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Hey guys,

I've owned my HP laptop for over an year now and am planning on to do some service, you know clean it internally and changing the thermal paste and what not.
I wanted to ask some advice/suggestions for a good thermal compound and a cleaning kit that would be best to use with a laptop.
I'm mostly concerned with thermal compound, does anyone know a good quality one? If you do kindly advise me what would be best for a laptop.
And please do let me know places from where I can buy these things.

Because I'm planning on using this laptop for 2 more years IA.

Regards.
 
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PakDukaan has some quality thermal pastes.
And use isopropyl alcohol for cleaning, it leaves no residue. Known as IPA in university labs.
 
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Run stress tests and check temperatures. If temperatures of RAM, GPU, processor, mobo etc are fine, dont touch the current thermal paste.
Use dust blower and compressed air can first. if temperatures are high even after cleanup, its time to change thermal paste.
Moreover, many manufaturers use thermal pads for certain places and i dont think thermal paste can replace them. Be careful while you detach components.

you can get isopropyl alcohol swabs (70%) at any medical store. use them to clean old paste and residue etc. Use a lint free cloth or a pure cotton cloth.
you can find arctic silver 5 and arctic mx-4 locally. for tens of reasons, arctic silver is no more contemporary. some pastes found in cooler boxes perform better than AS5 in certain conditions (idle, average usage, not too much gaming). AS5 takes time (i guess 200 cycles) to settle in place and it is conductive. So only apply a small pea-size dot. Mx-4 unleashes its performance soon after application, lasts longer than 5 years in our environment (provided there was not much dust around component) and its not electrically conductive. For this one as well, apply a small pea sized dot.
 
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Faateh said:
PakDukaan has some quality thermal pastes.
And use isopropyl alcohol for cleaning, it leaves no residue. Known as IPA in university labs.
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They don't have Arctic Mx-4 listed.


cook said:
Run stress tests and check temperatures. If temperatures of RAM, GPU, processor, mobo etc are fine, dont touch the current thermal paste.
Use dust blower and compressed air can first. if temperatures are high even after cleanup, its time to change thermal paste.
Moreover, many manufaturers use thermal pads for certain places and i dont think thermal paste can replace them. Be careful while you detach components.

you can get isopropyl alcohol swabs (70%) at any medical store. use them to clean old paste and residue etc. Use a lint free cloth or a pure cotton cloth.
you can find arctic silver 5 and arctic mx-4 locally. for tens of reasons, arctic silver is no more contemporary. some pastes found in cooler boxes perform better than AS5 in certain conditions (idle, average usage, not too much gaming). AS5 takes time (i guess 200 cycles) to settle in place and it is conductive. So only apply a small pea-size dot. Mx-4 unleashes its performance soon after application, lasts longer than 5 years in our environment (provided there was not much dust around component) and its not electrically conductive. For this one as well, apply a small pea sized dot.
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I've already done some observation of the temps and I've come to know that even on medium load or on idle sometimes my laptop goes 70C+.
I know about the thermal pads so won't be messing with them.
Never knew alcohol swabs had isopropyl on them, that's a very great convenience. I also have 2-3 microfiber cloths, how about if I use those?

Then which one do you prefer? AS5 or Mx-4?
Because the Mx-4 seems like a better option after doing research.
 
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Zarakkhan said:
They don't have Arctic Mx-4 listed.




I've already done some observation of the temps and I've come to know that even on medium load or on idle sometimes my laptop goes 70C+.
I know about the thermal pads so won't be messing with them.
Never knew alcohol swabs had isopropyl on them, that's a very great convenience. I also have 2-3 microfiber cloths, how about if I use those?

Then which one do you prefer? AS5 or Mx-4?
Because the Mx-4 seems like a better option after doing research.
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Talk to [MENTION=43511]hyper[/MENTION]jz at 0321-8822086
He has got mx4 and even better Gelid GC Extreme paste.

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cook

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its great that you already have micro fibre cloth pieces. just rub old paste gently to avoid scratching the surface. if thermal paste does not fill a given scratch, that shall impact cooling a tiny bit. AS5 takes time (heating/cooling cycles) to settle itself in place and perform optimally. MX-4 or Gelid extreme are non-cure and non conductive. They start performing right away.
btw, for your usage, even an ordinary thermal compound would do. No need to spend a lot on AS5 or MX-2 or Gelid etc. These appeal to overclocker masses only.
Perhaps, you should try an ordinary paste. If that does not make temperatures reasonably lower, then you can spend on expensive pastes. I guess a user pakizimportz has mx-4 for around 700. If so, thats an excellent price and you should buy right away. Ordinary paste for processors costs you around 300.
 
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