6860FX upgrade to a t9300 question

I'm gonna leave this alone.

 

Thats usually a good thing but just incase theres always /points to avatar.

 

I basically stripped one of my screws. But after borrowing a friend's screwdriver, his managed to unscrew it the rest of the way *phew*. So don't give up if one screw driver doesn't work.

And I noticed a few many posts up, someone said "do not apply thermal grease to the chipset". I ripped my thermal pad on accident and since I didn't have a spare pad, I just tossed some as5 onto the chipset. It's been like 2 months since then, no overheats, hwmonitor says my chipset usually hangs around 50C. No problem....for me.

 

You may want to rethink changing out for a thermal pad. Computer makers use thermal pads when there are clearance differentials between different chips and the heatsink, or when using a spring tensioned heatsink/compound solution is overkill. So there may still be a clearance issue with your AS5 solution: your temps may be fine now, but if air bubbles form and the compound dries, your temps will increase significantly.

 

i couldnt find a pad to replace mine either so if anyone has any luck in finding the right one cause they come in all shapes and sizes and in this case size matters let me know where to get one.

 

mine we're fairly easy with the right set of drivers. some times u have to turn tight a click then loosen. or use very sharp drivers that you can get at home depot.

 

Some people mentioned buying thermal pads from radio shack. But I'm not quite sure which one to get.

As for my problem, can I just clean off the AS5 and stick the pad on? Or do I need to go through more cleaning procedures?