10-10-2009, 04:08 PM
(10-10-2009, 03:53 PM)D3N Wrote: Arctic silver is a thermal paste, you use it to improve the contact of a heatsink with the processor, but it conducts heat worse than metal on the heatsink, so you shouldn't completely rely on it.
I suggest you reapply the paste, and clean the dust out while you are at it. Should work a lot better.
Thanks for explaining what it was. I could not find a good source on google explaining it, Some people were saying it was a fan.