[Leaplist] dumb things to try on your laptop

[Jason Boxman]

Anyone going to installfest have any Artic Silver thermal compound?

The reason I ask is, I thought I'd clean the HSF on my laptop.  Naturally -- 
and somewhat obvious in retrospect -- removing the HSF pipe meant both the 
CPU and GPU were exposed, rendering the manufacturer compound somewhat 
useless.

So, a five minute cleaning project became a four and a half hour quest to 
clean my HSF, both the CPU and GPU, and apply new compound.  Unfortunately, 
my tube of Artic Silver disappeared during my last move, much to my surprise.

I did have some junk paste from Radio Shack, which I substituted.  Being an 
idiot, I have never checked the run temperatures on this laptop, so I don't 
know if what I am seeing now is no worse than stock or if I'm utterly 
screwed.

So, if anyone happens to have any quality thermal compound, it would be 
helpful as I quest to clean and reapply compound yet again...

Max op on this Intel CPU is 100C.  Hovering mostly between 51C and 60C surfing 
the Web with FF and writing this.  The fan isn't coming on any more often 
than it did with stock paste.  Afraid to even attempt gaming though.  nv GPU 
around 68-70C.

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Jason Boxman
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