Thermal Compound on laptop?

[devilculo]

So today I took apart my laptop, I was wondering if i can use thermal compound on the processor.. let me know guys thanks.

 

[pkme2]

On the Dell laptops, you do add thermal compound to top of processor. It won't hurt the CPU to coat it with AS5

 

[lenjack]

Didn't it already have themal compound on the cpu?

 

[Atheus]

There must already be either thermal paste or a thermal pad on the processor, so I would just leave it alone if I were you. Why did you take it apart? Are you having overheating problems?

 

[Gautama2]

Originally posted by: Atheus
There must already be either thermal paste or a thermal pad on the processor, so I would just leave it alone if I were you. Why did you take it apart? Are you having overheating problems?

Just curiosity most likely, same reason I took apart my Gateway 400SD4.

 

[Bill Brasky]

Well now that it's off you might as well clean and reapply some thermal compound just so air doesn't get trapped when remounting.

 

[themisfit610]

Indeed. Whenever I tear down a laptop I always remove any thermal transfer material and use Arctic Silver, assuming a thermal pad isn't required to make contact with the heatsink.

It helps!

 

[benplaut]

I put some Silver on my Thinkpad T40 (pentium m)... lowered ambient temp about 8*C -- well worth the trouble

 

[corkyg]

All well and good as long as your warranty has expired, or you don't care about that. Accessing the CPU requires disassembly beyond what the user is authorized to do.

Having said that, it is a good idea to replace the pad or compound once to access the CPU.