>be me
>work laptop keeps overheating and thermal throttling
>decide to disassemble it and apply fresh coat of thermal paste
>reassemble
>turn it back on
>it's running slow as hell
>fan is running full blast
>CPU is running hotter than ever
>thermal throttled down to like 700 MHz
>disassemble and try again
>reassemble, still running hot, but no longer jet engine
how fucked am I Jow Forums? Think they'll check the thermal paste if I complain to tech services?
Be me
Michael Ortiz
Mason Ramirez
How much paste are you using???? It should be a little bit, put some Saran wrap on your finger and spread it evenly on the CPU before you put on the heatsink
Carter Stewart
1. Never ever disassemble anything that belongs to your employer, unless employer allows it.
2. Tech service will fix this
What laptop by the way, what thermal paste?
Chase Allen
>apply fresh coat of thermal paste
It's not fucking paint you moron. I feel bad for your employer, people like you who think they have any business being near a screwdriver are hell to deal with.
Juan Allen
I put a small tiny dot/blob in the middle and used the heatsink to spread it out. I've done this countless times before on other laptops and PC processors.
HP ProBook 645 G1
Noctua's NT-H1
Josiah James
Did you try cleaning the dust out? You shouldn't need new thermal paste.
Landon White
yes, cleaned dust out of the fan and heatsink fins. however there wasn't a whole lot of dust to begin with.
Aiden Rogers
It's a laptop they are all built like garbage unless you spent at least $1500 on it. Just buy a new one.
Nathan White
I don't think they'll notice that you disassembled it and changed the paste, but when you hand it over to tech services don't tell them you disassembled it, or that you even think it has anything to do with thermals at all.
your computer just isn't working right and the fans sound super duper loud sometimes for no reason
Cameron Reed
the funny part is tech support at OPs company wouldnt even go as far as to dismount the cpu sink and apply new paste
they'll just get you a new one, or another one and eventually replace all the units with new units regardless of whether or not they can be serviced or they're even defective at all