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    Ripped 7811 TIM

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by WaLk3r, Jun 7, 2009.

  1. WaLk3r

    WaLk3r Notebook Enthusiast

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    I was disassembling my laptop to clean the GPU fan (Not so great idea on my part), but when I removed my heat sink from the CPU, I accidentally ripped the TIM Pad. Now when I play World of Warcraft for about 30 seconds, my temp is like a roller coaster. It goes from 70-90+ in around 5 seconds, and just keeps shooting all over the place. Obviously I need to replace the damaged TIM with a new one, but I was wondering if any of you have replaced your TIM with any certain product and had a good turnout. Thanks.
     
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    fire268 Notebook Consultant

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    I assume you mean the little light blue TIM that was on the northbridge chip. I've heard of others using a copper shim but I've also heard others using ICD7 thermal compound with good results. I myself replaced the GPU, CPU, and northbridge TIM with ICD7. My temps only dropped by 2-3 C tho.
     
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    WaLk3r Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yeah, the little blue pad on the northbridge is the one I'm talking about. Is there anything I should do before applying ICD7? And should I do it to the northbridge only or the CPU while I'm at it? Thanks for the help fire.

    edit: going to order a tube of ICD7. Will one 1.5g tube be enough?
     
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    yes, one tube will easily handle the CPU and chipset.
     
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    WaLk3r Notebook Enthusiast

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    Alright, thanks.
     
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    fire268 Notebook Consultant

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    YeaH capper, sounds about right, I even had enough to replace the gpu and add some to the gpu mem chips too!

    WaLk3r: there's a disassembly guide stickied...
     
    fire268, Jun 9, 2009
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    I'm aware. I'm too nervous to tear it down atm. Worried about warranty. (Or did I already void it? xD)

    oh and I got/applied the ICD7 today. Worked like a charm, very happy with my temps. Thanks for the help.
     
    WaLk3r, Jun 11, 2009
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