ON THE TOPIC OF THERMAL PASTE / PADS:
I am going to do some basic maintenance to Galactica tonight. One of the things I want to address is the constant spooling up and down of my GPU fan. If I scroll down a webpage quickly I hear it start to spin up "WhiiiiirrrRRRRRRRR" and then very quickly spool back down. A background level of fan noise is acceptable, but this up and down, up and down, up and down spooling is driving me crazy. My Mac Pro mentor CC_333 has informed me that this sometimes is an indication that reapplication of thermal paste on the GPU is required.
Fine, I have no problem with that, I have reapplied thermal paste before. HOWEVER I was given a Thermal Pad by a friend who said it was preferable to applying thermal paste and have never tried one.
Do you geniuses have any advice on that score?
I am going to do some basic maintenance to Galactica tonight. One of the things I want to address is the constant spooling up and down of my GPU fan. If I scroll down a webpage quickly I hear it start to spin up "WhiiiiirrrRRRRRRRR" and then very quickly spool back down. A background level of fan noise is acceptable, but this up and down, up and down, up and down spooling is driving me crazy. My Mac Pro mentor CC_333 has informed me that this sometimes is an indication that reapplication of thermal paste on the GPU is required.
Fine, I have no problem with that, I have reapplied thermal paste before. HOWEVER I was given a Thermal Pad by a friend who said it was preferable to applying thermal paste and have never tried one.
Do you geniuses have any advice on that score?