Whats this sloppy paste inside my broken amp...

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Picked up this Soundstream PCA2000 (picasso). I bought it for cheap because it doesnt work, seller says it power up with no protection, just doesnt produce music. Came without a back cover so inspection was easy lol

There is this sloppy looking paste all along the back wall though, is that from factory? Some of the black/gold posts are sticking to it, some arent

Just dont know what the stuff if.

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[JL Audio 5,000+ posts]

looks like the paste shit they put on processors inbetween them and the heatsink.

 

[grimreper912003 5,000+ posts]

Heat paste. Factory put it there

 

[Shinju 10+ year member]

Thats the amplifiers mansauce, Stop jerking off your amplifier!

 

[Annnarbor84 5,000+ posts]

Thats the amplifiers mansauce, Stop jerking off your amplifier!

lawl

 

[midnightg35x 10+ year member]

White stuff is thermal compound, black stuff is basically high temp silicone to keep the larger parts in place so they do not move.

 

[Redlineaudio 10+ year member]

Thermal compound like they said. Helps the heat flow out to the sink.

But the factory did not make that mess.

 

[05fronty 5,000+ posts]

looks like it has been repaired before

 

[audioarsonal 10+ year member]

Deffenatly been messed with.And by someone that doesn't know what there doing.From the looks of it they just spread out the old compound

 

[SPLaudio 5,000+ posts]

yup silicone heat sink compound. you will also need the pad to bolt down the mosfet or that amp will thermal quick...

 

[gunz4me 10+ year member]

Thats the amplifiers mansauce, Stop jerking off your amplifier!

Another fine Bukkake Audio product:laugh:

 

[mmouse57 10+ year member]

looks ot me as the amp was removed form the sink maybe for show by someone that didnt know what they where doing

some amps backplate holes the mosfets to the wall of the sink removal of this abckplate could ahve casues the mosfets to blow or fail.

I know my old PPower 600.2's backplate was off once and i turned it on only to fry the amp becasue the backplate held the mosfets to the wall.

best bet is to try setup an RMA through soundstream and pay the $50-$150 to have it fixed //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[david in german 10+ year member]

Yep, someone screwed with it. Also I think it is missing the clamps used to keep the mosfets in place against the sink.

 

[hornedfrog1985 5,000+ posts]

You know those things that say the contents will cause cancer? That's the cancer sauce inside of those.