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    Default thermal tape lost stickiness

    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.

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    Default Re: thermal tape lost stickiness

    you should really never reuse thermal tape anyway. I would suggest you buy some AS5 and reattach them
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    Default Re: thermal tape lost stickiness

    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

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    Default Re: thermal tape lost stickiness

    I think he ment to use Arctic Silver Thermal Adhesive

    http://sidewindercomputers.com/arsiltherad.html

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    Default Re: thermal tape lost stickiness

    that's correct. Pardon my lack of clarity
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    Default Re: thermal tape lost stickiness

    its ok AS5 is a Greas not an Adhesive and not everyone knows that Arctic Silver has an Adhesive.

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    Default Re: thermal tape lost stickiness

    thanx for the replys. that makes things clearer now

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