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I've removed the head spreader from 2 sticks of ram and on 1 some black thermal tape was left on, should I put it back onto the one it came off or is not important? And how can I remove the residue. Thank you.

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1 minute ago, vopos said:

I've removed the head spreader from 2 sticks of ram and on 1 some black thermal tape was left on, should I put it back onto the one it came off or is not important?

If it wasn't important, it wouldn't be there. This tape was probably there for two reasons:

1. heat transfer

2. full contact with the heatspreader itself, by having another piece of material that forms to the size it has to be

2 minutes ago, vopos said:

And how can I remove the residue.

Isopropyl alcohol.

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Well it was important, but if you removed the HS it's now useless. 

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I would keep the thermal pad with the heatspreader, since its purpose is to transfer heat from the chips to it

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12 minutes ago, minibois said:

If it wasn't important, it wouldn't be there. This tape was probably there for two reasons:

1. heat transfer

2. full contact with the heatspreader itself, by having another piece of material that forms to the size it has to be

Isopropyl alcohol.

I read that heat spreaders are superfluous on RAM nowadays and are mostly aesthetic so I removed them because I didn't like the look of them. I plan on making my own, can I use 3M double sided tape as the adhesive and thermal tape to replace the old one (do you know anywhere I can buy them from?) OR should I just use thermal tape and no tape?

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1 minute ago, vopos said:

I read that heat spreaders are superfluous on RAM nowadays and are mostly aesthetic

Well if you know for sure that is the case, alright (I don't know for sure if they are a necessity, so not judging here).

2 minutes ago, vopos said:

I plan on making my own, can I use 3M double sided tape as the adhesive and thermal tape to replace the old one (do you know anywhere I can buy them from?) OR should I just use thermal tape and no tape?

I don't know where you can buy them, but if you don't have heatspreaders you can screw together, thermal tape is probably your best bet.

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