> repasted years ago > it's a real hot summer > laptop gets real loud > time to repaste ... > buy a 5g Kryonaut > take things apart > kinda be lazy with documentation (DO NOT EVER DO THIS, KIDS) > remove GPU, CPU > spend 2 hours cutting thermal pad to size for GPU > repaste > reassemble > only one blink of the power led OUCH.JPEG
> remove shit one by one (I am IT.) > it boots, but no storage > turns out the cable is shit quality (will post) > fiddle hours by hand to fix it > fix it (I am IT) > laptop boots
> reassemble time! > put shit together > there are not enough screws for holes > there are way too many that just does not fit > fuck my lazy ass
Best part... > CPU is more quiet, good temps > start Stormblood benchmark > monitor GPU temps > goes up to 90C > then 95C > then 99C > fan kicks to overdrive to keep up but obviously can't
Here is the puzzle. > have to take apart laptop to check GPU > have to remove storage cable but then I am sure I won't be able to fix it again
As you can see the other side of the cooler got only 4 screws and I tightened them in order, made sure they are tight... not sure why the cooling is fucked.
Before this it was spewing lava. Now it's lukewarm (i.e.: no contact, barely any? I don't know..)
gtx880m + 4700hq + 2 dimm modules
Hudson King
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Ayden Lewis
Why is there thermal paste on every chip?
Jaxon Scott
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Lincoln Taylor
why did you censor the ram info and fan part number
Xavier Kelly
How fuck thermal pads melt?
Kevin Parker
It's thermal pad. Becomes this gooey after a while. Feels like play-doh, except it can pass heat. I had to apply 2x1mm layers, because the 1mm was just not enough there was no contact. Fuck forums, they said 1mm.
Anyhow. It's Arctic brand. There is a Thermal Grizzly ones, but it's made out of gold or something because it's so expensive.
donut steel what if you're download my ram?
Maybe its just SNSV employee jizz? As far as I know they were thermal pads, they had this weird feel to them.
Elijah Morales
Btw even if I fucked up the pad, the core thermal temps should remain low. Maybe I should have used some other screwdriver and extra force. Didn't really want to fuck the screws. I did make sure they are tight and snug but yeah...
Here is da guts btw.
Nathan Wright
you are using WAY too much paste on gpu, half of that, maybe a little bit less than half, do a small droplet on the middle, do not spread it manually let the heatsink do it
Logan Wright
Never seen thermal pads melt. They are probably at fault here, if not entirely then an least in part. I've disassembled laptops that often hit 100°C and thermal pads were never melted. Scorched and bubbly - yes. Melted - fuck no.
Juan Lee
You can see how ASUS skipped costs by using copper only for the GPU. :')
That wasn't me, that's factory, and that worked well, lmao. I used the droplet method but to be honest I messed so much with the pads I would have to recheck...
So far I sent in a price quotation request to SNSV to get a price on the cable. If I get one, I can just take it apart and check again.
But then... what the fuuuck is it? There is a huge gap between the heatsink + chips, and there is this goo only. What else would it be? Paste? But it wasn't as dry as normal paste... it had this play-doh feel to it, just like the new pad I bought.
Alexander Sanders
With that said, after 3 years of ownership.
> Is asus baaad? No, actually ASUS has the best cooling on gaymer laptops. And indeed, that is pretty sad. Who said "best"? Well I do, I checked reviews before making my purchase and this shit came out on top.
> Any other issues? Well, the fan was fucking loud out of the box, so I replaced them with a chink one. Repasting is a must... but taking this thing apart? It's no easy job. - Document every fucking screw. Make a video, make 1000 pictures, whatever you need. - Use plastic bags, condoms, sacrifice a child..whatever. But keep track of EVERY single fucking screw. - You have to unscrew literally EVERY last shit on this thing to take it apart. You also need those plastic pry tools, so get a cheap one from eBay. - ASUS has great engineers. They made the fins so the dirt gets stuck INSIDE the fin. So you cannot just use a compressor to get it out, you need to take things apart. - Keyboard broke from one day to another after like 2.5 years. Only half of it works. Did I jizz on it? Coffee? Nope. Nothing. From one day to another I lost the left half. Like it had a fucking stroke.
> instead of using thermal pad, i use a copper shim Might work better than the pads ever did. Then again it's the core that hits 90C+ temps, not the chips.
Daniel Morgan
Here is some T500 guts, repasted it a few days ago. Man, business laptops are porn compared to this piece of plastic.
> only a few screws > mostly the same > few screws and you take apart half the machine > built sturdy > you can access anything within 10 minutes
;_;
Isaac Torres
Always screw in the tightening parts with gorilla strength as a rule. Unless you're absolutely positively sure it'll break something (usually not unless you're working on some really shit tech). Better for it to be too tight than too loose, since extra surface pressure is proven beneficial for heat transference.
