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    dv6-6000/6100 Series i7 Thermal Paste or Pad?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by dezzo, Jan 25, 2012.

  1. dezzo

    dezzo Notebook Enthusiast

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    Any of you guys know what kind of thermal pad/paste HP uses on the dv6-6000/6100 Series laptop with an Intel i7 CPU?

    Would it be worth opening it up and applying something else besides the stuff HP uses, or are they using something decent these days?

    And what about the other chips besides the CPU? What are they using, if anything on those?
     
    dezzo, Jan 25, 2012
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    dezzo Notebook Enthusiast

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    *bump* Anyone?
     
    dezzo, Feb 21, 2012
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    HTWingNut Potato

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    I'm assuming the DV6t is same as DV6z, and yes I'd highly recommend opening it up and replacing the crap on there with a decent thermal paste. It takes quite a bit of disassembly though, but well worth it imho.

    Get the service manual here:

    Manuals for HP Pavilion dv6t-6100 CTO Quad Edition Entertainment Notebook PC - HP Customer Care (United States - English)

    I'm using IC Diamond on my system. My current preference for best bang for buck. Just have to heat the tube in hot water (put in ziploc baggie first though) before applying to make it easier.

    Also, buy some high % rubbing alcohol, > 90% is preferable and can be found pretty much any supermarket or drug store. You will most likely have to soak and scrape the existing thermal paste off your CPU and GPU because it will be hard as a rock.
     
    HTWingNut, Feb 21, 2012
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  4. dezzo

    dezzo Notebook Enthusiast

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    Is the factory stuff a thermal pad, or paste?
    And what color is it?

    My machine still has 3 more years of warranty on it, and I wouldn't want it to be obvious that I had messed with the internals in the event it has to go back to HP for service.
     
    dezzo, Feb 24, 2012
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    dwalk1989 Notebook Evangelist

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    Mine was a thermal pad and it's grey

    it also wasn't "hard as a rock" when i replaced it

    applied arctic silver 5 and it didn't really make a significant difference but a couple degrees never hurts and i was opening it up anyway
     
    dwalk1989, Feb 24, 2012
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    i repasted mine too, temps dropped about 3-5 degrees with low use, however, when i opened the laptop i noticed cpu and chipsets share the heatsink but i didnt replace the thermal pad on the chipset, anyone knows if it can be replaced with thermal paste instead thermal pad?
     
    redbeam, Feb 24, 2012
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    yknyong1 Radiance with Radeon

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    Thermal pads that are hard as rock are usually those that have been used for more than a year.
     
    yknyong1, Feb 26, 2012
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