Super User
Super User

Questions tagged [thermal-pads]

Thermal Pads rest on top of ICs generally, they're found in laptops on top of video card RAM chips.

13 questions
2
votes
2 answers

Do I need new thermal pads?

I have an ASUS G51VX that I've had for about 5 years and it ran fine, except when watching HD videos; then it had a tendency to overheat and turn off. I took the heat sync off to apply some Arctic MX-2 Thermal Compound; I also found a fair bit of…
leeand00
  • 23,552
1
vote
0 answers

Please help on thermal Pad measuring

I am replacing the thermal pads of my laptop. Namely, it uses six thermals pads: One on the gpu One on the northbridge Two on the video memory Two on the VRM (Plus thermal compound on the cpu) The original pads from the manufacturer (or last…
Jay3000
  • 11
1
vote
1 answer

Replacing notebook thermal pads

I happen to own 2 Acer Aspire notebooks - old 5737Z and newer V3-571G. One thing they have in common is overheating a lot (I wouldn't blame them, they were abused a lot). I heard it could help quite a lot to replace standard thermal pads with copper…
jahmaican
  • 11
1
vote
1 answer

How do I clean PTM7950 off a heatsink/processor?

I recently picked up some PTM7950, and its an unusual thermal solution compared to most I've tried. Its a thermal pad that melts at the higher end of room temperature (~45 degrees). I'm in the middle of a PC build where my cooler got post in the…
Journeyman Geek
  • 133,878
1
vote
2 answers

i7-8550U Inside HP Envy wont boost past 3Ghz

I have a HP envy 17 1ae1xx. It has a i7-8550U CPU inside. In Linux I use Intel Graphics even if the power cord is plugged in. It has a MX150 that I can turn on when I need it. I have both Linux and Windows installed. While working with octave, it…
user2741831
  • 473
1
vote
0 answers

Lenovo y70 70 touch - how to clean the heatsink?

I have a Lenovo y70 70 touch laptop, and I have a problem with CPU and GPU overheating. This is because I don't have that rubber on my heatsink anymore; I cleaned it. I have ordered stuff called cooling pads but it's about 0.01mm and it not helping…
Minde
  • 11
0
votes
1 answer

Is this thermal paste or a thermal pad?

The thermal paste in my laptop's CPU's heat sink kind of looks like a thermal pad. I'm little confused about what it is, and if I should clean it off...here is an image of the thermal paste or pad and the CPU:
leeand00
  • 23,552
0
votes
1 answer

MSI laptop started stinking

My MSI MS-16P7 gaming laptop from 2018 started reeking of cigarettes weeks after upgrading it from 16 to 64 GB RAM, 256 GB to 1TB NVME, and 1TB HDD to 2TB SSD. I notice there are brown patches on the heat pipes which neither a moist towel nor my…
Cees Timmerman
  • 1,929
0
votes
1 answer

Which Thermal Pads would my Aorus RX 580 need?

I've bought a used RX 580 which had thermal issues and it kept crashing at start which I fixed with replacing the thermal paste but while doing it I noticed that some of the pads were weird and some were torn for some reason. Now after a while it's…
Jan
  • 1
0
votes
1 answer

What is the maximum distance for thermal paste to be effective?

Note the image and marked distance from one surface to the other on the heat sink assembly and the size of the thermal pad from the laptop I dis-assembled today. I want to use Thermaltake TG-7 paste when I replace the fan but don't know if it will…
Willie
  • 121
0
votes
0 answers

Do thermal pads require a burn in period?

I just bought a Corsair H105 and it had what I think was a thermal pad on it. On WIKI it says thermal pads are less efficient then thermal grease, but it seems to be working (30°C-40°C idle 45°C-55°C running a game) but I was wondering if thermal…
Ozpium
  • 289
0
votes
1 answer

Adding some kind of heat paste when replacing thermal pads GPU and other chips

My laptop's (Dell Studio 1555) CPU is getting quite hot lately (high 80 to low 90 degree Celsius). As a consequence the fan is blowing quite hard when watching HD video's or doing computational intensive tasks. Someone suggested me to replace the…
Roald
  • 147
  • 1
  • 8
0
votes
1 answer

Temperature rising every day after replacing old thermal paste

I have high temperature issue with HP Pavilion G6 Series, 60 to 75 degree when in idle mode. Removed old thermal paste (which was thick & hard after many years of usage) and replaced it with Arctic Mx-4, cleaned the laptop and vent with compressed…
Shehary
  • 101