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Producer of stinky thermal paste that corrodes copper knew about the issue since 2024 - the paste emits acidic vapors, corrodes copper, 'glues' heatsinks to processors and permanently damages coolers (www.tomshardware.com)
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Amech, the maker of the thermal paste that stinks and damages coolers, has known about the issues with its product since at least October 2024, according to Igor Wallosek from Igor's Lab. Instead of addressing the problem that damages coolers and can potentially lead to damage to expensive CPUs or GPUs, the company kept producing and selling the thermal grease. SGT-4 appears to be a chemically reactive blend that stinks due to acidic vapors, permanently damages CPUs and coolers with pitting from corrosion, and causes coolers to glue to the chip

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[–] Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca 17 points 22 hours ago

I spent 6 months working in a commercial lab that made thermal pastes, adhesives and other things used in chip/board manufacture. Based on the lab notebooks I saw from previous workers, non of their fucking results could be replicated. Most of the products we made and shipped depended on mixing the pastes to have 100% homogeny in terms of silica particle dispersion; and the lab was relying on me hand mixing most stuff, as the mixers were not up to snuff. Most of the equipment we used to test thermal properties were janky as hell. I'm not sure if the lab/product in the article is well known, but you should be wary of small manufacturers. Always mix your thermal paste well kids.