My laptop (Dell XPS 17 l702x) has started to get very hot over the last few months so I stopped being lazy this evening and took it to bits to clean the fan and heatsink of 3 years of dust and grime.
I've not done this before and need to replace the thermal paste as it's no longer pasty or even actually existent.
The problem is the CPU (right) and GPU (top left) are not really things I've played around with and before. I'm confused what is part of the heatsink and what is part of the CPU/GPU.
The CPU has a grey rectangle held on fairly firmly with what looks like mess of thermal paste. Is this just a plate to attach the processor to the heatsink? Do I pull this off and re-paste it back on? If so, what is the best method?
Same applies for the graphics chip up in the top left.
In the image below, the large metal plate in the centre-bottom-left is the heatsink, with copper "rods" going to the radiator.
Before I make an expencive mistake, can someone tell me what's the best way to go about this?
Thanks.
I've not done this before and need to replace the thermal paste as it's no longer pasty or even actually existent.
The problem is the CPU (right) and GPU (top left) are not really things I've played around with and before. I'm confused what is part of the heatsink and what is part of the CPU/GPU.
The CPU has a grey rectangle held on fairly firmly with what looks like mess of thermal paste. Is this just a plate to attach the processor to the heatsink? Do I pull this off and re-paste it back on? If so, what is the best method?
Same applies for the graphics chip up in the top left.
In the image below, the large metal plate in the centre-bottom-left is the heatsink, with copper "rods" going to the radiator.
Before I make an expencive mistake, can someone tell me what's the best way to go about this?
Thanks.