cpu thermal compound

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bought a tube from the source its nexxtech, comes with a sticker? where does it go? the instructions on the sticker are all spanish and french.

[Terryl]

It goes between the CPU and heat sink, but make sure its the good stuff, the good stuff is silver based.

One question, why are you using the heat sink compound?

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When you say heatsink that's the fan right? I screwed up the CPU in my cw 3000 hd now I have one from eBay, but the box shuts down when taking updates so I think the CPU is overheating

[dina]

flash it first with the bins provided to restore the unit to factory condition...it may be the software causing it to shut down...

also, search to see if other units are expriencing overheating and see how they solved the issue....

to answer your question:

yes, the compound is applied to either the processor and/or the heat sink (where a fan would be attached)

im not sure, but i was under the idea that most heat sinks and processors in fta receivers are/were permanently attached...removing the heatsink would damage the processor.....

try modding it intead by attaching a small GPU fan (costs abou 6 dollars) on , or near the processor... the power can be achied by tapping into the existing power supply wires...just make sure which wire you tap into...

(back in the early years of Ku fta, some receivers such as certain earlier models of Pantecs, required additional cooling in order to have the bins work properly...

Pantecs were a hybrid of the famous Pansat 2500 and the Fortec receivers)

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Thanks dina, the Captiveworks 3000 is a Linux computer, I was just wondering about the little sticker that came with the thermal compound. I have restored the unit with 16r1 ISO but when I update to 16r2 it shuts down, I put the new CPU in without grease so I think that's it.

[Terryl]

Oh oh....

If you installed it with out heat sink compound it (the new CPU) may be toast already, the compound is to improve the thermal transfer to the heat sink (with a fan attached) with out it your only relying on the metal to metal (or plastic) contact to transfer the heat, the 2 surfaces have to be ultra flat to work that way.

The big trick is not to use too much (or not enough) compound; I use a piece of a plastic picnic knife one with the serrated edge, apply the compound with the knife (cut to size) and use the edge to scrape it flat, the little ridges will allow the right amount of compound under the heat sink, when you secure them it will flatten out to a uniform thickness.

[dina]

Thanks dina, the Captiveworks 3000 is a Linux computer, I was just wondering about the little sticker that came with the thermal compound. I have restored the unit with 16r1 ISO but when I update to 16r2 it shuts down, I put the new CPU in without grease so I think that's it.

Terryl is right....you may have caused permanent damage to the processor...

most computers will shut down when they detect the cpu overheating, but that is not an assurance that it will shut down prior to heat damage...or it did shut down before any damage took place.. :(