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GuyBFF · 07-22-2001, 04:39 AM

I would stay away from oil based solvents as once you clean off the arctic silver, you'll next need to clean off the oily residue to re-apply arctic silver.

Due to Arctic Silver's properties, a little oil (even a fingerprint) will make its thermal conductivity worse than standard silicon grease.

07-22-2001, 04:39 AM	#6
GuyBFF Cooling Savant Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Winnipeg, MB, CA Posts: 242	I would stay away from oil based solvents as once you clean off the arctic silver, you'll next need to clean off the oily residue to re-apply arctic silver. Due to Arctic Silver's properties, a little oil (even a fingerprint) will make its thermal conductivity worse than standard silicon grease. __________________ A7V8X Danger Den Maze II Danner Mag Drive 350 Heater Core Style Rad Thunderbird 1400 (Soon Barton) 512mb PC2700 CL2 Promise SX4000 Raid 5 w/256mb PC133 Cache 4x40gb Western Digital 7200hdd Plus More...