Aspire 5315 CPU Step-by-Step Upgrade Guide

[wotsthestory]

Im quite confused about this actually .. lol..
Why would you clean a new processer? Why would there be paste on a new CPU and why would you wanna scrape the old paste off ur old CPU and put it on the new one?

Am I drunk or just reading this all incorrect ? haha

w0rD!

Actually, now you mention it I'm confused by this, all I'll do is clean the heatsink (only the bit that sits directly on the processor), then apply the grease to the new processor. Then screw the fan back onto the processor.

[samtr87]

Actually, now you mention it I'm confused by this, all I'll do is clean the heatsink (only the bit that sits directly on the processor), then apply the grease to the new processor. Then screw the fan back onto the processor.

Not everybody can afford a new processor. Sometimes used ones come with the old grease still on it.

[Andy]

Im quite confused about this actually .. lol..
Why would you clean a new processer? Why would there be paste on a new CPU and why would you wanna scrape the old paste off ur old CPU and put it on the new one?

Am I drunk or just reading this all incorrect ? haha

w0rD!

You would want to clean a processor everytime to remove any impurities, fingerprints etc, because that will cause the generation of heat as it will prevent the thermal compound from doing its job.

You can re-apply the thermal paste from the old CPU onto the new, but not advisable -- again impurities.

When storing thermal compound containers, such as AS-5, store them in a fridge, with the opening tip at the bottom, so that when you have to re-use it, you can remove a bit of the thermal compound at the bottom that comes out first, because impurities generate in it over time, and settle at the bottom.

(Thermal Compound is very cheap, around $5-10 max)

[wotsthestory]

Not everybody can afford a new processor. Sometimes used ones come with the old grease still on it.

Desktop processors usually come with some grease attached to the included heatsink pad ready to apply. As new Notebook processors don't come with a heatsink due to the variety of different chassis they may be placed in, you would still need a tube of grease. Even if you bought used, you should never use the grease on a old processor as likely it has dried out and lost a lot of it's thermal transfer abilities. A tube of grease is very cheap, usually around the price of a glass of beer. OK more for arctic silver, but not a great deal more. The difference it can make are somewhat large, particularly to a notebook with poor airflow to start with.

[stanny2k]

[GUIDE] Applying Arctic Silver 5 to your M9750

Found this...

[Rudzer]

Ok, so sick of those random BSOD's I finaly took the plug and formatted the thing...

This time used the driver package provided by BigO (instead the one i've downloaded from the different manufactures sites) and now I seem to have one driver missing - SM Bus Controller.

On top of it the pc is sluggish, having high temps and fan keeps going up and down (result of the temps).

No fuddling around with any programs these time, so less things I can "point the finger at".

Thanks in advance, annoying little thing this 5315 is turning out to be

[Andy]

SM Bus Controller will be installed through the Chipset Driver.

[Rudzer]

SM Bus Controller will be installed through the Chipset Driver.

It wasnt in my case (beats me why), installed the latest one too btw.

Edit: Re-installed Intel chipset driver package and nothing..

[Andy]

Did you download the chipset driver for the GL960 ? (Restart ?)

Try installing manually through Device Manager, and select the correct .inf for the installation.

[Rudzer]

Ok, the workaround possible was to get the older version of intel chipset driver (the one provided by soulpass) and then manually update the SM BUS Controller on device manager. Seems to have worked.