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# I have just purchased some
Isopropyl Alcohol (Propan-2-ol, IPA) will that be sufficient?
edit : there are only instructions on which way to point the fan, ei hot air out the back... thank you captain obvious instructions..
(I helped save b3ta! SkUG >_O i got a couple of stitches in my eyeball... ow, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 21:27, archived)
# umm I don't honestly know
Last time I used mouthwash as it was the only thing I had in which I can't imagine is good for the processor.

Edit: from a quick google found this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Svdr-hnLzSM

which says don't use any solvents

Edit2: Other places on the internet say to use solvents so it is you call really which to believe
(I helped save b3ta! Bobby Bob Bob also available on http://jbobw.deviantart.com/, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 21:30, archived)
# oh arse biscuits
so i bought that for nothing? waah!
edit : artic silver website says to remove the grease pad, but now i'm confused how to clean my processor
:(
(I helped save b3ta! SkUG >_O i got a couple of stitches in my eyeball... ow, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 21:38, archived)
# Sorry wasn't meaning to confuse you
When I last changed a heat sink I cleaned off the old thermal paste with a solvent (such as the isopropyl alcohol) then made sure that there was no solvent left on the processor/heatsink so it doesn't dissolve the new thermal grease then applied the new thermal grease and it worked fine.

So I personally would use the isopropyl alcohol but other internet sources say don't use solvents as it can leave residues.
(I helped save b3ta! Bobby Bob Bob also available on http://jbobw.deviantart.com/, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 22:02, archived)
# I read about the leaving of residues
thats why i went for the purest form of achocolol i could find :)
So
remove pad
remove old artic silver (and old pad cos my pc genius mate is a muppet)
apply a blodge of artic silver (as recommended on the webshte)
reinstall and away i go?
Thank you btw :D
(I helped save b3ta! SkUG >_O i got a couple of stitches in my eyeball... ow, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 22:06, archived)
# Yeah
That sounds correct

good luck

:)
(I helped save b3ta! Bobby Bob Bob also available on http://jbobw.deviantart.com/, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 22:10, archived)
# sounds about right to me too
though I'm lazy and left the heatpaste on there too. AMD sempron64 or something, ran non-stop for nigh-on a year with no issues at all, heat or otherwise. still runs, but replaced the box it was in with something a bit quieter now :)
(I helped save b3ta! evilstevie misses the Orange Place of late, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 22:32, archived)