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    Anyone clean a Vaio Z yet?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by MegaMan X, Jul 22, 2009.

  1. MegaMan X

    MegaMan X Notebook Evangelist

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    I've owned my Z for almost a year now, and i'm thinking that alot of dust must be in the fan now.

    Has anyone opened their Z up and cleaned it yet?

    I'm also going to apply some arctic silver 5 too, just for good measure.

    Another thought, is it possible to apply on both CPU and GPU?
     
    MegaMan X, Jul 22, 2009
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    To anyone considering applying thermal paste to the Z's CPU and GPU...its alot of disassembly involved. ALOT.

    I took a look under the keyboard (I used the guide to change hard drives) and it looks complicated just to get to the heatsink. There's a frame right over it, and it looks hard (discouraging) to do so.

    I suppose nobody has detailed information on getting the frame and heatsink off as well as identifying the both the x4500 and 9300 GPU's as well.
     
    MegaMan X, Jul 23, 2009
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    If you dissasemble the Z, can you please make it a "photo guide"... I am going to replace the HDD with a SSD at some point and that would be very helpful! :)
     
    Jorlin, Jul 23, 2009
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