Quote from: Mineit on August 03, 2014, 09:44:13 AM

Quote from: ZiG on August 03, 2014, 07:32:36 AM

Quote from: Mineit on August 03, 2014, 06:41:46 AM

Quote from: PaintShopPro6 on July 27, 2014, 08:42:17 PM

One of my batch 1 units will not overclock. In fact, sometimes it won't start up at all.

I have it taken apart right now. I am running to the store to get some alcohol for cleaning (well, maybe some other kind to drink as well...).

Several of the chips have this problem.

I know that some people say that thermal paste does not conduct electricity. However, the thermal paste that is used by BitMain has some oil in it which I do believe conducts some electricity (as learned from my S1 experiences). I am hoping a cleanup job will fix this S3.

After seeing this and the post of daddyfatsax on the 2nd page, and all other problems i read here.
Im thinking to take my batch 5 apart before even running them O.o.
Ill get mine this week, what terminal paste did u use?

MX-4 ...GC-Extreme...

Google for "best thermal paste"...10's of reviews will pop-up...

Don't be so lazy, guys... Grin

ZiG

I have artic silver 5 but i think its so soft thats why i asked.
on the pictures of the heatsink u see that the paste has leaked, or is that just really really bad mounted and to much paste

AS5 is being talked down around here (I used it to no effect whatsoever, good or bad).
MX-4 that OP is talking about is Arctic Cooling MX-4, it's got great reviews and is selling at $7.81/4g at amazon, free shipping-I ordered it. A larger 20g is $18.42-if you got many miners you want to treat.