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    XPS m1530 Upgrading: Heatsink Assembly Questions

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by starfleetkirk, Apr 12, 2011.

  1. starfleetkirk

    starfleetkirk Newbie

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    Hi, I am in the process of upgrading my XPS m1530 that currently has the 128mb Nividia 8400M GS GPU. The new mainboard has the 256mb Nvidia 8600M GT GPU.

    So far I have a replacement board, part no 0F125F, that uses the 256mb Nvidia 8600M GT, LCD top cover because the black one was blemished, LCD bezel because it it broken, WD Scorpio Black 500gb HDD, C2D T8300 2.4ghz processor, bluetooth adapter with cable and mouse buttons. The replacement board came with a thermal pad but I am thinking of using arctic silver in its place.

    What do all of you think? I am reusing most of the components. Will the current heatsink assembly be sufficent or do I have to replace it?

    Dell XPS m1530 - C2D T5250 1.5ghz, 4gb DDR-2 667, 15.4 CCFL LCD WXGA+ with TrueLife, 128mb Nvidia GeForce 8400M GS, WD Scorpio Blue 250gb, 2.0mb webcam, Windows Vista Business SP 2 32bit.
    Dell Inspiron E1505 - C2D T2050 1.6ghz, gb DDR-2 533, 15.4 CCFL WXGA, 64mb ATI Mobility Radeon X1300, Toshiba MK1032GSX 100gb, Windows XP Home Edition SP3 32bit.
     
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  2. DakkonA

    DakkonA Notebook Evangelist

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    I don't think they used different heatsink assemblies for the two cards. However, I'm not sure you want to remove the thermal pad--if they're using that, you may not be able to get the heat sink close enough to the GPU (as in, directly contacting) for the thermal compound to work.
     
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