Thermal Compound

Hey guys, so basically my problem is this: My laptop which happens to be a dell latitude e6400 the one with the integrated Intel graphics. Its a solid laptop and serves me well yet for some odd reason whenever I go to twitch.tv to watch a stream my laptop gets extremely hot after 10-20 minutes...

I am looking to sell my lightly used alienware M18x laptop. It has the original box and packaging. It has an I7 3940xm CPU, SLI gtx 680m's, 16gb ddr3 1600 memory, 750 gb hdd + 250gb ssd, IC Diamond Advanced Thermal Compound applied on CPU + GPU, Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 2230 2x2 With...

Hi, I bought my laptop 2 years ago, a Toshiba Satellite L755-1HZ ( Intel® Core™ i5-2450M, NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 525M) and I use it to play a lot so 1 month ago it started to shutdown when i was playing so i oppened it, cleaned it with ethyl alcohol 96% replaced the thermal compound (with this one...

Hello, I disassembled my boyfriend's laptop in order to clean the fan and change the thermal compound since it was overheating. The disassembly went alright, I had no problems and was able to clean it up and put the laptop back together easily. Upon starting it up again though, I noticed that...

I have a quad-core edition hp dv7 laptop. It used to run decently until about a year ago. It has slowly gotten hotter and hotter which makes me think that either the cooling is clogged with debris or the thermal paste is worn out... The only problem is that I'm unsure about my ability to...

Hello, I recently dismantled and cleaned the fan of my laptop. I also changed the thermal paste of the computer. After turning it on, everything is in working condition. However, after about 15 minutes the computer screen goes blank and then the computer shuts off. I can turn it on again right...

Hello guys I-ve got this laptop around 2 years already and never done cleaning from the inside, and my temps are very high, is it time to take to service so they clean and change thermal paste? I used to have 30 Cº when idle and now its around 90! :S Laptop...

Hi all I have a sager p150hmx with core i7 2670qm and after about 1:30 hours playing battlefield or watch dogs the cpu temps are about 85-86 C while the gpu ( hd 6990m) only reaches the 83 C max ... I didn't apply a thermal paste ( arctic mx-4) but still high temp (after I applied the thermal...

i have acer aspire and today i open it ad cleaning it and replacing the thermal paste for the first time in my life because i find a video teach me how to do that for my laptop acer aspire 5733 well everything was great no problems but when i star my laptop the keyboard doesnt work anymore! tell...

Hi guys, I am trying to open my laptop to put on some thermal paste but can't unscrew this screw to proceed. I do not know the word to describe it so I will upload pictures instead. First pic is a normal hole that I can unscrew easily. Second pic is the problem, the screw is stuck in the ring...

Removed the old thermal paste from my cpu/gpu today, added new stuff and when i went too turn my (acer 5755g) laptop on, the screen stays back and the cpu fan spins for a sec then turns off again. I can plug stuff into the usb and it seems to power things. Any ideas thanks?

Hello, I had recently cleaned my laptop's fan and hoped that it will reduce the temperatures but the CPU was still running hot at 90C! While the GPU is at 70C (from 80C) at high load. The thermal paste was properly re-applied (a grape pea sized drop in the middle then evenly screw in heat sink)...

I have a dell Inspiron N5110 with a core i5 processor and Nvidia graphics I changed the thermal paste about 5 months ago used Antec Formula 7 and the temps. dropped significantly (I stress tested both CPU and GPU at the same time for more than 30 min with core temps of approximately 95 degrees...

hello everyone, I have an old sony vaio from 2010 that was working great up till last month when at idle the laptop cpu temp goes up to 80C... I think it maybe the thermal paste wearing off but I don't know exactly how to replace it given that I don't know the anatomy of a laptop. Could someone...

I have a Toshiba A505-S6992 Satellite Laptop that under went some fan cleaning / reapplied thermal paste. It was working FINE before I did this, it just had overheating problems, which is why I reapplied thermal paste. After putting it back together and upon booting up, I can hear everything...

I opened up my laptop, removed and replaced the thermal paste on the gpu and cpu, and put it back together. when i turned it on it stayed on and ran like normal for about 5 minutes, and then turned off. The display lights turned on when I tried to start it again however, the computer did nothing...

Hi I just tore my laptop apart because it kept shutting down suddenly when applying graphical strain. So I'm guessing overheating. First I took apart the fan and it looked pretty decent - a few plastic ribs broken from the case vents might have been jamming it a bit but had very little dust and...

Is the IC Diamond Thermal Compound worth it? I'm looking at a 17.3" gaming laptop rig with a 4700MQ processor, Nvidia 780M card, 240 SSD/1TB 7200RPM drives, etc. Is the thermal compound worth it? I have read that it is easier to apply manually after purchase, however I'm not super comfortable...

Thermal paste upgrade or heatsink upgrade?which is better? which gives better temperature cooldown and much degree gets down?