XPS M1730 leaning the GPU's

Se7ven · 30 Jul 2010 at 15:57

Hey guys, i decided after over 2 years to take apart my (now fathers) xPS m1730 and give it a good clean (bought new thermal paste etc)

they are now basically overheating like crazy, but the diagnostics says there is nothing wrong with them :/

but since i am new to laptops, i followed a youtube guide to get the thing apart without any bother, now i have the GPU's apart and want your advice how i should go about cleaning them, here is a few pics ;

any help appreciated

Its_Me · 30 Jul 2010 at 16:44

Compressed air and electronic solvent cleaner (can), you can get them both from a *(ah never knew that was banned

)s if you have one close by.

*High street electronics store

neoboy · 30 Jul 2010 at 16:56

I find that an old tooth brush is also a good and cheap alternative.

londonbairn · 2 Aug 2010 at 20:48

T8 screwdriver, take heatsink off and re-apply paste

Voodle · 3 Aug 2010 at 18:32

I suggest not worrying about the paste, leave the heatsinks on and clean the carpet of dust on those heatsink fins, that's why it's cooking itself.

ubersonic · 15 Nov 2010 at 11:49

I know this thread is 3 months dead now but a few days ago Dell released a new bios update for the m1730 to finally address overheating (and dying) issues, with the new bios the system will control the fans to stop the GPU's getting too warm (as opposed to the current method of waiting till their 1 degree from maximum then cooling them down to normal and repeating the process)

NB: yes the system is louder, but it doesn't die