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ForceFedFlesh
01-10-2006, 01:52 PM
i have these ram heatsinks that came with my zalman water cooling kit but they lost the stickiness...i was wondering if somebody new a way to get them to stick without buying thermal tape.

Zeus
01-10-2006, 02:43 PM
you should really never reuse thermal tape anyway. I would suggest you buy some AS5 and reattach them

ForceFedFlesh
01-10-2006, 07:50 PM
thanx for the reply, but will that stuff keep the heatsinks from falling off i mean they're gonna be upside down since they're going on my video card

Malatory
01-11-2006, 12:09 AM
I think he ment to use Arctic Silver Thermal Adhesive

http://sidewindercomputers.com/arsiltherad.html

Zeus
01-11-2006, 09:50 AM
that's correct. Pardon my lack of clarity

Malatory
01-11-2006, 10:59 AM
its ok AS5 is a Greas not an Adhesive and not everyone knows that Arctic Silver has an Adhesive.

ForceFedFlesh
01-11-2006, 12:05 PM
thanx for the replys. that makes things clearer now