>But then... what the fuuuck is it? It's probably some retarded thermal compound that's soft and plastic used to fit in gaps in which it'll later melt filling them. The only "pad" part about it is that it keeps together... kinda.
That being said I've encountered it too, not sure how it's called but it's not really a thermal pad. Cheap replacement perhaps. Major annoyance definitely.
No experience with copper shims. But thermal pads in laptops and other tightly-fit hardware tend to fulfill an auxiliary role of evening out the heat spread, much akin to proper airflow in a computer case. Them being melted is bad news for sure.
>Then again it's the core that hits 90C+ temps, not the chips. That's your focus, just stick some random pads on other chips for good measure. Do note that you'll get no warning if they fail due to heat, you only get core temps.
It's possible you fucked the assembly although seeing that it's a laptop that's unlikely. I dunno m8, best advice I can give is try again. Sometimes shit just doesn't work and there's no explanation. Just do better next time, pay more attention to detail, clean/apply more thoroughly, w/e. By the way, did you remember to completely remove the old compound?
Logan Bailey
Back of MXM GPU.
> Better for it to be too tight than too loose Yeah but since they use shitty philips instead of torx, it's quite fucking risky. I will try to get a quote on a set of screws but I am pretty sure they won't sell me that.
> Do note that you'll get no warning if they fail due to heat, you only get core temps. I know. There was two ways to do this... Either I just put one layer and there is no contact, or two and it made contact with the spreader/top. As you can see there are only FOUR screws on the entire part, so there is not much force applied elsewhere. (on OP pic)
> By the way, did you remember to completely remove the old compound? Yeah I tried my best. Obviously there is goo between the chips because well, there is just no material or rag known to man that would ever be able to wipe that off.
This is the pad I used btw: arctic.ac/de_en/thermal-pad.html Even color matches. Not sure if the two layer works as good as one, but it should pass heat... should..
> I dunno m8, best advice I can give is try again. Yeah I will once I get my hands on a new cable, it's impossible to use the GPU for anything like this. But I do love progress, at least we have thermal throttling now. Back then shit just fried itself.
Jordan Parker
>Yeah but since they use shitty Philips instead of torx, it's quite fucking risky. That said I will remove the top, clean & repaste again, and then find the best screwdriver that can do the most force without breaking anything. But still, I am sure I have applied paste... And I am sure I tightened the screws... And it feels like there is just no paste there whatsoever.
FUCKING DRIVING ME NUTS. FUCK. If ASUS would not skip on every part, I would not have a broken SATA cable now.
Luis Williams
>There was two ways to do this... And the original design was...? Or was it all melted to hell when you opened it? In this case you probably did right to go with your gut, but it's good idea to consult the internets beforehand anyway.
>Obviously there is goo between the chips That don't matter unless it's an ocean. Contact surfaces only.
>This is the pad I used And this is what melted? Or was that the original factory chink shit? Because this doesn't look particularly melty to me.
If it's pissing you off this much, why not get torx replacements? Only threads have to match, heads can be anything.
Alexander Bell
>And the original design was...? Or was it all melted to hell when you opened it? Yeah it looked just like this the first I took the laptop apart, like a year ago. So basically ever since I first opened it. But cooling was A+ on the GPU, so I ignored it and repasted only the CPU. Now I touched the GPU...but oh why did I do that...
> Contact surfaces only. Roger.
> And this is what melted? Or was that the original factory chink shit? The original factory chink. When I scraped it off, it had the same feel to it by the way. Not sure how it "melted", maybe long-term heat? i don't game THAT much, but maybe, no one knows.
> why not get torx replacements? Getting screws for IT/PC is a piss hard thing. I mean, I always took it as a given because you know, had a stash saved up from previous works and parts and whatnot. But oh boy, when I did not have that stash and wanted to modify my PC a bit.... it's a PAIN. I will inquire about the screw set, but they didn't answer my cable quotation request either yet.
Jonathan Gonzalez
Thanks for the replies btw. Once I get the cable, I will make a thread again. And fuck if I cannot get a cable, I will take it apart anyway, because I now have a GPU that I cannot use. Real fucking useful.
Alexander Young
Unless you were oveheating a lot. Thermal pads have a thermal threshold. I'd cpean that shit with acetone and put good thermal pads not paste on memory and vrm
Kevin Young
he put fucking paste on everything..
also, just buy a new fucking sata cable, quit being a cheap fuck. that old cable is done for. youre asking for a mobo short
Logan Ramirez
looks the same as my shitty acer inside. business laptops will always be superior. why is there no pad on centre of the chips, just on the outside? there's also barely any on the middle of the GPU/CPU (whatever that is) i think you applied this all wrong
