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    Looking into s96j

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by shivy, Sep 2, 2006.

  1. shivy

    shivy Notebook Consultant

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    How is it for watching movies?Is the thermal paste compund nesscary?What happens if I don't buy it?
     
  2. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Uh, its just like any other laptop to watch movies.

    The screen has a "grainyness" issue.

    Well, I would use a thermal compound to keep the temps down.
     
  3. JPZ

    JPZ Notebook Deity

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    You do NEED a TIM(Thermal Interface Material). Whether it be Arctic Silver 5, intel thermal paste, or a thermal pad. It really doesn't matter that much with a laptop. Unless your stock TIM isn't transferring heat. A good TIM application is more important that what specific TIM you use. Except thermal pads suck.

    Some places will use AS5 for free(such as G2P) and others will charge an extra $50 for it. When you do not choose this, they will ship your notebook with the stock intel/Asus TIM.
     
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    MilestonePC.com Company Representative

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    The thermal paste is recommended to have, but the heat sink already come with this. Without this, the cpu will be overheat and the machine will shut down itself.
    Cheers
     
  5. shivy

    shivy Notebook Consultant

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    so basically,I have to apply this paste,and if i don't i will burn out my laptop?
    I have had dells before but they dont require any paste.How often do I have to keep applying?I find that very annoying I have to keep applying paste.
     
  6. JPZ

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    You can fry your cpu without a TIM. You don't need to reapply it. As long as you do it right the first time. If you buy your laptop and have it assembled by your reseller, you won't have to apply a TIM. Your dell does have a TIM. Probably a thermal pad. Possibly a "paste".

    All recent processors need a TIM to transfer heat from the processor to the heatsink. Pretty much every computer you are likely to see today uses some kind of paste or a pad.

    Just do a quick google search for "thermal interface material". You'll find all you'll ever need to know about thermal pastes and pads.
     
  7. Krista

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    My suggestion... If you're not sure what thermal paste is, or what the thermal pads are... either don't put it together yourself, or, just use the stock pads that come on the heatsink. I did that and they work fine. All you do is carefully pull the thin layer of plastic off them. They're already attached to the heatsink.

    Krista