Hi guys,
Sorry for the inexperienced question but networking is more my forte than laptop repairs.
I've fully stripped down a friends laptop due to a major over heating problem on a 5 year old plus laptop and need to re apply thermal paste on this Acer Aspire Timeline x 4820 TG and slightly confused as to how this would be done on this build.
My understanding is the two shiny metal bits on the CPU is what passes the heat from the CPU to the cooler. The cooler has a black tape like section which has cut outs for those metal blocks.
Would I be correct in assuming I'd clean all this down, re apply the paste directly to the metal top bits of the CPU only so it's not all over the chip/board. Restick the black pad back down with a super light coating of paste which it seems like they have done and then squidge it all back in place?
Assuming this paste and some rubbing alcohol will do the trick?
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=AC-000-AC
Sorry for the inexperienced question but networking is more my forte than laptop repairs.
I've fully stripped down a friends laptop due to a major over heating problem on a 5 year old plus laptop and need to re apply thermal paste on this Acer Aspire Timeline x 4820 TG and slightly confused as to how this would be done on this build.
My understanding is the two shiny metal bits on the CPU is what passes the heat from the CPU to the cooler. The cooler has a black tape like section which has cut outs for those metal blocks.
Would I be correct in assuming I'd clean all this down, re apply the paste directly to the metal top bits of the CPU only so it's not all over the chip/board. Restick the black pad back down with a super light coating of paste which it seems like they have done and then squidge it all back in place?
Assuming this paste and some rubbing alcohol will do the trick?
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=AC-000-AC
