Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Silver ArctiClean Arctic
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Arctic Silver Instructions Application Instructions for Premium Silver Thermal Compound on a large contact area (Intel P4 AMD64) Arctic Silver, Arctic Silver II, Arctic Silver 3 and Arctic Silver 5. Important Precautions Don't put it in your mouth.
Arctic Silver Instructions Important Reminder: Due to the unique shape and sizes of the particles in Arctic Silver's conductive matrix, it will take a up to 200 hours and several thermal cycles to achieve maximum particle to particle thermal conduction and for the heatsink to CPU interface to reach maximum conductivity.
Arctic Silver Instructions 3. Clean the mating surfaces completely with ArctiClean 2 Thermal Surface Purifier or a low residual solvent (High-purity isopropyl alcohol or acetone will work) and a LINT FREE cloth.
Arctic Silver Instructions 6. Re-clean the heatsink surface with a LINT FREE cloth. Do not use any solvent or fluid. You may notice that the base of the heatsink is slightly discolored even after all the compound would seem to have been removed. That is the Arctic Silver thermal compound filling the microscopic valleys.
Arctic Silver Instructions 8. RECHECK to make sure no foreign contaminants are present on either the bottom of the heatsink or the top of the CPU core. Mount the heatsink on the CPU per the heatsink's instructions. Be sure to lower the heatsink straight down onto the CPU.
Arctic Silver Instructions Like any mix of particles that are many times heavier than the suspension fluid, there will be some separation in the compound over time when stored in the original syringe. (All thermal compounds eventually experience some separation in storage.
Arctic Silver Instructions WD-40, citrus based cleaners. Xylene based products. (Goof Off, some carburetor cleaners and many brake cleaners.) Mineral spirits.
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If you have not bought Arctic Silver ArctiClean yet, this is a good time to familiarize yourself with the basic data on the product. First of all view first pages of the manual, you can find above. You should find there the most important technical data Arctic Silver ArctiClean - thus you can check whether the hardware meets your expectations. When delving into next pages of the user manual, Arctic Silver ArctiClean you will learn all the available features of the product, as well as information on its operation. The information that you get Arctic Silver ArctiClean will certainly help you make a decision on the purchase.
If you already are a holder of Arctic Silver ArctiClean, but have not read the manual yet, you should do it for the reasons described above. You will learn then if you properly used the available features, and whether you have not made any mistakes, which can shorten the lifetime Arctic Silver ArctiClean.
However, one of the most important roles played by the user manual is to help in solving problems with Arctic Silver ArctiClean. Almost always you will find there Troubleshooting, which are the most frequently occurring failures and malfunctions of the device Arctic Silver ArctiClean along with tips on how to solve them. Even if you fail to solve the problem, the manual will show you a further procedure – contact to the customer service center or the nearest service center
