Ultimate guide to removing liquid metal from your CPU and copper heatsink

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ม.ค. 2025

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  • @AllBecomesGood
    @AllBecomesGood ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I love grinding right down into the transistors themselves, makes for a beautifully shiny experience and then I don't even need to reapply new liquid metal or paste, as I just throw the cpu i just destroyed away

    • @xCheatah
      @xCheatah 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      LMAO

  • @mova_2020
    @mova_2020 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Imagine you use a grinding tool. It will make you an absolute beautiful mirror finish. I love applying my LM on that spotless surface.

  • @chunghei0827
    @chunghei0827 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can I use Ethyl alcohol instead of IPA ? Thank you !

  • @perspicacity89
    @perspicacity89 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you, wonderful video.

  • @samueltsang9386
    @samueltsang9386 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Do I have to polish the stain if I am reapplying Liquid metal again

    • @berkanyildirir6211
      @berkanyildirir6211 ปีที่แล้ว

      that would be my question too

    • @howfixit
      @howfixit  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No, you don't have to polish the stain if you're reapplying liquid metal. Check out this video -> th-cam.com/video/w7ChaNf9N-w/w-d-xo.html
      I give a complete explanation of the application of liquid metal

  • @dgm778
    @dgm778 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello, I watched your full video, in my case I do not have access to that cleaning liquid, I wanted to know if I can put thermal paste without polishing it.. thank you

    • @pavy415
      @pavy415 ปีที่แล้ว

      You have to remove ALL traced of it or it might go into the chips and kill your PC. Also the thermal paste won't have good contact

    • @xCheatah
      @xCheatah 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@pavy415 that's some bs, where'd you even hear that

    • @catunez
      @catunez 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@xCheatah it will kill your pc if it leaks, but thermal contact issues is BS

  • @spelisha
    @spelisha 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    The micro scratches and pitting that you actually create on the surface after polishing will reduce thermal efficacy. It’s best not to do that step and only stick with the alcohol.

  • @AdiAgeraRS
    @AdiAgeraRS 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    i lowkey feel that this hard side of sponge is going to ruin my heatsink with all those deep scratches !

    • @sp34277
      @sp34277 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ok well when i decided to not finish removing all the old liquid metal and just put new paste on my cpu temp went above 100° just booting windows, pick ur battles

  • @pavy415
    @pavy415 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wasted my time i added liquid metal to my laptop CPU and it didn't work still reaches 90c same as thermal paste and yes I have it installed correctly on CPU and GPU I have to remove it now so I can put regular paste on since there is no difference

    • @allanshpeley4284
      @allanshpeley4284 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'll do you one better. I travelled recently and my laptop bounced around all over the place. That caused the liquid metal to leak all over the motherboard. Surprisingly it actually started up after I cleaned most of the liquid metal off the MB, but it's doing super weird things now...screen is flickering, mouse pad not working. No more liquid thermal paste on laptops for me.

    • @aleksandrmikhailov3255
      @aleksandrmikhailov3255 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@allanshpeley4284 Thanks for sharing 😢

    • @AngryRoomba692
      @AngryRoomba692 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@allanshpeley4284Some asus laptops use liquid metal from the factory. Same thing happens, the laptop gets used, the liquid metal leaks out, and now my motherboard has tiny droplets of liquid metal all over... I generally like Asus, but damn, what a stupid move of them. Hopefully my laptop still works when I'm done applying new thermal paste.

  • @ventrue6516
    @ventrue6516 ปีที่แล้ว

    Liquid metal is conductive to copper surface, so technically you shouldn't use in on anywhere but PS5

    • @howfixit
      @howfixit  ปีที่แล้ว +7

      this is a misconception

    • @LuxuryLeet
      @LuxuryLeet ปีที่แล้ว +9

      this has the same energy as, the human eye cannot see more than 60fps

    • @harek11
      @harek11 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@LuxuryLeet wtf 😅😅😅😅😅

    • @TheResoluteHawk
      @TheResoluteHawk 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It's not that it's conductive; it's that the galium and copper bond to form an alloy because galium has a negative potential and copper has a positive potential.
      Using it only on the PS5 is a misnomer. Liquid metal should only be used on copper surfaces that are plated with nickel in order to prevent the chemical reaction. You can use it on any device but the surface for the application of liquid metal must be nickel plated copper.

  • @sovu9399
    @sovu9399 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    so, the liquid metal is not that liquid over time?