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    SXPS 1645, Dell part number for thick thermal pads used with heatsink for RAM/southbridge/etc?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by gaah, Jun 2, 2010.

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    I am in the process of replacing the motherboard in my 1645. Everything's good to go at this point but I can't put the heatsink back on because the thermal pads (the green and black ones) that went on the GPU RAM, southbridge, and some other chip have fell apart and worn out. Haven't seen anything on newegg.com or amazon.com, and Dell has been giving me a head time about sending the proper material and stuff. It might help if I had the exact name of the product and a part number to give Dell, because they just keep sending the thin kind for the CPU and GPU... During this procedure I also noticed there's some of these pads under the keyboard where I think there's more GPU RAM chips, thinking there might also be a heatspreader attached to the palmrest/keyboard.. looks interesting.

    If there's anything that would work better (obviously can't use AS5 because it's conductive and will get everywhere) I am looking for options.
     
    gaah, Jun 2, 2010
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