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A little OT but i found it funny. A tech came in today to replace a motherboard in my work HP ProBook 6540b laptop. I was surprised to find that HP bundles a Shin-Etsu thermal paste with their motherboards and even more surprised when i saw the tech squeeze the whole freaking tube on top of the CPU before putting the heatsink on it. I didn't even start the argument because i knew i'd lose my time there

Those of you here that have received their M18x could you let us know your first impressions. Brian noted the many problems involved in changing parts and replacing paste on your gpus and CPU. The keyboard material surrounding it and the clips that hold them in place are flimsy. So if there are any other warnings before taking your M18 apart or anything you've noticed that other M18 owners may like to know please post about it here.

Hahahaha! Wow man, this is some old school shit right there! reminds me of the days of Astral Projection!! Ahh, the memories

Well i might be wrong and ATI's will be cheaper.. lets see

You could try this stuff - Arctic intros the G-1 'thermal glue' | News | TechConnect Magazine

i believe the 6990 will be priced in about the same range as the 580m ( +- 100$ for CF setup vs SLI)

I received my tubes as well, so on Tuesday I will write an article about it that will explain and define the whole process (programs, methodology, pictures, etc..)

<meta http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> Here is some general application info for desktop PC's for a 30mm X 30mm IHS - for rectangular type installations that vary from this you can just ratio the amount up or down to the new area Application Notes -Amount of Applied Compound - FAQ * * There is always some debate on amount of applied compound to use, our approach is based on a best to worst case scenario with a one size fits all so the user can experience best odds of a successful mount out of the gate without having to redo his mount. * * Say that Intel has a spec of Flat and parallel // to .002. - At the extreme end you get something like the 2 images of the candidate below, to fill that gap/volume you need .05 ml volume of compound for a 30mm X 30mm area about the size of a grain of rice. * * Our difference with the rice method comes from the other side of the equation The heat sink base, while many HS bases are good some can be off as much as the IHS and to cover the contingency of irregular contour on both sink & IHS and as few people lap to correct the problem (5%?)and fewer lap to perfection so we add another .05 ml for a total of 0.1ml. * Another factor associated with irregular contours is another mil or two layer of compound is added on the high spots depending on the pressure applied. To fill that gap we add another .05 ml for a total recommended amount of 0.15 ml which approx. equals our 5-5.5mm size bead on center. IF YOU ARE NOT SURE PEEL BACK THE LABEL TO SEE ML REGISTRATION MARKS AND USE 0.15-2ml EXCESS JUST SQUISHES OUT - I HAVE MEASURED THIS WITH A MICROMETER @ 50 PSI AND AT ROOM TEMP YOU REACH 95% OF THE BOND-LINE THICKNESS (BLT) IN TWO HOURS 99% OR MAYBE 1/2 DEGREE OVERNIGHT AFTER THE INITIAL 2 HOURS * Thermal compound is a volume application to fill gaps, not one of weight, liquid spread-ability etc. and our opinion is that whatever the compound you still need the equivalent volume to close that gap. * * Additionally it is important to apply enough compound, because as the paste thins it spreads it reaches a maximum zone where air is reformed into the paste application between the sink and his leading to decreased performance and early compound failure. This effect is well-documented and known as Laplacian Growth AKA cusp formation and viscous fingering. Fast Simulation of Laplacian Growth YouTube - Broadcast Yourself Laplacian Growth in thermal compounds Laplacian Growth - a good visual explanation http://www.physics.ubc.ca/pitp/archives/theory/2004talks/wiegmann.pdf Application

Whatever you like to use just as long as you are consistent between tests

Some psychedelic music here... I am a big fan and a DJ so why not share it with you guys

Balkan Beat Box - Pretty awesome Israeli band, funny thing is, they are much more recognized and known around the world than in Israel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2Mj6xVK234

Sure sorry I forgot the link, here it is Trance Around The World with Above & Beyond playlists and archives

Just came back from her show! Was pretty good, but too short and waaay to expensive

The cards are still going fine! Cant remember washer size though. -Ash

I read about reliability issues with the OCZ RAM I installed AFTER I ordered it, but figured all RAM experiences failures from time-to-time and hoped for the best. Now after this experience, I'll be looking at other brands. The RAM was fine until I started OC'ing more, which may be more than a coincidence. Kingston HyperX seems to get a good amount of support, so I will probably try that next if the price is right. I'd like to dish out more than a couple weeks of abuse

Warning: Spoilers Here's some endings for ME2 in HD:

I managed to achieve even better results combining ThrottleStop with the registry edit of ppm (basically maxed out my SSD's performance) ---no tweaks----only ppm------ppm+TS--- ThrottleStop settings As you can see I gained 2MB/s reads and 13MB/s writes. That's a very noticeable improvement. The only problem is the temperatures, I am with the retention mod and still as you can see I get 70+ easily... but I am constantly at 3.5GHz on all 4 cores. So for me disabling the C states from inside the BIOS is not necessary, but, for those who don't have an extreme CPU it will be...

I just did the regedit ppm start=4 trick to increase SSD speeds, but after doing that throttlestop wont apply a multiplier above the TRL of 4 core active. So yeah, cant wait for the disabling of c-states. At the moment I'm in slow ssd mode with 4ghz single core cpu usage, but would like the best of both worlds. I will hold off until wiz gets v2 (hopefully with cstates options) and full instructions done. -Ash

Hahahaha stupid dell finally looking what were doing and no they shouldn't care if it voids the warranty they should allow that to be done and also not only allow but do it themselves with the most recent comps coming out. M18x etc..

and to think i was all excited dell (or the like) might be dropping in to help launch the site by revealing some exclusive new product information... only to enter the thread and find in reality dell themselves ironically seeking information on their own product, lol - geesh!

Yeh Feeling kinda special Look's like I am one of the first real members/contributors here, everyone else here seems to be a Mod/Admin lol The forum looks nice , not as flashy as the Red theme you were trying earlier ,Brian