I re-applied my thermal paste to my CPU and within 2 months it had dried up and gone solid. Does anyone know why this is? I'm running a 3600x with an AIO. -
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Changing out the thermal paste on a 2 month old 3080 for thwrmal grizzly and this is what I find!!! 🤬 it's like chalk!!!! Powdery no "paste" what so ever : r/EtherMining
![Changing out the thermal paste on a 2 month old 3080 for thwrmal grizzly and this is what I find!!! 🤬 it's like chalk!!!! Powdery no "paste" what so ever : r/EtherMining Changing out the thermal paste on a 2 month old 3080 for thwrmal grizzly and this is what I find!!! 🤬 it's like chalk!!!! Powdery no "paste" what so ever : r/EtherMining](https://preview.redd.it/vypzl2u0z5e71.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=cb8302b36765b58b8d94ce33a810415dc1959cdb)
Changing out the thermal paste on a 2 month old 3080 for thwrmal grizzly and this is what I find!!! 🤬 it's like chalk!!!! Powdery no "paste" what so ever : r/EtherMining
![Lost 2 pads when I changed the thermal paste. After months of searching I found this. Was worried they were thermal pads. What could I use to replace them? : r/PS3 Lost 2 pads when I changed the thermal paste. After months of searching I found this. Was worried they were thermal pads. What could I use to replace them? : r/PS3](https://i.redd.it/tqh39bpuf1181.jpg)
Lost 2 pads when I changed the thermal paste. After months of searching I found this. Was worried they were thermal pads. What could I use to replace them? : r/PS3
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