Pro Tip-ish: Lenovo's BIOS actually gives you the option to Disconnect the battery without the need to do that battery removal step (which honestly is a pain haha). Once you press enter on that selection on BIOS, it automatically shuts off the computer and can only be powered on via AC. This'll make upgrading/maintaining the device easier and avoids mishaps (like breaking those battery connectors) Once your done upgrading, just plug it with the power brick, turn on, and let it boot (there is no need to go to the BIOS again and turn it on, it automatically turns back itself once AC power is applied), regardless it's best to check still PS: Even me, when I installed my 1TB SSD forgot such step haha. In a perfect world with no shorts and ESD it should be fine, but we are not in that perfect world SO. Make sure to remove 'em :D Impt guideline when repasting: 1. Before doing anything, ALWAYS HAVE A BASELINE. Baseline includes your benchmarking scores, ALL YOUR temps (package temp, core temps, hotspot temps all the temp values you can see) this wiill be relevant later post maintenance 2. The most common method of applying thermal compound i.e., the teardrop, IS NOT ADVISABLE since you are (technically speaking) no applying it on the heat spreader BUT ON the DYE ITSELF. Hence, you need to apply thermal compound and SPREAD on the dye AND on the metal plate. There are a lot of videos/articles explaining this but the TL'DR laymans term of it is: the exposed part of the dye is actual "protective skin" of the actual chips, and missing even small areas will cause certain chips to overheat. MoN's video doesn't really show him spreading it, but hopefully he did, if not, hopefully the pressure when he pressed back the heatsink provided enough coverage. AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN, this only applies when your faced with repasting the actual dye, let's not debate about application methods. - - So how do you know if you messed up? Most modern hardware not only report the package temp, but also report the hotspot temp, if that reaches 90-100 deg.C+ even on light load, then its a good indication you messed up somewhere. This is where the "before i touched anything" pre-bechmark comes in handy, since you SHOULD get equal to or bettter results esp. on the temps 3. Lastly, unless you're experienced, dont use metalic base/conductive thermal compound.
@@-RXB- I believe he just meant that by disconnecting the battery in the bios the laptop will run only if it's plugged in to the charger, and since the charger is connected to the wall, it runs off the AC. I don't actually think he meant the laptop is actually running on AC😅. basically i think he just meant that the laptop would not run on the battery when disconnected in the bios. , 😁
Disconnecting Battery in BIOS will not disconnect the hardware and if the hardware is connected it can still transmit power which can destroy the motherboard. So, It's not a good Idea!
For long-term stability and high thermal performance almost nothing beats Honeywell PTM7950 paste sheets on the Legion 5. The L5 Pro from 2021 and after comes from the factory with Honeywell PTM phase-change pads and they are better than basically anything you're going to replace it with. So recommend cleaning the cooling fins and fans as best as possible first if their is minor dust buildup without removing the cooling stack, if the area is gray as a pigeon disassembly is the best option (Some fan mounting screws are underneath the heatpipes) and if the temps are still unacceptable my first highly recommended choice is the PTM7950 sheet (i found and got them from ebuy7). Otherwise Thermalright TFX, Shin-Etsu 7921-5, IC Diamond, Maxtor CTG9, Thermagic ZF-EX, Highly viscous pastes but even with those a repaste within 5 months might be necessary. Placing links results in the removal of my message (Probably a YT naughty bots protection policy) Google: PTM7950 Legion 5 Also it is recommended to spread the paste on direct-die because you can fry a chip if a small part remains uncovered like a memory controller or something else on the corner/edge of a GPU.
Just replace stock thermal pads with thermal putty such as Laird 607 and combine with Thermalright TF9 (in my case). Done! Can even test it against Honeywell PTM 7950 sheet as well.
@@TeaTeaMew The factory ones are pretty good actually, You will not see any big noticable difference compared to brand new expensive pads, not with Lenovo Legion series. Very high w/mk pads tend to have a sturdy hardness and are not easy to compress which might prevent good proper contact pressure on the die's when they are not of equal thickness. depending on the model Lenovo uses 0.5 0.75 0.85 and 1.0 for the thinner pads.
