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    Where is Intel PCH on P150EM?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Zymphad, Jan 14, 2013.

  1. Zymphad

    Zymphad Zymphad

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    I want to know where the Intel PCH is on the P150EM. I'm running HWInfo and see it's temp at 95C. Me no like that. I want to put a heatsink on it.

    A diagram or pic would be nice.

    Thanks
     
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  3. Zymphad

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    Awesome, thank you. Very happy with my temps now. PCH is holding steady at 70C and my FPU also at 72C max running IntelBurnTest.

    I will be ordering super low height memory heatsink this week, just using a very thick thermal pad right now.
     
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    Yeah they do tend to get a little ignored for some reason, which means if it gets very stressed it can cause a few issues.
     
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  5. Zymphad

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    Yes, I noticed on HWInfo it said there was not thermal throttling with the CPU, since it was holding steady at 72C under maximum stressing from IntelBurn, but once I put some thermal on the PCH, seemed to unlock the CPU a bit. That was just my perception, oh well, still glad I did it and look forward to the heatsink.
     
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    Hulawafu can you please take a pic of how you applied the pad and what kind of pad did u use ? I also noticed a way back that it was getting much hotter than other parts, but as I googled a bit, it seem to withstand higher temps and tend to get hotter also in other notebooks.

    Thanks
     
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  7. Zymphad

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    I don't recommend what I did, it's very messy. I cutaway the piece of plastic over the PCH. And I just place a very thick piece of thermal pad over it. Simple. Probably can just use folded piece of thermal tape too.
     
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    That is a huge difference. Glad you were able to jerry rig it and get those results. :)
     
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  9. Zymphad

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    I will be ordering these:
    Newegg.com - Enzotech BMR-C1 VGA Cooler

    They are still too tall but those spikes are thin enough where I don't think it will be problem for me to clip them to the height I need.
     
    Zymphad, Jan 14, 2013
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