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    L702x and Arctic Silver 5

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by N3v3rDi3, Sep 4, 2011.

  1. N3v3rDi3

    N3v3rDi3 Newbie

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    Well after my motherboard was faulty and and engineer came to replace it i told him to apply some of my AS 5 paste.
    He applied 1 thick line accross the cpu and one over the gpu.

    First days laptop temperature where around 50c-55c with little browsing.
    Now it seams it drops around 45 - 55c whit just a little browsing.

    Is this normal or the thermal paste was wrongly applied?
     
    N3v3rDi3, Sep 4, 2011
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  2. joehempel

    joehempel Notebook Consultant

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    That sounds normal. Those are good temps.
     
    joehempel, Sep 4, 2011
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    madmattd Notebook Deity

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    AS 5 takes like 200 hours to burn in, it will likely drop a little bit over time, we are talking maybe 2-3 C. Your idle temps are spot on with what mine are, I get 45-50 doing nothing, and upwards of 55 just browsing without flash stuff running.
     
    madmattd, Sep 4, 2011
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