I'm quite new to this, but which variant of the PTM7950 should i buy? Is 40 x 80 x 0.2mm good for both gpu and cpu? I found one on amazon for 17 dollars. And do you have to buy two of them, for both cpu and gpu?
Really appreciate the effort you have put in this video, it's so useful! Now I have a better perspective on how to do a fruitful maintenance on my legion, keep the good work dude
I feel people failed to realised that unlike repasting thermal compound on a desktop with some decent or good cooling solution, you probably will not see a drop in temp on a laptop unless you are not stressing the CPU or GPU fully. The reason being that there is just not enough surface area to implement a beefier cooling solution. So while changing to a better thermal compound helps with heat transfer to the heat pipes and then to the heat sinks, the bottleneck will eventually be at the puny heat sinks. In addition, just as demonstrated in the video, because the CPU and GPU are usually thermally limited, therefore, when there is any thermal headroom, it will attempt to run at a faster clockspeed. In my opinion, you will need some thick thermal compound for laptop use because of (1) poor mounting pressure, and, (2) high temps which most thermal compound will degrade rapidly, including the expensive but ineffective Thermal Grizzly. Thermalright TFX and SYY 157 appears to be better thermal compound for such use case and they are a lot more durable.
2 tips! (I have a legion 5) . When removing the bottom panel, start at the REAR edge, about in line with the corner screw hole. Leave a wedge to keep the gap open. Work to the centre. Repeat on the other end. . Then work around the corner and apply a light lever action. . Repeat on the other side. . The sides (at the vents) will pop *much* more easily than working from the front. . After the vent area is popped its easy to run down each side to the front. ..... Next. Don't use nails, or a screwdriver on the battery connector. . Either 2 spudgers, one each end, in the gap, from the top and a slight twist, 1mm at a time. Or, I use an old store/ credit card with a corner cut off at 45°. About an 8-10mm edge. Work each end with a twist. . No metal near contacts, no bent pins. (I'm a copier technician, I've seen both cause issues!)
I have dell 7577 and 2 years after I bought it it needed repasting when I saw how complicated is it to open it I tried to do it and it took me like 3 hours separating the 2 parts was horrible experience that's why I decided to watch this video before buying the legion5 Your explanation was amazing I will save this although I hope u would talk rather than typing it easier to watch while hearing instead of focusing on the explanation and what you are doing at the same time and for something like this I need to really focus on what you're doing
i know that pain, i still have a dell 5577 that needs to be almost completely dissasembled just to be able to change the thermal paste and its a pain. I have an RTX 3060 legion 5 for my use, but i still maintain my dell laptop.
good video! One remark: on the left side of the heatpipe construction one can clearly see some oily residue - which is the "silicon-oil" the heat pads in memory chips of the GPU sweated out/bled out! Why did you not replace those as well?! I do have a Lenovo Legion 5 pro ACH6H with a RTX 3070 and after only about 5 months of constant 24/7 use - the memory of the agPU will over-hest to the point the laptop shuts down after about 45min. after full-power usage and crash. I am going to replace the old thermal pads with Alphacool Apex Soft 11W/mk. They are supposed to be able to withstand temps of about up to 150° C and have a constant performance throughout their lifetime without bleeding out! all while offering performance superior to that of the original ones. I the beginning my Laptops (had 6 of them mining ETH) would tolerate a memory overclock of +800/850 while mining steadily at around 60,2 mh/s - dropped down to 57,9 mh/s at +550mhz on the memory because otherwise they will overheat and shutdown. 1 laptop broke down after about 2 months and simply stopped working. a month later I had to sent in the secont one... Got my money back on both of those. 4 remained till about 5months in. now number 1 broke down to above mentioned thermal issued and 3 remain mining 24/7 at reduced +500mhz OC of the memory. the one whoe broke down most recently will not even mine at stock speed for longer then 30 - 45min. or endure a furmark for more then about 1h. So I am goind to repaste, apply those Alphacool pads (about 35€ for 100x100x1mm) and then let's see what the temps and performance is then. I am aiming for at least my initial 60mh/s. maybe I can push it to +1200mhz or even a little bit more... If it works - all remaining laptops will receive the same treatment. Maybe I'll do a video on the process. Will update on here if I decide to do so...
