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    I can apply AS5 to my GPU right?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Tolkannn, Jul 13, 2008.

  1. Tolkannn

    Tolkannn Notebook Evangelist

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    Its in the title...

    I just want to double check because its coming tomorrow :)
     
    Tolkannn, Jul 13, 2008
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    Yes you can. But before I would open my brand new laptop I would run it first and see if video card heat is a problem.
     
    steve p, Jul 13, 2008
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    First of all, unless you plan to replace the CPU, or your CPU and/or GPU core temperatures are running above their normal temperatures, there is really no need to replace the thermal compound. Leave things alone.

    Also opening the laptop and adding the AS5, will effect your warranty, so remember that too.

    That being said, if the CPU and GPU share the same heatsink, then that may be a problem, because of the height differences between the two processors.

    While I can't comment on your particular laptop, but on my Gateway P-6831FX for example, the CPU and GPU share the same heatsink, and the CPU and heatsink did make physical contact, and so I could use AS5 on it there, while at the same time, the GPU had a gap, which I couldn't use AS5. I had to leave the thermal foam material that was there alone.

    It was the same exact case w/my Alienware m5550i laptop as well.

    By the way, when you disassemble the heatsink from the processors, be careful not to damage the thermal foam material, just in case you will need to still use it.

    You can not use AS5 w/a gap. It only works w/a surface contact situation.

    Adding the AS5 to the thermal foam material isn't going to help any either, so don't think about it.

    By the way, I replaced the cpu's in both laptops, so that's why I had them opened up and had to add the AS5.


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    GoHack, Jul 13, 2008
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