December 9, 2015 at 17:44Liquid by CooLLaboratory: Big Kid
10 years ago, a new thermal interface from Coollaboratory, Liquid Pro, appeared on the cooling system market.
It has been repeatedly analyzed and tested (for example, here www.overclockers.ru/lab/22232.shtml ).
However, I did not find a single test that would show what happens to the processor and heatsink after prolonged use of this drug.
So, when the MacBook Air started to pop up when Firefox started with 32nd windows, and the monitoring program showed the CPU temperature for 92 degrees, it was decided to resort to Liquid Pro. The procedure for applying to the crystal did not cause any special problems, but there were difficulties with the radiator substrate (copper). But, nevertheless, the system began to work much quieter and performed its functions regularly for almost a year (since November 2014).
December 2015 came:
And the howl continues again.
And the cooler buzzes wildly.
And such a hot stone.
And the heart beats anxiously.
An autopsy showed an almost complete absence of dust (office after all) on the grille. We remove the radiator from the processor and ... see the lunar crater of the radiator base:
The surface is corroded, like acid. It is not possible to smooth out irregularities with a nylon skin from Coollaboratory - you need a regular “skin”.
Strange, I thought. Copper all the same (there are probably enough impurities there, but it's not aluminum). And if you take not a liquid mixture as a substrate, but a “dry” product of the same manufacturer - Liquid MetallPad. Fortunately, I bought them together ... A couple more pieces remained. Imagine my surprise when, in a bag that was kept in its original tough, but not sealed package, instead of a thin silver-gray metal plate, a set of metal dust was found:
Well, finally.
Just a week before the “autopsy”, a Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra (CL-Liquid-Ultra-CS) kit was purchased as a more effective replacement. However, in connection with the discovered facts, it was decided to use this item in a less expensive device. But here, as it turned out, the manufacturer, despite the high declared price, managed to put a pig: instead of the claimed 1 ml of the mixture in the syringe, it is 2 times less. The photo shows that the emphasis stopped at around 0.5 ml. Below the piston does not fall - there is a silver plastic insert:
Therefore, before buying goods with the words "Made in Germany" on all sides of the package, and even with exclamation marks, I advise you to think carefully.
It has been repeatedly analyzed and tested (for example, here www.overclockers.ru/lab/22232.shtml ).
However, I did not find a single test that would show what happens to the processor and heatsink after prolonged use of this drug.
So, when the MacBook Air started to pop up when Firefox started with 32nd windows, and the monitoring program showed the CPU temperature for 92 degrees, it was decided to resort to Liquid Pro. The procedure for applying to the crystal did not cause any special problems, but there were difficulties with the radiator substrate (copper). But, nevertheless, the system began to work much quieter and performed its functions regularly for almost a year (since November 2014).
December 2015 came:
And the howl continues again.
And the cooler buzzes wildly.
And such a hot stone.
And the heart beats anxiously.
An autopsy showed an almost complete absence of dust (office after all) on the grille. We remove the radiator from the processor and ... see the lunar crater of the radiator base:
The surface is corroded, like acid. It is not possible to smooth out irregularities with a nylon skin from Coollaboratory - you need a regular “skin”.
Strange, I thought. Copper all the same (there are probably enough impurities there, but it's not aluminum). And if you take not a liquid mixture as a substrate, but a “dry” product of the same manufacturer - Liquid MetallPad. Fortunately, I bought them together ... A couple more pieces remained. Imagine my surprise when, in a bag that was kept in its original tough, but not sealed package, instead of a thin silver-gray metal plate, a set of metal dust was found:
Well, finally.
Just a week before the “autopsy”, a Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra (CL-Liquid-Ultra-CS) kit was purchased as a more effective replacement. However, in connection with the discovered facts, it was decided to use this item in a less expensive device. But here, as it turned out, the manufacturer, despite the high declared price, managed to put a pig: instead of the claimed 1 ml of the mixture in the syringe, it is 2 times less. The photo shows that the emphasis stopped at around 0.5 ml. Below the piston does not fall - there is a silver plastic insert:
Therefore, before buying goods with the words "Made in Germany" on all sides of the package, and even with exclamation marks, I advise you to think carefully.