You earned a subscriber, I really liked your conclusion about whether we should repaste or not. I couldn't find the Lenovo Manual you mentioned at 18:00, I wish you linked it in the description. Thank you.
THX, subscribed. Very informative, music made me mad forever. Buying Legion 5 PRO soon, good to see the thick heat-sink. I will go K5 PRO (replacing pads) and Liquid Metal (replacing paste). Greetings from Amsterdam NL _\|/_
Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act prohibits any manufacturer to void a warranty unless they can prove your tampering is what caused the damage. Simply replacing the thermal paste or disassembling the machine is not enough to void any warranty in the U.S., you have to do something like put the long screw in the short hole, use way too much paste (especially if it's electrically conductive like liquid metal), use modular devices that aren't compatible with the product, etc. Ever seen a "Warranty Void If Removed" tamper resistant sticker on a product? Those are illegal, null, and void in the U.S.
It appears that the fan casings are held with tiny screws (5:40). Opening the case while mounted is probably an easy way to clean the fan without having the need to unplug it.
Hi Mate, thanks for your helpful video. It seems that the improvements that you've done are mostly came from cleaning the dust from the fans. I'm planning to repaste my 7 months old legion 5, but it seems unnecessary for now. Maybe I'll wait for another 5 months. But your video really helps the others if they're want to do the same things later. Lastly, I wish you a speedy recovery.
Don't repaste laptop at least for 2 years of usage. And then don't blindly repaste it. Compare stress test results of your unit with results you can find online. If you get similar results, don't waste your time and money on repasting. Remove the back case, clean dust, especially from the fans, that's all you can do. Current pads and pastes can easily last 2-3 years without any performance decrease. Easily.
@@micha8469 hi, actually when i first got my legion 5, i think my temps for the gpu were going up to 86 and cpu above 90. Just 2 months back, i gave it for servicing, i told them to just clean the fans and not apply thermal paste and it was still giving the same temps but it gained it much slower. Now its doing the same thing and my temps for cpu is going above 96 but its not going above 100 and the gpu is throttling at 87 degrees in just 10 mins. Should i repaste the cooler? like only the gpu and cpu die. And which paste because i dont know if i can get the ptm 7950.
Very Good Video, thanks. 3 Days ago i bought a new Legion 5 with Ryzen 4600h, RTX2060, 8gb ram, 80wh Battery and 512Nvme for ... 870$, brand new of course :) So i think this is very cheap price for this Laptop.
wow that's disgustingly cheap! I envy US for having cheap laptops :((( that spec is around 1283$ USD worth of IDR here in Indonesia. but even that is already considered somewhat cheap, because many of 2060 laptops are above 1386$ USD.
I have just replaced and cleaned my lenovo logion 5i after 3 years and I highly recommend you to do so if you have thermal throttling like I had. Also it was very easy to replace thermal paste of legion 5i with propper precautions and equipments.
Great video. I experienced the same thermal issue with my Legion 5 after repasting with MX4, but then I repasted again with Thermalright TFX and the temps are now 10 - 15 °C lower. For better results, the TFX has a curing time around 3 days.
thanks for watching😁 that's a pretty decent improvement. I might try repasting with other brands of paste, few people also report better results with other pastes.
notes 1. 1660 ti version and above have noticeably bigger gpu heatpipe. this guy has the lowest 1650 ti gpu, thus the heatpipe is small. 2. the fans on 1660 ti n above are not removable n part of the heatsink itself. 3. use kingpin kpx/thermalright tfx for best result since they got low viscosity, hence reducing pump out. apart from that, mx4 will not be able to handle ryzen
nice vid man! now time to make my legion cleaner as well! btw what's your temps on them? im having max on 82-85 max on gpu coz i have 2060 model!! thanks again!!
hi, thanks for watching. unfortunately one of the screws holding the fan bracket is placed underneath one of the heatpipes(both sides), so if you want to remove the fans you have to remove the heatsink. somebody did mention in previous comments that you can actually remove the case of the fans by undoing some small screws, I never tried that. However if you just want to clean the fans without removing the cooler, I suggest using on old toothbrush to clean the dust off the fans. it works for me. hope this helps.
