New Thermal Paste on 1st Gen ThinkPad X1 Yoga
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- Опубликовано: 18 сен 2024
- My old laptop was running super hot, thermal throttling, and sounded like it was ready for liftoff whenever I did even general browsing and productivity work. In this video I show the (positive) results of applying new thermal paste, as well as offer a very simplified walkthrough of how to do it yourself.
This is my first walkthrough video, and I am not necessarily a techy. However, this was pretty simple and worth a shot if you have an old laptop.
Here's a link to the thermal paste I used: amzn.to/2Q0FCmA
you disconnected the speakers, not the battery :)
thanks for the tip.
If I added a new RAM will it helps to decrease the heat of the laptop?
Unfortunately, adding any additional components like RAM will likely increase temps slightly :( How much so, I can't really say.
@@phlerpyderp i totally disagree ! More mem means lesser mem-swaps means less work for CPU for a given task. But there could be a real miniscule amt of increase in overall usage of energy and heat dissipation by the entire board inorder to support a higher-capacity memory. But this would be the least of our concerns.
@@sanjaypatil2532 that is a great point! I've read some conflicting information on this (increases mostly seem to occur if simultaneously maxing out CPU and memory), and all the differences seemed so negligible it was pretty much a non issue.
No thermal paste on GPU plate. Has anyone tried putting some there ? Even if it may not help much, can it hurt though ?
Do you mean the second IC?
@@bloodyz2047 yes the one beside the CPU
@@sanjaypatil2532 I have the same laptop, and put thermal paste on both of the ICs. I don't see any problems. It's extra cooling and that second IC which is the iGPU is designed for high temperatures. I've done stress tests and it got only to 78° at almost full load. You can test how hot it gets without and with the second thermal paste. If it doesn't get over 85° at full load, should be ok.
@@bloodyz2047 haha we think alike :) After posting the orig question, i actually did put paste on both. It didn't help. Plz note my only nenchmark is a game my son plays and it continues to crash the system within 15-30 mins :)
On further analysis (pure physics now)...imagine the cross section view of the CPU plates and the copper heat sink. The sink is pointed with a small bulb at the end beside the hot plates. This needs to be lower than the other end which radiates the heat. The thermal fluid within the sealed copper tube, after cooling at the fan end, liquifies. It needs to be able to flow down towards the other end to restart the absoption/evaporation cycle. Before i put paste on the GPU i noticed this end of the tube was 1.5mm away from it (meaning downwards). So for me to make it touch the paste/plate, i had to bend it closer (upward in cross section view). This probably messes up the whole heating-cooling cycle of the coolant.
But i am going to open it up again, push the tube back away, insert a folded copper sheet inbetween...fingers crossed. If this doesn't work then i would hv to conclude either the sealed copper tube or the CPU are defective.
@@sanjaypatil2532 Bending it is not a good idea. Instead of using themal paste which has low viscosity, you can use themal pads for graphic cards. I actually recommend buying K5-Pro Thermal Paste which was engineered for replacing thermal pads, and is also transfers heat a lot better. It is a lot thicker than normal Thermal Paste, and it can do about 2-3mm height without losing any performance. I totally recommend it for things like this and replacing thermal pads for VRMs on motherboards or on graphics cards (it's also cheaper than thermal pads). Linus Tech Tips did a video on it. Great product
How can I upgrade my RAM?
Unfortunately RAM is soldered to the motherboard. If you need more RAM, you will have to find another model and/or motherboard.
@@EusebioResende thanks bro
You could if u know a good tech who has experience and a microscope.