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  1. March 17th, 2004, 08:39 PM #1
    Casper1676
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    I had to take the fan off of a geforcefx 5200 video card. there was thermal compound between the chip and the fan. is it ok if i just put the fan back on the chip or do i need to clean it and re-apply some thermal compound?

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    I always clean and reapply new. Seen that old stuff as stiff as brick mortar.
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    Once the bond is broken, it's broken for good. You'll have to clean it and apply some more.
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  4. March 18th, 2004, 12:47 AM #4
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    Thanks guys. I ended up just wiping off the thermal pad (I think) compound and adding some artic silver to it. I did not have the goo gone or whatever articsilver.com said to completely remove it before I added the new compound. I seems to be ok but I have not installed windows yet just going off of the temperature readings in bios (though there is no gpu temp reading). I will probably format and install software on it tomorrow and then I will see if I have any problems.

    Is there anything else I should be looking at?

    anyways thanks
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    It will probably be OK, but if you start noticing video problems I would remove it, clean and reapply the compound as directed and recommended.
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