question about heatsink compound

[cheapo]

I want to know if there is anything i can use from home that i can use as heatsink compound?

[Smoked1]

Good question. It would be nice to know if there is a way to even make a quality compound from household products.

[XDiGiTaLX]

i'm not sure if there's any but i woudln't trust anyone or anything :P don't wanna lose my cpu

[Dazz]

Well i wouldn't chance it myself :o unless you REALLY would like to viod your warranty on both you CPU & board :D

[Smoked1]

What if you could come up with something that would really work good. You guys think it over and let me know if you have any ideas. Smart ideas that is. Don't telling me to break eggs on my CPU

[Grinnin Reaper]

One thing a person may be able to try is Mercury. SPAMYou could get it out of older thermometers. SPAMIt's really dense and I think it would have good heat transferance properties. SPAMProblem is it is a liquid. SPAMThough once you got the heatsink mounted firmly if it fit well I think it would pretty much seal. SPAMCould also be a big problem if it ran out as it flowed over the traces over the motherboard and shorted everything. SPAMHas any tried super glue yet??? Just kiddin' Just be careful if anyone gets brave enough to experiment with mercury. SPAMIt's what hatters used to shape hats with. SPAMIt can be absorbed into the skin and causes halucinations and all kinds of mental trouble. SPAMHence the term Mad Hatters, it actually drove them crazy. SPAMLet me know if I'm crazy for suggesting that. SPAM

[Smoked1]

Thats a good idea. I'm just not sure that we would be able to get it to stay on the core without running. Thanks for the idea though. I rubbed it on my skin and wasat time :o :-X havving a gre

[XDiGiTaLX]

i wanna play with it :D

jo bro... do you have dead drives? ship them i'll make a fire in back of my forest and then tape it and uplod it to voided

[Smoked1]

i might be able to get you a whole bunch of them.

[XDiGiTaLX]

the more drives the bigger the fire is :D
;D ;D ;D

[KeyserSose]

[quote author=Savage link=board=voided&num=1019792001&start=0#5 date=04/27/02 at 06:58:43]
One thing a person may be able to try is Mercury. SPAMYou could get it out of older thermometers. SPAMIt's really dense and I think it would have good heat transferance properties. SPAMProblem is it is a liquid.


BAD IDEA.......... Mercury slowly vaporizes at room temperature and the mercury vapors are extremely toxic to humans when inhaled. SPAMMercury vapors are odorless, colorless.

Learn more at http://www.deq.state.ok.us/mainlinks/media/2002%20news/mercury.htm

[Smoked1]

Yeah I decided to stay away from the stuff that can kill you. At this point I may have a few other things up my sleeve.

[KeyserSose]

Alright you guys want something you already probably have at home that you can use, you can try this but just remember the Key Part....

This is PERMANENT, NEVER GO BACK type of thing, but by doing the following I'll tell you what results they had.

First, you lap the CPU and heatsink until they're mirror smooth and a perfect fit. If you can smear a tiny bit of water on the CPU, press it to the heatsink and then lift straight up and pick up the heatsink then it's done correctly.

Next, you use a hair-dryer to heat up the CPU, heatsink, and a heavy steel weight.

You mix up some JB Weld, and put a big dollop on the center of the CPU. The heated CPU (about 160-170f) heats up the JB Weld as your putting the hot heatsink on top of it, followed by the heavy stee; weight.

The JB Weld will act as a lubricant between the CPU and heatsink and the heatsink will start gliding off to one side or the other, so you have to maintain the positioning until the heatsink metal touches the CPU and the weight keeps it from sliding around.

The heat causes the JB Weld to become very, very thin. The majority of it is pushed out of the joint and there is close to a metal-metal contact between the CPU and the heatsink. Any small gaps are taken up by a TINY film of JB Weld (good heat conductivity anyway) and the heavy steel weight will keep forcing JB Weld out until whatever layer left is MUCH MUCH thinner than any film of heatsink grease would ever be.

Now let this cure for 18 hours or so, and then take the combination of heatsink and CPU and find a way to tape around the perimeter of the CPU to seal between the CPU and the heatsink and then fill that up with JB Weld and let it cure. That way, the slug itself is attached to the heatsink AND the surrounding chip surface is connected through the JB Weld, so you get as much heat transfer as possible.

You asked for it you got it, your on your own though.

[Smoked1]

Now thats an interesting mod. Have you ever done that before and if so do you have any pictures of the results?

[KeyserSose]

I more or less just think its an interesting concept. SPAMI found it in my travels through many mod sites. I'll be the first to say it is in the top 4 of Hillbilly modification, to anything. SPAMIn case you are wondering the other 3 are

1.Ducktape
2.Bailing wire
3.Super Glue

And that stuff that Don King uses to do his hair, but we have not found a name for it nor a way to safely contain it.

[Smoked1]

LOL. Good one man.