@@ozgurdogan5443 yes. sorry, what I meant is the bracket holding the fan is underneath the heatpipe. i suppose that may work, unfortunately I just sold my Legion 5😅 so I have no way to check if that'll work.
thanks for watching. glad you found it helpful. the temps were actually fine, but I did repaste it again with thermal grizzly kroyonaut just because people are saying how much better it is, to see if it's really that good. now in the middle of editing the video. hopefully will be finished soon😅
oof that's a lot of thermal paste. I wanted to see how much you would use for reference, because i'm sitting here repasting my own legion 5, but damn man you're gonna have a mess to clean up the next time you lift that cooling brick
ha ha. actually it's not too bad. I repaste it twice because the first time I did it, the temps was pretty similar that I thought I put too little paste, but as you said it's actually a bit more than I need. however, it's not so much that it made a great mess😅 thanks for watching😊
Hi, thank you for the video. Wanted to asked you about one think (maybe you know). Recently i've bought a Lenovo Legion 5i with CPU i7-10750H and RTX 2060. Seems pretty tough but when I play Far Cry 5 on max (system suggested that) I get 85-92 CPU temp. Laptop is 4 months old and I also use a cooling pad. Should I be worried about this temps?
hi. thanks for watching😁 the 10750h max temp is rated @ 100 celcius before it starts to throttle down. There are many factors that influence temperatures, airflow and ambient temps being among them. based on what you mentioned, that temp range is well within the safety limit of the cpu while it being stressed. I would be worried if your laptop is consistently operating at that temp on idle(ie just turned on and not doing anything), however if you're gaming it should be fine. the best way to know whether your temp is normal for for your laptop is to compare with what the temps other people with same laptop experience. nowadays it's easy, just search your laptop on RUclips and I'm pretty sure there's at least a few Legion 5i reviews. you can compare your temps with them. hope this helps😁
to overclock, in general you have to have upgraded cooling. that's why there's aftermarket cooler. with laptops, it's a bit complicated as there's no real after market cooler for laptops. manufacturers also designed their laptop cooling to extract a certain level of performance and usually there's very little/no more performance that can be squeezed from the processor because cooling limitation. you also have to start thinking about increased power requirements when overclocking. as most laptop charger is designed to be compact and cost saving, usually the supplied charger will just be enough for the rated performance of the laptop and would not be suitable for overclocking. so, no. I don't think you going to get any tangible improvement by overclocking your laptop and would probably hv more stability problem. ha ha. anyway, this is just a long winded way of saying I don't think the Legion 5i(or any laptop for that matters) was built with overclocking in mind. hope this helps😁
@@masterofnone4608 Many thanks. This is very important information for me, because no matter how much do you read about gaming laptop it never enough. Now i've read about different processes like undervolting and still try to guess does it need something like that.
@@recreator9755 undervolting is more to do with getting the temperatures in check, than any boost in performance. boost in performance(if any) when undervolting is mainly due to improved temp that lead to less thermal throttling ie you getting a more consistent and sustained frequency. not exactly the same as overclocking. hope this helps😁
Is it critical that after tightening the screws on a heatsink they stick out a bit? I tighten them all the way gradually according to numbers and still they stick out about 1-2 mm
@@miroslavmartinek522 i applied some to my friends asus tuf laptop , since the TUF gaming laptops have little to no vents , it overheats like hell 🔥🔥🔥 94°C was the maximum , repasting with Kryonaut brought maximum temps down to 83°C ♥️♥️ that was for the CPU , GPU had like a 4 degree drop..
