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Which thermal paste to use
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<blockquote data-quote="Geeky1" data-source="post: 599051" data-attributes="member: 34442"><p>Clean it out; blow the dust out with one of those canned air things or something. And make sure you get all of the old thermal paste off (use rubbing alcohol). I suggest spreading the Arctic Silver with either a bag over your finger or with an expired credit card or something... you can do it with just your bare finger, but it will dye your skin silver for a little while.</p><p></p><p>If you wanted to spend money you could consider upgrading the hard drive in it-if not because you need the space but because the new drives are much faster than the one that's in it, though I might be concerned about the drive getting too hot. I haven't had a chance to have one of these machines apart and play around with it, so I can't say for sure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Geeky1, post: 599051, member: 34442"] Clean it out; blow the dust out with one of those canned air things or something. And make sure you get all of the old thermal paste off (use rubbing alcohol). I suggest spreading the Arctic Silver with either a bag over your finger or with an expired credit card or something... you can do it with just your bare finger, but it will dye your skin silver for a little while. If you wanted to spend money you could consider upgrading the hard drive in it-if not because you need the space but because the new drives are much faster than the one that's in it, though I might be concerned about the drive getting too hot. I haven't had a chance to have one of these machines apart and play around with it, so I can't say for sure. [/QUOTE]
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