How to Add a Heatsink to a Chip Without Mounts

Computers get hot. If they get too hot, they dont work right, and some manufacturers don't put heatsinks on all of the chips on the board. Some of those un-heatsinked ones get hot. Too hot. This instructable will focus on putting a heatsink on a chip that doesn't have one and doesn't have mounting holes for one either. All you need is a heatsink, some sticky tack / mounting putty, and some petroleum jelly. (Also known as vaseline)

Here is how you do it.

Step 1: Materials

For this project, you will need only a few things, all of which are very easy to get.

Materials:
-Vaseline / Petroleum jelly
-Sticky tack / mounting putty
-A computer heatsink, i got mine from a dead motherboard's GPU

Tools:
-Cotton swabs / Q-tips
-Your hands

Step 2: Roll the Sticky Tack / Mounting Putty

First, you need to roll the sticky tack / Mounting putty.
Roll it into a long thin snake, like pictured. Make sure it is about 3mm thick
Now would also be a good time to clean the bottom of your heatsink.

Step 3: Put the Snake on the Heatsink

Now you need to put the snake of sticky tack / mounting putty on the bottom of the heatsink. Make it into a square, but make sure it is smaller than the chip you are putting it on, or else it wont hold the heatsink on it.

Step 4: Add the Petroleum Jelly / Vaseline

Next, take the cotton swab and get a little bit of petroleum jelly / Vaseline on it.
Put a little gob of it in the middle of your square of sticky tack / mounting putty

Step 5: Put It on the Chip

Now you just put it on the chip on your motherboard. Make sure that the sticky tack / mounting putty square is on the chip on all sides, and the press it on. Hold it for a few seconds to make sure the sticky tack / mounting putty gets a good bond. If the chip gets quite hot, After a few minutes, (about 5) the heatsink will be warm. If it is, you know you got it on right.

And thanks to Junits15, for telling me about using vaseline as a cheap thermal compound