@@miroslavmartinek522 the effectiveness of the paste depends how much or how little you apply to it. What i did was just a little simple dot of paste and thats it 😊
It's pretty obvious to me that manufacturers use quite the blob when it comes to paste. Every time I've ever done a reapplication, the surface is completely covered and oozing off the sides. Theres a lot of misconceptions about whats a proper amount it seems.
Brother I don't want to mess up with thermal paste area so can I just open the fans so that I can clean them without opening that thermal paste cover I hope you understand my query
hi. you can clean the fans using old toothbrush without taking off the cooler. however if you want to remove the fans for more thorough cleaning, unfortunately you do have to remove the cooler. hope this helps.
hey I have to same model, RTX 2060 intel version, i was wondering where the LCD cable connector is? I have 3 black horizontal lines at the bottom of my screen and people recommend checking that cable and making sure its connected, if you know how to fix the issue aswell i'd appreciate it.
hi. sorry for taking a while. the lcd ribbon cable is located at the top right, near the cpu. you have to remove the heat sink and fans to be able to fully access it. you get a good view of the cable at minute 8:31 in the video. unfortunately I don't know how to fix the issue, you can try reseating the cable and see if it helps, or replace the cable if you got one in hand. I suggest to take it to the service center if it's still under warranty. if the screen need replacing it's fairly advanced DIY project which should be performed at your own risk. hope this helps😁 thanks for watching.
hi. to be honest I'm not too familiar with the ifixit essential kit, but being an ifixit kit I'd assume it's of decent quality. to be fair, you really just need a standard Phillips screw driver and some plastic picks or pry tools(if you care about not scratching the back panel). you also may need some micro fibre cloth and alcohol wipe to clean the old paste. I'd just use whatever I have lying around, and wouldn't go out of my way to get the ifixit kit just for this. however, if you already have the kit in hand, I imagine it would do the job well. hope this helps 😊
🔥Думаю моя инфа порадует всех владельцев "Легионов"! И так, для CPU и GPU берём Honeywell 7950 - это та самая заводская термопаста в виде прокладки. И вместо всех терм. прокладок ставим - жидкие Laird 607. И будет вам счастье! Я перепробовал все топовые пасты и прокладки - ноль эмоций...Только эта связка работает идеально! Надеюсь кому то помог👍😉
Great video , but I have a question : When I first bought my legion 5 temperature at gaming was about 85 ( avg ) then I took the device to the warranty center and they repasted it then temperatures decreased to about 75 ( avg ) in the same games , all of this was 7 months ago and now the temp. exceeds 90 I doubt they used a bad type of thermal paste that dried on the cpu (i710750h) , gpu (rtx 2060 ) and I am willing to buy an arctic mx 4 and return to the warranty center to repaste the laptop again am I right ? and thanks in advance
hi. thanks for watching. I honestly cant tell you whether the problem is due to the thermal paste . however, before repasting I personally would try cleaning the fans and vents. The temperature increase may just be due to dust accumulation. hope this helps.
@@masterofnone4608 Thanks for your interest, this really may be because of dust accumulation and also I forgot to mention that the room temperature is from 35 to 40 when the laptop temperature rises to 90 in gaming
@@SupermathsMSS yeah. I also noticed my laptop run a few degrees higher than most reviews on RUclips(most are from colder countries), I believe because the ambient temp is higher(I live in Malaysia, tropical country and my room got no air conditioning😅)
@@masterofnone4608 totally agree with you , my room also have no air conditioning and sometimes the temp reaches 45 as a result should I repaste the laptop each summer ? Is repasting related to a regular specific time or only by observing Temps ?
bro. I just used a non branded multi bit screw driver. it's not even magnetized(hence I had to attach a magnet to it😅). it's some cheap screw driver kit that you can find in most hardware stores. it's usually labelled as phone/electronic repair kit or something.
