thermal paste on back of cpu

[WoodenMarker]

10 minutes ago, Telebubbies said:

So it was the BIOS setting!

Thanks for the help. 

And by any chance, while I am playing GTA or any other CPU intensive games, what CPU temps should I keep under? 

You're fine up to 80-90c at load.

[Telebubbies]

1 minute ago, WoodenMarker said:

You're fine up to 80-90c at load.

It was not BIOS. PC shut down again while temps were at 45c. 

[WoodenMarker]

1 minute ago, Telebubbies said:

It was not BIOS. PC shut down again while temps were at 45c. 

Are you using the default bios settings?

[Telebubbies]

1 minute ago, WoodenMarker said:

Are you using the default bios settings?

yes!

[Telebubbies]

2 minutes ago, WoodenMarker said:

Are you using the default bios settings?

Is there a program that I can install that can tell me if there is a broken pin or something? >.< 

I highly doubt that there is one. 

[WoodenMarker]

4 minutes ago, Telebubbies said:

Is there a program that I can install that can tell me if there is a broken pin or something? >.< 

I highly doubt that there is one. 

No, you're going to have to take the cpu out and see. 

[Telebubbies]

4 minutes ago, WoodenMarker said:

No, you're going to have to take the cpu out and see. 

The thermal paste stain is covering about 20 gold plats on the back of the CPU. But I am not sure if it is affecting the area or if the plat is important. I will run some more stress and see if it happens again. I plugged my PSU into another socket and checked if all the cables are all in carefully. 

[WoodenMarker]

1 minute ago, Telebubbies said:

The thermal paste stain is covering about 20 gold plats on the back of the CPU. But I am not sure if it is affecting the area or if the plat is important. I will run some more stress and see if it happens again. I plugged my PSU into another socket and checked if all the cables are all in carefully. 

That is very important. Clean the bottom of the cpu. 

[Telebubbies]

10 minutes ago, WoodenMarker said:

That is very important. Clean the bottom of the cpu. 

The thermal paste does not have any metallic particles. No copper or silver. And I will need to rub really hard to remove it all. It will break.. 

 

But anyway, things seem to work now. I think that the CPU cable to the motherboard was loose from when I was cleaning the CPU.

 

Thanks for the help guys!

[Telebubbies]

20 minutes ago, WoodenMarker said:

That is very important. Clean the bottom of the cpu. 

It happened again - but I was monitoring the CPU on GTA V with MSI Afterburner. It hit 100% and just shut off.. 

[WoodenMarker]

1 minute ago, Telebubbies said:

It happened again - but I was monitoring the CPU on GTA V with MSI Afterburner. It hit 100% and just shut off.. 

You should clean the cpu.

[Telebubbies]

2 minutes ago, WoodenMarker said:

You should clean the cpu.

I will have to rub the gold plats harder than I did before then. Are you sure the plats won't get damaged?

 

And if this is the issue, then how come I am only experiencing the issues now? 

[AlTech]

1 minute ago, Telebubbies said:

I will have to rub the gold plats harder than I did before then. Are you sure the plats won't get damaged?

 

And if this is the issue, then how come I am only experiencing the issues now? 

 Oh dear............ Oh no..................

 

Both what you said and what you did was wrong........

[Telebubbies]

15 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

 Oh dear............ Oh no..................

 

Both what you said and what you did was wrong........

What do you mean? I took 90% alcohol and put it on a coffee filter, then I gently rubbed the thermal paste at the back of the CPU off. 

That is what I was told to do yesterday. 

[Telebubbies]

36 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

 Oh dear............ Oh no..................

 

Both what you said and what you did was wrong........

Still alive?

[AlTech]

21 minutes ago, Telebubbies said:

What do you mean? I took 90% alcohol and put it on a coffee filter, then I gently rubbed the thermal paste at the back of the CPU off. 

That is what I was told to do yesterday. 

IT has to be ISOPROPYL alcohol.

 

And also the way you wrote it was kind of suggestive and sexual..... Just throwing it out there.

