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    Asus m50sv (9500M) - worth replacing thermal paste?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Shinanigans, Apr 25, 2009.

  1. Shinanigans

    Shinanigans Newbie

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    Hi guys, my 9500M gets real hot when gaming. Idle on desktop it sits on 65c but in gaming it can hit 85c after a few minutes.

    Is it worth pulling the laptop apart and replacing the thermal paste or will it probably not do much/anything?

    I'd like to be able to take the clocks higher than 515/400MHz because it just doesn't have a whole lot of grunt at the moment.

    Also, does anyone know if the GT200 series GPU's for laptops is out yet or when they're expected to come out?

    Thanks! :)
     
    Shinanigans, Apr 25, 2009
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  2. Tippey764

    Tippey764 Notebook Deity

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    Yes. Chances are they are stupid like HP and either use a peice of aluminum foil or awful thermal paste they berly does anything. I know when replaceing factory thermal paste i have dropped idle temperatures around 10°C on average some times upto 20°C.
     
    Tippey764, Apr 25, 2009
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    nacr05 Extreme Overclocker

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    I agree its worth it, use AS-5 or MX-2 and also blow out the vents and fan too..
     
    nacr05, Apr 25, 2009
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  4. Shinanigans

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    Sounds great guys! Thanks for the input. If/when i give it a go i'll be sure to post up some results. The laptop is still within the warranty period so i'm kinda concerned about opening it up but if anything else was going to go wrong with it, it would've done so by now i think.

    Thanks again :)
     
    Shinanigans, Apr 25, 2009
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    Jaguar Notebook Consultant

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    I'll borrow this thread a bit and ask if anyone has experiences with really old thermal pastes ? Im talking about a 8 year old Arctic silver 2. It looked and acted like when I bought it, wasn't hard at all, but im not sure if its conducting heat properly anymore. Worth changing it to arctic silver 5 ?
     
    Jaguar, Apr 26, 2009
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