Thermal paste question

[cromagnon]

I've already posted this in the Cases & Cooling section in the forum but replies seem to be slow(haven't even got 1 yet right now) so I've made another thread here.

Anyway...

Well, when my dad was dumping all the styrofoam from the box...the thermal paste was somehow overlooked and it was dumped along with all styrofoam and it sat in the garbage can for about maybe one night and a whole day.

After a little bit of dumpster diving (heh) I found it and it still seems intact, but the outside of the capsule is sort of slightly greasy and I'm wondering if this might have ruined the compound inside. (Since they usually say to store things in a dry, cool place so I'm thinking it might be.)

Anyway, if anyone can answer whether or not my thermal paste will probably be affected or not because of it's slumber party in the garbage can, I will be thankful.

(The thermal paste is Artic Silver Ceramique, by the way.)

 

[OdiN]

shouldn't affect it...did it leak? I'd imagine it would be fine.

 

[Googer]

Like they say in the restaurant buisness "if in doubt throw it out" when something might be spoiled. With that said I recomend Shin Etsu (Sold by coolermaster) for AMD CPU's and Honeywell PCM-45 for Intel Processors. The reason being is AMD will void your warrenty if you use anything else.

 

[cromagnon]

Well, the capsule is fine and the cap is still on and everything, I'm just wondering if there's anyway moisture could get inside.

 

[tangotracker]

If it's the little syringette kinda thing, it should be just fine.

 

[imported_Slash]

ARCTIC SILVER 5 : I would say go for it, I just redid mine and dropped the temps another 10c to 28c under normal conditions. READ this first if you have never done this before!!!
http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_silver_instructions.htm

Follow those instructions and you cant go wrong!

The important thing is not let any air between the cpu and the heatsink, so put the small dab of paste then apply the heatsink and twist left and right and lock it down and do not pull it up once you have put it in place. The dab can only be the size of half of a beebee and just a little more tiny bit more works great!!!

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: Slash
ARCTIC SILVER 5 : I would say go for it, I just redid mine and dropped the temps another 10c to 28c under normal conditions. READ this first if you have never done this before!!!
http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_silver_instructions.htm

Follow those instructions and you cant go wrong!

The important thing is not let any air between the cpu and the heatsink, so put the small dab of paste then apply the heatsink and twist left and right and lock it down and do not pull it up once you have put it in place. The dab can only be the size of half of a beebee and just a little more tiny bit more works great!!!

AMD advises against the use of metalic based thermal compound and using one on a processor made by them will void the warrenty.

I could not find the PDF that says it will void your warrenty, but they did say it would in a differant technical doccument. This PDF gives a list of approved TIM vendors