Unpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Dull Men's Club@lemmy.world · 6 days agoRefreshed thermal paste in my laptoplemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up1187arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1186arrow-down1imageRefreshed thermal paste in my laptoplemmy.dbzer0.comUnpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Dull Men's Club@lemmy.world · 6 days agomessage-square25linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAralakh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoI have yet to do this, what’s the best way to clean the old paste or are are you simply applying it over top?
minus-squareUnpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoAlcohol and cotton pad or swap. Or something less fibrous if your like to have less lint to pick.
minus-squaredavetortoise@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoIn my experience IPA is almost always the right answer when cleaning sensitive electronic components. Haven’t used it for cleaning thermal paste specifically but it would be my go-to.
minus-squareAralakh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-25 days agoThank you! Quick edit: I don’t think I’d seen isopropyl alcohol written like that, thought you were suggesting IPA (the beer) haha.
minus-squaredavetortoise@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoYes I definitely wouldn’t recommend cleaning a CPU with pale ale 😂😂
I have yet to do this, what’s the best way to clean the old paste or are are you simply applying it over top?
Alcohol and cotton pad or swap. Or something less fibrous if your like to have less lint to pick.
Thank you!
In my experience IPA is almost always the right answer when cleaning sensitive electronic components. Haven’t used it for cleaning thermal paste specifically but it would be my go-to.
Thank you!
Quick edit: I don’t think I’d seen isopropyl alcohol written like that, thought you were suggesting IPA (the beer) haha.
Yes I definitely wouldn’t recommend cleaning a CPU with pale ale 😂😂