Help with thermal Paste,vegetable oil mixed :O

techjunkie · Apr 15, 2009

So I took off my heatsink to clean it and after the clean, I was a little short on thermal paste. The thermal paste I've been using was really crappy and was kind of solid when applying. As I was short of some, I mixed the remaining with a drop of vegetable oil and put it all back together. Now the system boots up fine and everything seems normal, including the temps. Temps are a little less now about 3-4 C less.

Am I safe with this vegetable oil mix? I am using it right now

Mussels · Apr 15, 2009

oh lol.

well techinically it would work, but what i'd be worried about is it evaporating over time or even worse - leaking out and making stuff go boom.

I suggest you buy some arcticlean and MX2 thermal paste, and go do it right. No rush... you should be ok for a few days.

techjunkie · Apr 15, 2009

thanks a lot for the post

I was scared like hell

Mussels · Apr 15, 2009

techjunkie said:
thanks a lot for the post I was scared like hell

the reason i think its not so bad is because there have been several succesful attempts at submerging PC's in oil.

Vegetable oil causes corrosion eventually, but since its only a small amount and on a CPU heatspreader, i dont think theres much to get corroded,

gstyle99 · Apr 17, 2009

You r crazy dude, does your computer smell like french fries?

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Processor	Q6600 SLACR @ 3.2 GHz
Motherboard	Asus P5Q Pro
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Storage	Seagate Barracuda 750GB
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Case	Gigabyte GZ X1
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC 1200 (yes, its onboard :) )
Power Supply	FSP 700W
Software	Windows Vista 64 service pack 1

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Motherboard	Asus x570-F (BIOS Modded)
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Help with thermal Paste,vegetable oil mixed :O

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