Hello, I hope you're doing well. I've got a question about micro stuttering while playing some games. Some times when I played some games such as Genshin Impact, Apex Legends, Assassin's Creed Unity, Atelier Ryza series and Devil May Cry 5, I felt a bit stuttering and even worse my fps dropped between 5-15 fps in some cases. I tried to looking for the solution such as reinstalling the AMD driver or check the Lenovo Vantage setting, but it seems neither of them works. I never tried to overclocking or undervolting my hardware, and I already clean and repaste my thermal paste on march this year. Im using the R5 4600H and GTX 1650 (non ti) unit, also I used medium-low graphic setting on those games except for DMC 5 I used the highest setting because it already plays above 60 fps. So if you have any solution for my problem, that would be nice. Sorry if my Grammar so bad, my native language isn't English.
hi. thanks for watching😊 unfortunately I never play the games you mentioned(I usually play much older games as they're cheaper on steam😅) , so I have no idea whether they would behave the same on my laptop. I don't really know what causes the stuttering/dropped frames. However, I can just think of one thing that may(or may not) help. did you disable the hybrid mode? you can disable it in lenovo vantage software and it will require a restart. disabling hybrid(optimus) mode will cause your laptop to use the discreet graphic card only rather than letting your laptop decide to switch between the integrated graphics and the discreet graphics according to demand. I mean that's the only thing I can think of. if you already turned hybrid mode off(which I'm pretty sure you did, the fact that u repasted ur laptop and did the standard driver reinstalls tells me you're not the average user) then I'm not really sure what's causing the issues. hope this helps. thanks😊 btw, you're grammar is pretty good. much better than mine anyways. I'm also not a native English speaker😉
Hey i had the same problem some time ago.The way you can fix it is by disabling performance mode while playing games.The shortcut for doing this is fn + Q. You can tell which mode youre on by the color on the power button.If its red youre on performance mode and if its white youre on normal mode. Dont worry about the blue one.Just make sure that the light is white while playing games. This will fix the fps drops. Im not sure if it actually lowers the performace of the laptop but for me normal mode is just fine and im getting the same fps. Hope it helps!
@@masterofnone4608 Thank you for the reply, Unfortunately I already disable the Hybrid mode and I also trying using the Studio Driver and Game Ready Driver in Nvidia setting. Both seems doesn't really affects the gameplay so I turn it back to Game Ready. And when I consulted it to my senior at college, he said that I should trying to uninstall the AMD driver. At some cases it does reduces the stuttering than before. Ah and thank you for the praise, it boosts my confidence a lot.
@@lukskiller5850 Thank you for the reply, actually I already played with Auto mode (white light). So I tried to uninstall the AMD driver and actually it helps to reduces the Stuttering a bit. And actually I've tried to uses performance mode and compared it to Auto mode, and there is no difference on FPS while playing, but when I tried to record with OBS, the performance mode fan noises is louder than the auto mode. Maybe it's just my unit?, anyways thanks for the Information. I thought that playing games with auto mode is wrong for gaming laptops.
hi. thanks for watching. there's no definite timing for when you shoud change the thermal paste. usually the stock thermal paste would last a good couple of years before showing any sign of deterioration. if you start to notice your laptop doesnt perform as well as when you bought it, its probably time to change the paste (or clean the fan and vents). Sometimes people repaste to squeeze a bit more performance out of their laptop. hope this helps.
Literally just bought my legion 7 3060 Ryzen 7 5800h two days ago and whenever I run apex on max settings it runs great, over 100fps, but my Ryzen is always at 93-94 Celsius. Should I take it somewhere to get looked at or is this normal even for a brand new laptop. I run my laptop on performance mode with performance fans on too.
hi thanks for watching. I'm currently running a Legion 5 pro with a 5800h and 3070. unfortunately my cpu can also peaked to over 90 degrees celcius during cpu intensive application. however the laptop cooling does a fairly good job to bring down the temp to around 85 degrees or so. performance mode not only cause the fans to spin faster, it also pump more power into the cpu and gpu. so don't be surprised that temperatures are higher in performance mode. for example, my laptop in auto mode gpu has power envelope of around 75w and temperatures hovers around 65 degrees. in performance mode it receive around 120w and temperatures is around 85 degrees celcius., this is despite the fan going full bore. ambient temp and surrounding ventilation plays a role too. where I live ambient temperature is around 30 degrees, so I expect my laptop temp would be a few degrees higher than reviewers from colder countries. hope this help.
