Guide to Cooling Down Your Notebook Computer

[honeyshrike]

gr8 work nice info

[Gautam]

@Chaz, et al - The link to the Arctic Silver instructions is broken. Is there an alternate link? I just bought a tube on eBay, and even though I can figure it out, I'd like to read the instructions for any special precautions...

[Charles P. Jefferies]

@Chaz, et al - The link to the Arctic Silver instructions is broken. Is there an alternate link? I just bought a tube on eBay, and even though I can figure it out, I'd like to read the instructions for any special precautions...

Gautam, I just noticed that and unfortunately the link is broke on their end. I think it will just be a temporary problem and hopefully they'll realize their error soon.

Next time it's available I'll download the PDF version and attach it to my post.

[Kdawgca]

Here are the initial and technical precautions from the pdf.

1) Initial Precautions
• Don't put it in your mouth. (I though it was tooth paste )

• Don't give it to children or leave it where children can get a hold of it. (They also though it was a special toothpaste )

• Keep it away from pets. (i have to go find fido now )

2) Technical Precautions

• While much safer than silver greases engineered for high electrical
conductivity, Arctic Silver 5 thermal compound should be kept away from electrical traces, pins, and leads. Arctic Silver 5 is slightly capacitive and could cause problems if it bridged two close-proximity electrical paths.

• Never turn on a computer without a heatsink properly mounted on the CPU and thermal interface material between the CPU core and the heatsink. A modern high-performance CPU can be permanently damaged in less than 10 seconds without proper cooling.

• Arctic Silver 5 has no adhesive qualities and is considered grease. It will never dry or set and cannot be used to glue a heatsink to a CPU core. To permanently glue a heatsink to a CPU core that does not have any other attachment method, please use Arctic Silver Adhesive or Arctic Alumina Adhesive.

• We do not recommend using Arctic Silver 5 on the older slot type Intel Xeon processors with large multiple square inch CPU to heatsink interfaces. The huge contact area and large gaps between the processor and the heatsink
require a thermal pad or thick mesh-reinforced paste. Arctic Silver 5 can be used on socket type Xeons without a problem.

Application/removal/storage instructions are in the link or the attachment
AS5 guide(pdf)

[AtolSammeek]

I would like to point out. If there any gap between heatsink or cpu heatsink do not use Arctic Silver 5. Use a thermal pad.

[Gautam]

Thanks Chaz and Kdawgca. That PDF guide looks like it was straight from the AS5 company, so you could almost post that. I don't think the procedure would change that much for non-dual core procs...

[imachine]

just add an 'l' to the link pasted in the first post (making it html not htm) and you're in.

like stated above tho, some parts of the descriptions are hillarious - like do not put in mouth - I mean, come on? :-)

[Gautam]

Oh yeah, that was great help. I'm changing the link for you, Chaz.

http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_s...tructions.html

[Charles P. Jefferies]

Thanks guys. I'm glad the link was fixed.

[eessie]

Hi guys, I just recently overclocked my Go 7900 GS card and was wondering if purchasing a notebook cooler would help me bring down my GPU temps a bit, or are notebook coolers mostly made to cool down the CPU instead? I was hoping to get a decrease from anywhere to 5 to 10 degrees celcius in my GPU temps and I'm not sure if a notebook cooler would help me achieve this, Thanks in advance for your help!