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    Dell XPS 1530 thermal pad help!!!!

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Gsenator, Jan 30, 2011.

  1. Gsenator

    Gsenator Notebook Consultant

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    Hi guys. My warranty is up and we all know the age-old 1530 XPS issues of overheating. About 6 months ago I had bought some arctic silver and put it on my processors and GPU. What I didn't know was that I should not have removed the thermal pad that was in between my GPU and the metal connector piece. It was ok for about 4-6 months, but now things are getting out of control. My CPU cores still run at about 74-78c under stress which is A ok with me, but my GPU can often shoot up from 74c in idle mode to 96c!

    I obviously applied the substance correctly on the cores, and I thought that I did the same quality job on the GPU core. The only thing I can think about is the thermal pad which Dell had put on their as stock. Do I need this thing back? If so how can i get it? It appeared to be like a 1 Inch square piece of plastic material or something. Any help would be great!!!!
     
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  2. ikjadoon

    ikjadoon Notebook Deity

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    Hmm...is there direct contact between the GPU and the metal connector piece?

    It sounds as if there isn't and the air is not a great thermal conductor at all. The thermal pad probably filled in that tiny gap there.

    You can buy replacement thermal pads and cut to size them to fit your GPU. I'd check out FrozenCPU...maybe there are some XPS 1530 pads on eBay?

    ~Ibrahim~
     
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