rorage's repaste experience (finally)

[rorage]

Part deux, After the RMA my CPU started overheating this time, going as far as 93 degress
my GPU eventually got as far as 98
I've redone both the GPU and CPU.
The GPU seems to be a success idling as 60 degrees, playted L4D 2 got max 85 (memIO)
as for the CPU I am not sure, it seems to idle pretty high (at ~70) but It doesn't seem to go higher than 85, so I can say it was a success as well (partial), maybe I didn't correctly paste it, or I let some air when putting the heatskink
BTW if you are very careful you can repaste the CPU without breaking the seal, or not breaking it completely/making it unnoticeable
after the repaste, I didn't connect well the touchpad, and didn't get leds lights (put the cable upside down, all fixed)
I do have some slight problems, first the caps lock works, but the light is always on, and second pressing the first upper left button (to control the lights) activates or deactivates at random at times turbo mode, while turbo mode button does not work.

[DRSR]

I've repasted mine twice... first time my highest temp I reached was 86 C on the MemIO. Repasted again and without the paste being cured I got 83 C max. that's with AS5.

[rorage]

Originally Posted by DRSR

I've repasted mine twice... first time my highest temp I reached was 86 C on the MemIO. Repasted again and without the paste being cured I got 83 C max. that's with AS5.

do you mind telling me your cpu temps? I have no reference O.O

[Jeffy14]

Do you guys have any idea if it's possible to fix the Speakers Cable that went loose?
I had the same problem and only one speaker is working.
Do you think a computer shop would be able to weld the cable back on the MOBO?

thx!

[rorage]

Originally Posted by Jeffy14

Do you guys have any idea if it's possible to fix the Speakers Cable that went loose?
I had the same problem and only one speaker is working.
Do you think a computer shop would be able to weld the cable back on the MOBO?

thx!

When mine broke I just put it back there and the tape used to hold it still, with some trial and error I got both speakers working, it's worth a try I'd say.

[Luketh]

I just did my repaste today. Repasted the 920XM which I installed about a month ago as well as doing a repaste on the GPU which hadn't been touched since I got the G73 about 9 months ago.

Previous idle temps: High 60s - Low 70s
Previous load temps: CPU under Prime95 couldn't run for more than 20 seconds without getting to 100 degrees. GPU running something graphic intensive like a particle heavy raidboss in WoW would get up to 100 degrees also... sometimes over and cause the laptop to crash or shutdown.

Used Arctic Silver 5 on both CPU (line method) and GPU (dot method) and blew some air through the vents.

Current idle temp: CPU - 47 GPU - 53
Load temps: CPU - <80 (Prime95 / FAH) GPU - <85 (Crysis / Furmark / FAH-gpu)

When I installed the 920XM a month ago I used the spread method which evidently was not good. I suspect I went slightly heavy on the paste also. Using the line method this time certainly seemed to work a treat.

The GPU was atrociously badly pasted. I couldn't believe it when I pulled the heatsink away. It was caked on so thick and so unevenly it's hardly a surprise at all that I was getting such bad heat problems with it. Was an absolute pain to clean also... took a lot of white alcohol and some bits had to be chiselled off which I was loathe to do because I didn't want to put any flaws into the surface of the heatsink.

Anyway, didn't want to create a whole new post about repasting since this one was here... just wanted to throw in my 2 cents that repasting and cleaning out the fan ducts is pretty much the best thing you can do for a G73 that's overheating... I was skeptical about how much it would help but it's been amazing. It's led to a large performance increase too as neither processing unit is throttling to keep itself within tolerable heat limits.