> from
> > any pharmacy or a drug store, as you have pointed out.
> >
> > Both these items can be had at Brabourne Road. For the curious,
> please
> > browse through chemical shops at Old China Bazar.
> >
> > I was given this information by an old acquaintance of mine who
> happens
> > to be a chemist by education, and a consultant by profession.
> >
> > Hope this helps those who are in the same quandry as I was. I shall
> > keep this thread upto date with my experiences in using thermal
> grease
> > and isopropyl alcohol.
> >
> >
>
> Perhaps you are unaware this is not a local chat room or business
> directory for your town. This is a worldwide accessable newsgroup for
> the discussion of hardware issues relating to the Windows XP operating
> system. Please do not bother with a reply or continue with any thread
> updates.


Perhaps we should be equally aware that we need to contribute in order
to help others. As you quite rightly pointed out that this is a
worldwide accessible newsgroup for the discussion of hardware issues
relating to the Windows XP operating system, the mere enrichment of
this thread/post with added inputs cant be a distraction. After all, we
never know when this post could probably help you in your times of need.


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xtberia wrote:

>
> Perhaps we should be equally aware that we need to contribute in order
> to help others. As you quite rightly pointed out that this is a
> worldwide accessible newsgroup for the discussion of hardware issues
> relating to the Windows XP operating system, the mere enrichment of
> this thread/post with added inputs cant be a distraction. After all, we
> never know when this post could probably help you in your times of need.
>
>

Isopropyl alcohol is not the most effective cleaner in any case.
You could go to a lot of trouble, to find some, and then be
disappointed in its cleaning properties.

The nice thing about alcohol, is it won't damage the
components on the motherboard. Alcohol is used to remove
solder resins, and is part of cleaning agents used in
electronics. In North America, alcohols like this are
readily available, as "rubbing alcohol", which is used
for external medicinal purposes. At one time, this might have
been 99% (denatured?), but now you might see 70% solution on
the drug store shelf.

There are non-polar solvents which are a better match for
thermal paste, but the thing is, they may also attack or
damage components in the area. Such compounds could be safe
to use on the heatsink by itself, but if used on a processor,
you should be careful not to get any on the pins or contact
area.

To give an example of solvents designed to remove thermal
paste, there is a kit here. This kit really cleans.
By comparison, our use of alcohol only serves to smear
around the thermal compound. Most of the cleaning action
with alcohol, comes from abrasive effort with the cleaning
cloth. This stuff, on the other hand, actually dissolves
the old material.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ArcticSilver/ArctiClean

I have never used ArctiClean, nor seen it for sale in local
computer stores. Our computer stores do carry thermal compounds,
but no cleaner.

Another example of a cleaner, is "Goo Gone". Its usage is
demonstrated here.

http://www.xbox-scene.com/articles/thermal-compound.php

The MSDS for "Goo Gone" is here. It contains PETROLEUM NAPHTHA
and CITRUS OIL.

http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~jsmith/MSDS/GOO-GONE STAIN REMOVER.htm

A number of thermal paste products, use boron nitride particles
as the thermally conductive solid mixed in a carrier. I don't know
if there are any readily available materials, that happen to have
boron nitride.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boron_nitride

Paul
 
Paul;3003846 Wrote:
> xtberia wrote:
>
> >
> > Perhaps we should be equally aware that we need to contribute in
> order
> > to help others. As you quite rightly pointed out that this is a
> > worldwide accessible newsgroup for the discussion of hardware issues
> > relating to the Windows XP operating system, the mere enrichment of
> > this thread/post with added inputs cant be a distraction. After all,
> we
> > never know when this post could probably help you in your times of
> need.
> >
> >
>
> Isopropyl alcohol is not the most effective cleaner in any case.
> You could go to a lot of trouble, to find some, and then be
> disappointed in its cleaning properties.
>
> The nice thing about alcohol, is it won't damage the
> components on the motherboard. Alcohol is used to remove
> solder resins, and is part of cleaning agents used in
> electronics. In North America, alcohols like this are
> readily available, as "rubbing alcohol", which is used
> for external medicinal purposes. At one time, this might have
> been 99% (denatured?), but now you might see 70% solution on
> the drug store shelf.
>
> There are non-polar solvents which are a better match for
> thermal paste, but the thing is, they may also attack or
> damage components in the area. Such compounds could be safe
> to use on the heatsink by itself, but if used on a processor,
> you should be careful not to get any on the pins or contact
> area.
>
> To give an example of solvents designed to remove thermal
> paste, there is a kit here. This kit really cleans.
> By comparison, our use of alcohol only serves to smear
> around the thermal compound. Most of the cleaning action
> with alcohol, comes from abrasive effort with the cleaning
> cloth. This stuff, on the other hand, actually dissolves
> the old material.
>
> http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ArcticSilver/ArctiClean
>
> I have never used ArctiClean, nor seen it for sale in local
> computer stores. Our computer stores do carry thermal compounds,
> but no cleaner.
>
> Another example of a cleaner, is "Goo Gone". Its usage is
> demonstrated here.
>
> http://www.xbox-scene.com/articles/thermal-compound.php
>
> The MSDS for "Goo Gone" is here. It contains PETROLEUM NAPHTHA
> and CITRUS OIL.
>
> http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~jsmith/MSDS/GOO-GONE STAIN REMOVER.htm
>
> A number of thermal paste products, use boron nitride particles
> as the thermally conductive solid mixed in a carrier. I don't know
> if there are any readily available materials, that happen to have
> boron nitride.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boron_nitride
>
> Paul


Many thanks for your inputs. Like I said I will keep on posting my
experiences of using isopropyl alcohol as some of the other stuff are
not available in my region.


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