My Repaste Experience with Pics - SUCCESS!

[gorwell]

Thanks for sharing the pics. I may eventually get around to repasting (these photos will be extremely helpful), but right now my idle temps fluctuate between 59-62 so I'm not exactly eager to rip apart my 3 week old machine.

Has anyone tried using T-C Grease 0098?

I've never heard of it, but I would not bother opening it up with those idle temperatures. You say it's only 3 weeks old, maybe it's working properly for you. I believe I was one of the first persons to receive the laptop from XoticPC, got mine March 3rd. Just consider it when it starts shutting down on you when it shouldn't.

[gorwell]

I'm pretty much torn between repasting and just letting it be and this quote doesn't help much. At around 28C, I idle around 59-60C on stock paste and on stock clocks.

Drop it down to Quiet Office 200/500 and I idle at 45-46C. Even less when I'm in an air conditioned room.

So I'll guess I let the months pass, let the stock paste degrade a little before I do a repaste.

Although I have to give a massive thanks, applause and song and dance for the abundance of info in regard to re-pasting experiences and guides. Props to the NBR community.

Would leave it as is and not risk opening it up. You're basically at the same temps as I am but without repasting. If it degrades and starts crashing, then make the decision. But you have great temps right now and it probably would not help you.

[legoheads]

I've never heard of it, but I would not bother opening it up with those idle temperatures. You say it's only 3 weeks old, maybe it's working properly for you. I believe I was one of the first persons to receive the laptop from XoticPC, got mine March 3rd. Just consider it when it starts shutting down on you when it shouldn't.

Thanks for the advice gorwell! I think I will put the repasting on hold for the time being. However, I am excited for the vBIOS update and new Catalyst drivers. Hopefully, something will be posted this week...

[loskings]

Would leave it as is and not risk opening it up. You're basically at the same temps as I am but without repasting. If it degrades and starts crashing, then make the decision. But you have great temps right now and it probably would not help you.

I second this!

[Chastity]

@gorwell: congrats on your repasting Tho, I only used about half of what you glopped on there. Apparently, it didn't affect your results, as long as our GPUs have the hot parts coated, all is well.

[smile_gerard]

Thanks for the advice gorwell! I think I will put the repasting on hold for the time being. However, I am excited for the vBIOS update and new Catalyst drivers. Hopefully, something will be posted this week...

I'm in the exact same situation... I idle around 62 - 64 but most of the time i'm at 100/300 so my temps are around 44 - 46 90% of the time. Part of me wants to do the re-paste just because it can be done. The other part of me is telling me "don't be stupid... Its not necessary". So i guess i'll also hold it off till its time to start cleaning the fans. The keyboard part still scares me. Its the only part i can see going seriously wrong.

[bertio]

Sadly I also did this (http://go.notebookreview.com/?id=525...s-success.html)

Pulled one of the solder pads off too which made me want to kill myself, got it all squared away luckily I have soldered quit a few Wii mods and Xbox mods in my day...

[ValkerieFire]

Mr Gorwell,

I owe you big. Your post of your pictures probably saved my speaker cable! Also your post gave me the confidence to do it myself. I've booted up and everything works perfectly so far. You've done a lot of G73 owners a great service. Furmark was 89-90c for me, now repasted I am at 83-84c.

Thanks a bunch!

[tudordewolf]

Thanks, this guide was hugely helpful. Successful repaste here, took care of the speaker cable ("infamous speaker cable" in my notes, since i couldn't exactly check the forum while poking around inside my G73 ^_^ ) and they still work. Didn't take pics as i didn't encounter anything out of the ordinary. scary moments were the kb, and taking out the final few ribbon cables / flipping the mobo over.

Used ICD7, arctic-clean 2-part stuff, and then took a cloth wheel on my dremel + some grit, and polished my heatsink for the 10 mins you're supposed to let the ICD7 sit. Too lazy to lap, but got a shiny finish out of it =D ,
and compressed air to clean out the fins (they pick stuff up fast )

dropped me to 83C max in furmark, ( from 101C ) with a block under my battery tilting it towards me more (Ergonomics + airflow )

also quieter, of course, as the fan hardly kicks in to an audible level.

[Coretex]

I just finished repasting my G73Jh's GPU, thanks in part to this guide. My GPU now is rocking a 50-60 degrees C idle temp down from 70-80 degrees C.
Battlefield Bad Company 2 no longer overheats my computer! awesome!

It is really not as difficult as I thought it would be, it took a while, but overall was not an epicly difficult task. Even the speaker cable gave me little trouble, though I must agree with the original poster in saying that it is of poor design.

The worst part was removing the keyboard! damn double sided tape.
The cleaning solution recommended (Nail Polish Remover and Q-Tips) is pure brilliance. Thanks.