[Telebubbies]

1 minute ago, AluminiumTech said:

IT has to be ISOPROPYL alcohol.

 

And also the way you wrote it was kind of suggestive and sexual..... Just throwing it out there.

I just noticed that. Lol

I don't think that way.. Well I do.

Anyway, I went to the pharmacy and asked for something that was 80% or higher alcohol and they gave me a 500ml bottle and it says 90% alcohol on it. That is it. But when I play games like Minecraft, the PC does not crash. When I play GTA V then it crashes after a while.. Still not sure if it is random or not. Tomorrow morning I will try opening the PC and try redoing everything.

btw the alcohol is fine.. Does not matter what type of alcohol it is. 

 

[Quaker]

On 5/27/2016 at 6:34 PM, Telebubbies said:

 how can i remove it?

You never said what CPU it is. If it's a newer Intel CPU you can just clean it with alcohol or window or general purpose spray cleaner (preferably a "green" cleaner as they aren't as harsh as say, Windex) and a cloth, or kleenex.

If it's an AMD CPU with pins, use alcohol or window cleaner and a fine toothbrush to carefully remove most of it.

In both case, if you use a cleaner, be sure to rinse it off with water after you clean it to remove any residue.

 

There's not much need to get overly concerned about it. Most thermal compound is non-conductive - check the package - so small amounts left on the lands (Intel) or pins (AMD) won't matter as long as it doesn't impede electrical contact.

Residue from a Kleenex or paper towel is also non-conductive, so you just have to make sure there's no fibres interfering with the electrical connections.

Water won't bother the CPU as long as it's dry when you install it.

[Telebubbies]

2 hours ago, Quaker said:

You never said what CPU it is. If it's a newer Intel CPU you can just clean it with alcohol or window or general purpose spray cleaner (preferably a "green" cleaner as they aren't as harsh as say, Windex) and a cloth, or kleenex.

If it's an AMD CPU with pins, use alcohol or window cleaner and a fine toothbrush to carefully remove most of it.

In both case, if you use a cleaner, be sure to rinse it off with water after you clean it to remove any residue.

 

There's not much need to get overly concerned about it. Most thermal compound is non-conductive - check the package - so small amounts left on the lands (Intel) or pins (AMD) won't matter as long as it doesn't impede electrical contact.

Residue from a Kleenex or paper towel is also non-conductive, so you just have to make sure there's no fibres interfering with the electrical connections.

Water won't bother the CPU as long as it's dry when you install it.

i5 6600k 

[pyrojoe34]

On 5/28/2016 at 0:37 AM, Theminecraftaddict555 said:

Having 30%  water in it means that it will take a little longer to evaporate compared to rubbing alcohol with 10%...Nothing harmful though if you hate waiting, get 99 percent rubbing alocohol 

99% is overkill and overpriced. The highest you can get with distillation ~95% and nobody uses 100% (except labs/certain industries, we use 100% ethanol and isopropanol for nucleic acid precipitation, but that's like $50/200mL). 100% ethanol is highly taxed (since it's not denatured), and expensive as it needs additional steps to purify beyond 95%. Just use 90+% isopropanol (or 70+ if you cant find 90) from any store. Water doesn't hurt electronics that are turned off, only if you turn them on before completely drying. 90% will dry in a few seconds.

 

19 hours ago, AluminiumTech said:

IT has to be ISOPROPYL alcohol.

 

And also the way you wrote it was kind of suggestive and sexual..... Just throwing it out there.

It doesn't HAVE to be isopropyl, any high %, residue-free, non-corrosive solvent will work fine. You can use ethanol (be careful, it depends what they use to denature, if it's methanol than you're fine), isopropanol, or methanol. It's just that isopropanol is cheap, works well, and is easy to use.

 

Here's a good guide to use for solvent reactivity. Just avoid anything that reacts with copper, aluminum, steel, silicon, and rubber/plastics if you touch something with shielding (wires or plastic covers/components). Like I said, just stick with isopropyl or ethyl alcohol since those will never cause a problem.