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    Changing thermal coumpound under CPU NB

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by kabal, Jan 27, 2010.

  1. kabal

    kabal Notebook Guru

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    Hello.

    I decided to change thermal paste (thermal compound) in my m50Vm under CPU, GPU and NB. With CPU and GPU I manage fine but under chipset (NB) originally there isn't thermal paste but some kind of wiper (strange material).
    So now the question... can I replace this material with thermal compound for example OCZ Freeze ?

    Thanks for answer's
    Salute ;)
     
    kabal, Jan 27, 2010
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  2. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Is it a thermal pad?
     
    moral hazard, Jan 27, 2010
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    Yes, it's thermal pad :)
     
    kabal, Jan 27, 2010
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    I took the thermal pad from two of my notebooks, replaced it with paste. I didn't have a gap between the heatsink and the chip, so it worked out find.

    I think you should check if there will be a gap. If so, try the copper shim mod to fill the gap. Or buy a new thermal pad.
     
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    I checked this and there is no gap between cooling copper pad and chipset PM45. So everything should be OK :)

    Thank You for answers and help ;)

    Salute
     
    kabal, Jan 27, 2010
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