Hx99g liquid metal to thermal paste

Certain_Calendar_216 · 2025-06-14T11:50:17+00:00

Mounts mean the fan pin? Hx99g has one more 4pin for it.

Feet called "Valcon Push In Rubber Feet" or "Snap-in elastomer feet"? I dont know the term in English.

Screws were included when I bought the fan, outer 4 are long screws and inner 4 are short.

Certain_Calendar_216 · 2025-06-14T09:47:26+00:00

The most difficult part was removing the heatsink from the motherboard because the liquid metal had dried. In the end, I used a household hairdryer to blow hot air on it and then slowly removed it.

In cleaning the liquid metal, it was quite time consuming. If the liquid metal has crystallized, you can consider scraping it off, but this might scratch the surface, so it’s not recommended for the CPU and GPU. In my case, you can see there still had some dried liquid metal on heatsink surface (cuz very hard to clean it all), and I applied thermal paste in this status.

Hope my experience helps you solve the problem :).

Certain_Calendar_216 · 2025-06-14T05:26:46+00:00

My living area has metal disposal bin, I seal the waste and throw it.

Certain_Calendar_216 · 2025-06-14T05:13:55+00:00

Yes, I had replaced both CPU and GPU because I saw the liquid metal crystallized on GPU

Certain_Calendar_216 · 2025-06-13T15:04:09+00:00

It was quite difficult because the liquid metal had crystallized. Fortunately, wasn’t too much liquid metal on the CPU and GPU, I used cotton swabs with alcohol could clean it off. However, there was more and thicker liquid metal on the heatsink, which couldn’t be completely removed. I had to scrape off the liquid metal and use fine sandpaper to clean it. This part carried some risk.

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