GPU-CPU Thermal Compound? VOID Warranty?

Hey NBR
I just got my M17X R2 2 weeks ago and finally just got done installing a 80GB X25 SSD and fresh install of Windows including all the new drivers, BIOS updates and I overclocked my CPU using ThrottleStop.
I have the 5% overclock function turned on in the BIOS including a 75Mv vCore increase. In ThrottleStop I have my TDP @ 78 and TDC @ 68 with a 25 multiplier. My temps in wPrime get to about 85-95C
In 3DMark06 I went from 19480 to 20700 with my first overclock. (Noob)
My question is.....

What can and can't I do internally that won't VOID my warranty.
I want to re-seat my GPU and CPU heat-spreaders with IC7 Diamond. I also wanted to maybe get some new thermal pads too.
Can I open her up and do these mods with out screwing with my warranty

Any help would be great.
This is my first overclock too. So if I did anything wrong please let me know.
I plan on overclocking my GPU's too
Thanks

 

Yes, you can. Change of thermal paste does not void your warranty. It was mentioned several times here.
With that said, I wouldn't recommend IC7 diamond because it will scratch your cpu and gpu dies. Use AS5 or MX2 instead.

 

The reason i posted this thread was because I've read in other threads that it would void the warranty if thermal pads were changed. I'm just getting mixed answers. I wasn't sure. Thanks for the reply
I have an extra tube of IC7 Diamond and AS5 available at home.
I've never heard of IC7 doing that?? I just put a little dab (size of a small pea) of thermal compound on the GPU and CPU heat-spreaders right??
Anybody seen any guides for this?

 

Hey theres Handsome chiefs.

You can change and swap out the pads if you like. Just make sure you keep the original ones some where clean and safe. So if you ever need to use or claim your warranty you can put them back in. Changing the paste and pads is really easy so it shouldn't be to hard chiefs.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/ali...mal-compunds-gpu-cpu-m17x-r2.html#post6591222

Good Luck. Enjoy taking apart the machine. oles

Cheers.

 

Change thermal paste means tearing your system apart and that will void your warranty. If you are lucky and talked to an agent with some sense who will document the conversation and allow you to do the work, you are still responsible for if something goes wrong. I know DELL post instructions on how to open this thing up but it's not for the average comsumer to do the work.
Don't go by he/she says. Don't believe me, call up DELL and ask them.
Of course, you don't have to tell DELL what you do or don't do.

 

Yeh just make sure to be extremely careful. Have a good read through the guides and videos here and on youtube on how to do so. Take it slow as well and becareful about the ribbions, try not to pull to hard and break them.

Cheers.

 

As has been posted many times, when in doubt of what will and will not void your warranty, contact support and ask.

Obviously, if you break something in the process you will not be covered.

We had a somewhat dated thread on 'what will and will not void your warranty'. That thread was closed due to the age of the original post which was made PRIOR to the All Powerful systems released by Dell/AW.

Again, when in doubt, contact support.

 

Dell is very flexible and as long as you're careful doing the paste replacement, you're okay. They will never check for something as minor as that. I've had Dell support send me a motherboard and LCD for a prior AW system I owned and I did all the work myself. That entailed taking apart the entire system, removing the mainboard, removing the CPU/GPU and disassembling the LCD. Basically the system was stripped bare and then reassembled with new paste. Dell didn't care but I had to get authorization from their supervisor.

 

There was a post By Dell-Bill http://forum.notebookreview.com/del...aste-as5-studio-xps-1645-a-6.html#post6066577

Changing the thermal paste will not void your warranty, unless you cause damage and Dell can prove it was you.

 

Thanks for the replys guys. That photo guide is perfect!!
What thermal compound should I use? Should I stick with IC7 diamond or is there anything better?

 

Tuniq Tx-4 Phenomenal TIM
Tuniq TX-4 Extreme Performance and Easy Apply

 

MX-3 if the price is not an issue?

 

Price is no issue!!!!
I do just a dab in the middle right? Pea size?
On both GPU's and CPU?

So which is better MX3 or TX4?

 

TX-4(IMO) You can look for a comparison betwen Tx-3 and Mx3 since TX4/3 are similar TX4 is better than 3 and alot easier to spread.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12ce9FpKO3I there is a video comparing AS5 and Tx-3, but from what I have read is that Mx3 is just as good as AS5 if not better. This really comes down to personal preference. I get amazing temps using TX4 better than anyother TIM i have used, but havent used MX3.

 

I thought IC7 was up there on the charts
Anybody else mind chiming in!!