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HeadShotWI
07-31-2006, 02:21 PM
Since I won't be getting a processor until next week sometime when they actually start selling them, i figure I might as well put my new northbridge cooler on to replace the stock cooler on the Gigabyte 965p-ds3.

I Removed the cooler however there is this hardened thermal paste stuck on approximately 30% of the northbridge chip left. I currently only have 70% isopropyl alocohol at my disposal. It will not come off with that an a que tip. Any other suggestions?

I am replacing the stock cooler with a Zalman NB47J cooler.
eva2000
07-31-2006, 02:25 PM
artic clean TIM remover :)
DaWaN
07-31-2006, 02:38 PM
I've use thinner on my gigabyte Geforce 6200 heatsink. The thermal compound was more like hardened glue, it was yellow, nasty stuff :slapass: gigabyte
Professor12
07-31-2006, 02:39 PM
Acetone (try nail polish remover) helps a lot with more persistent tims. I just replaced my own ds3 nb and had similar difficulty with the tim. I relied on my nails through layers of cleenex/seran wrap to get the harder bits off. Otherwise you could try scraping it with a small flat razor blade and copious amounts of isopropyl alcohol.
HeadShotWI
07-31-2006, 02:46 PM
Acetone worked great. Called the miss's up at work and asked where the nailpolish remover was!
Jupiler
07-31-2006, 02:51 PM
Like eva2000 said, works very well. I always use it.
kurg
07-31-2006, 02:52 PM
So how hard a job was this on the DS3, and what kind of temperature benefits would I see from, say, an HR-05 without a fan on the NB?

I only intend to overclock to, say, 360 on the FSB - is it worth it to me to install a new NB heatsink?
eva2000
07-31-2006, 03:02 PM
Like eva2000 said, works very well. I always use it.
yup dab a bit of artic clean TIM remover on it, walk away have a cup of tea or take a piss, come back and wipe of the junk.. easy :)
mayakindaguy
07-31-2006, 03:03 PM
This is a bit off topic, but I read this (http://www.maxitmag.com/testing-bay/motherboards/gigabyte-ga-965p-ds3-motherboard-review/)review of the DS3.

They said that they got 450FSB with +.3v on the MCH. What is the max safe overvolting of the MCH if you're going stock, and what's the max with aftermarket cooling?
Freez
07-31-2006, 03:09 PM
This is a bit off topic, but I read this (http://www.maxitmag.com/testing-bay/motherboards/gigabyte-ga-965p-ds3-motherboard-review/)review of the DS3.

They said that they got 450FSB with +.3v on the MCH. What is the max safe overvolting of the MCH if you're going stock, and what's the max with aftermarket cooling?

It'll depend on temperatures.