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    Acer 5750G Thermal Pad

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Sami1234, May 21, 2014.

  1. Sami1234

    Sami1234 Newbie

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    Hi all,

    I am planning on taking apart my Acer 5750G soon. I have two questions, does the laptop have a thermal pad for it's GPU? and if so can I replace this thermal pad with thermal paste? Any help would be appreciated.

    Thanks in Advance,
    Sami
     
    Sami1234, May 21, 2014
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  2. ellric

    ellric Notebook Guru

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    Some use thermal pads others thermal paste, it depends on your heatsink model. Afaik there're three different ones:

    1) Cpu -> Paste, GPU -> Pad, Northbridge -> None, GDDR Modules -> None

    2) Cpu -> Paste, GPU -> Paste, Northbridge -> None, GDDR Modules -> None

    1) Cpu -> Paste, GPU -> Paste, Northbridge -> Pad, GDDR Modules -> Pad

    The only way to know it is to disassemble the laptop and check it. Thermal pads can be replaced with thermal paste if the gap between gpu and heatsink isn't too thick, but I'm afraid that you'll need to use copper shims on 5750G if you have pads and you're planning to use the paste.

    You can find copper shims on ebay for few cents. Check out 5750G Owners Lounge ( http://forum.notebookreview.com/acer/729899-acer-5750g-owners-lounge.html) for more useful info about this laptop! :)
     
    ellric, May 21, 2014
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    King Julien Notebook Enthusiast

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    What are the dimmensions for the copper shims?
     
    King Julien, May 26, 2014
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    ellric Notebook Guru

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    Really don't know. I think that 1.2-1.0mm thick shims should do the job.
     
    ellric, May 26, 2014
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    Sami1234 Newbie

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    Sorry for the late response and thanks for the advice ellric.
    Just one last thing I was wondering, is there any alternative for copper shims?, I live in the middle east and it is difficult to find such items here.
     
    Sami1234, Jun 17, 2014
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    propolkin Notebook Deity

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    You can order thermal pads such as these. These thermal pads has outstanding thermal conductivity and with theme there I don`t think that you`ll need to install copper shims.
     
    propolkin, Jun 18, 2014
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