Unpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Dull Men's Club@lemmy.world · 2 months agoRefreshed thermal paste in my laptoplemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up1189arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1188arrow-down1imageRefreshed thermal paste in my laptoplemmy.dbzer0.comUnpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Dull Men's Club@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square25linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAralakh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months 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-up3·2 months agoAlcohol and cotton pad or swap. Or something less fibrous if your like to have less lint to pick.
minus-squaredavetortoise@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months 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-22 months 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-up2·2 months 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 😂😂