Einleitung

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    • Start by unscrewing the bottom case. There are two different size screws. One long one short.

    • The ones marked in red are the short ones. As for the ones in orange are the long ones.

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    • Using a plastic spudger push back the retaining clasp for the battery plug. It is a sliding motion so push it to the right with the battery closest to you.

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    • Marked in red and orange are the screws that hold on the cooler. They are all the same size but I would still keep track of if it was holding on a fan or a block.

    • They are all the same size but I would still keep track of if it was holding on a fan or a block.

    • Marked in yellow are the power and signal wires for the fans. Using a plastic spudger slowly walk the male plug out of its socket.

    • Using the same spudgers flat side pry around the two dies. The old thermal paste will fight back so take your time.

    • Carefully remove the display cable concealed with plastic on the leftmost side of the board - marked in blue.

    • Remove the wifi coax cables (black and white) concealed with plastic to the rightmost side of the board - marked in pink.

    • Only then the cooling unit can be freely removed.

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    • You can see where the thermal paste was so make sure to apply it on the same surfaces.

    • I have marked two small parts that are easy to miss.

    • I used 70% rubbing alcohol, tissues, and the flat end of a spudger to remove the old paste.

    • I used a plastic spudger to spread the paste on the chips to make sure that it will make full contact.

    • Replace the cooler by reversing the steps in step 3.

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    • Button up the device by placing and screwing on the bottom case.

    • The screws marked in orange are long. The ones marked in red are short.

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    • Before new paste.

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    • After new Thermal paste.

    • For the testing, I used 3D mark time spy without the demo. As well as a custom fan curve. The profile was set to turbo for both runs.

Abschluss

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

jon bush

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I used metal tweezers and my laptop won’t turn on now. What did I do?

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