- GETTING XBOX ONE LIQUID METAL CONTROLLER TO WORK WITH WINDOWS 8.1 PRO
- GETTING XBOX ONE LIQUID METAL CONTROLLER TO WORK WITH WINDOWS 8.1 PC
I think there would be no problem if the pure/bare copper is nickel plated or at least that will slow the process It is only for a short period of time depending on what surface you are installing it.
GETTING XBOX ONE LIQUID METAL CONTROLLER TO WORK WITH WINDOWS 8.1 PC
It is definitely not something i would recommend putting inside a PC build and definitely you should avoid even tho it provides better thermal conductivity over conventional paste. I literally spend like whole day in research for the Liquid metal datasheets for the ingredients and how they work/react etc. Unfortunately i have no pics from installing the liquid metal for the 1st time so i can show u that it is properly installed and this is not my mistake.But i've been working on computers for more than 5 years now and i'm somewhat skilled so i guess you guys can trust me on this.
It left a nasty rock solid residue on both the cooler and the CPU which i then needed to sand down then Lap both surfaces and polish them to get rid of the liquid metal.Īll that costed me like 2 to 3 hours to make it properly and without damaging my gear.Īfter applying the Mx-4 everything was working fine like it should. I tried somehow to pull the lever on the motherboard socket so i can remove the cooler with the CPU attached to it without causing damage and using a fine knife i succeeded in separating the CPU form the cooler.Īs i thought the Liquid metal has dried up but not only that.
I had liquid metal installed on my FX 8350 for like 6 months now and i started seeing the temps going way too high where they've never been before even with a conventional thermal paste.So before the metal drying out completely on me and causing anymore damage i quickly disassembled my rig only to find out that the CPU and my Be Quiet Pure Rock 120 cooler has been fused together. Yes, - in case you are wondering - the gallium in liquid metal reacts this way despite the fact that there are other metal stabilizers present in Liquid Metal. That means liquid metal will literally eat into the copper until the gallium is gone, and the resulting copper-gallium alloy is a silver-ish color. The reaction is: Ga + Cu → CuGa2 + Cu3Ga. The thing is they told u that the Liquid metal is not safe to use on Aluminum but it's actually more than that.U shouldn't use it on bare copper too because it makes a reaction with the cooper and the copper absorbs it. When the gallium contacts pure copper, the metals irreversibly alloy.This reaction proceeds until there is no more copper or all the gallium is consumed. Today i have a R9 280x which i also tried with liquid metal with no luck and no temperature decrease at all over the previous MX-4. Also i had a GTX 780 which died from the liquid metal being absorbed from the copper heatsink over time and it overheated and died.
GETTING XBOX ONE LIQUID METAL CONTROLLER TO WORK WITH WINDOWS 8.1 PRO
I have an Asus Pro gaming aura 970 motherboard paired with FX 8350 which i have overclocked to 4.5Ghz at 1.3250V stable.
Hey guys i want to show u something that i found and have proof on it that using liquid metal is actually pretty dangerous and not just for the conductivity,but because it dries up overtime.