M17 - How to reapply thermal paste to CPU and GPU's

[Marvie100]

Screen Grab 7. I don't recall my Q9000 ever making it this high on the TZ00 Temps, even after hours of gaming.

[Marvie100]

This is the temps I was mainly concerned with. I'll be keeping an eye on it over the next few days to see if I have to reapply more thermal paste, or put the Thermal Pad back in. Luckily it came off in one piece.

[Ovrclck350]

I used a bit more thermal paste each time I re-applied on the Northbridge chip AND I didn't follow AW's recommended tightening sequence. I tightened the 2 screws on the NB first.

I've never had TZ000 read higher than the CPU by more than 2-3 degrees. Usually it's a tad lower.

[Marvie100]

Some quick pics of my Install. Sorry, some are blurry, I couldn't get it to focus right on the close up shots.

http://s752.photobucket.com/albums/x...100%20Install/

[tonytoff]

Hi guys,

Glad I book-marked this thread....nice guide chefchenko(hope your not a Chelsea fan btw)
I have ordered my X9100 and still feel a little nervous about installing the CPU.
In all the time I have had the notebook(6 months) I have never even taken off the bottom cover.
It makes sense for me whilst I am under the hood to also add thermal paste to the GPU as well. I definitely dont want to remove that thermal pad and think its not a good idea to remove something like this that was put there by Alienware so hope its not in as bad as shape as Chefchenkos was!
My question is; what paste should I use? I prefer the sound of AS5 and can find the one that chefchenko ordered from Amazon but not part of a package as he did.
in response to an earlier question from Marvie in this thread I believe that the screw near the processor is used to lock down the processor as this old OCZ whitebook guide shows;

http://www.ocztechnology.com/manuals/DIY_17_Intel.pdf

All Im really asking is what thermal paste would you guys suggest and should I buy the cleaner as well?

thanks guys!

[tonytoff]

OK guys,

Ive decided to try something different...if not the OCZ freeze then what about one of these newer ones like Zalman super thermal grease or even artic silver thermal epoxy all found on this page;

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/produc...id=57&subid=27
....I always like to be different so what do you think?

[LaptopFTW]

How about a review of 80(?!) thermal pastes? Article at Benchmark Reviews

Seems like the AS5 is in the top range.

[tonytoff]

Oh thanks pal...will check it out.

Due to the way I pay for things online I may only be able to get the AS5...if I want to order it tonight...OCZ doesnt take Paypal.

cheers.

[tonytoff]

wow, Im a little dizzy after reading all that but it was very interesting. I never knew so many thermal pastes existed.
But it does make me beg the question...what type of surfaces do we have in the M17 where we have to spread the thermal paste...rough or smooth?

I think I will order the AS5 as it performed highly in those tests but as the author pointed out different viscosities of paste for different surfaces so I hope that AS5 suits the M17.

great article LaptopFTW, thanks.

[tonytoff]

Hi,

decided to by some thermal paste by thermaltake! I also bought the thermal paste remover and purifier!

thanks!