i just bought the legion 5 pro i7-11800h 3070 variant few days ago, not satisfied with the temps on the cpu and gpu so i decided to open it up and see it for myself. I was surprised that the stock paste already dried up! i could swipe my finger on it and it crumbles. I clean the eff up all the old paste residue, and replace it with what i have on hand, cooler master cryofuze paste. after i done that, i rerun my heaven benchmark, points went up 200 extra, and both temps on cpu and gpu no longer reaches 75-80+. cpu chilling at 60+ ish and gpu so far never went above 75c.
@@renegadesg018 for CPU i recommend you use the Honeywell PTM 7950 pad. The stock one came with legion. for gpu i found best result use Thermalright TFX paste. cryofuze also ok.
@@masterofnone4608 Liquid metal 1. Can be used with copper and nickel but with some other metals can cause corrosion 2. Typically around core the transistors have to be covered with varnish for isolation, because LM is electrically conductive 3. I would check device after 6 months cause you might need to add some LM. ;)
but what is that paste called i wanna know? and how much it boost the performance despite tanking warrenty? FYI i have the same laptop 1650 version curious
hi. I used artic mx4 thermal compound. unfortunately for me, repasting did not improve temperature that much. not sure whether other thermal compound brand would yield better results. hope this helps. thanks for watching😁
hi. in simple terms. your system won't be any significantly cooler. it just that by repasting the system will be more efficient. ie your system will still reach the same load temp of 80-95, but you will get better performance at that temp. this is simply because that's the way the system is designed. the laptop will continue to pump more power and go faster as long as there's still thermal headroom. hope this helps.
@@masterofnone4608 Thank you for the reply. I've repasted my CPU and GPU with Noctua's thermal paste the factory thermal wasnt good. thanks for your feedback
Too bad you didn't see much improvement. I always repaste my electronics right after I buy them. That cement they fish out of some radioactive pond in China and use as a thermal paste is a joke. So many RMA cases, time, money and environment could've been saved if manufacturers just used real paste. Imagine how many laptops getting bad review scores because of shitty thermals when in fact pretty much all of them (that of course do not have a bad thermal solution altogether) could be solved easily by just repasting with real compound. My PS4 and PS5 both sounded like jet fighters, because the factory "paste" was so bad that it wasn't able to transfer heat efficient enough making the sensors thinking its hotter than it actually was, turning the fans up to max. Now it's dead silent, hardly even ramps up anymore at all after a repaste. I just repasted my Legion 5, still analyzing it though.
I'm going to replace thermal paste and pads on my Lenovo legion 5 Gen 6 (i bought 32 GB of faster RAM 3200 CL20 so i though why not? Once i open the PC let's do the full work) and bought Noctua NT-H2 and Thermal Pads with 17 N/m*K Your video Will be so useful when the components Will arrive!
@@Morri88 for the size of pads I looked on internet, and if I am not wrong 1 mm should do the trick but I don't remember. Yeah they helped, the temperatures are exactly the same, but fans are quieter most of the time and frequencies are more consistent.
What did you have the lenovo vantage fan profile set to? I wonder if they have their fan profiles set to a standard that conforms with the expected results of the paste they use from the factory. That could defiantly counter act any improvements the paste is making, if the system is waiting longer to kick the fans on. Better fan controls would be nice. I only need my laptop to be quiet in class. It can get as loud as it wants if I'm gaming.
hi thanks for watching. For the stress test I put the laptop in auto(balanced) mode. I did run the stress test in performance mode but temps were running over 100 degrees too often with very little clock speed gain. by my estimate running the system in performance mode will gain you approx 10% performance in exchange for more heat and fan noise. personally I don't feel the trade off is worth it. So I run the system in auto mode as it's probably more representative of how most people would use the laptop. again, in quite mode you'd expect a quiter system with less performance. hope this answers your question. thanks😊
@@Kaantop7 hi. thanks for watching. not much tips apart from be patient and take your time and of course use plastic pry tools 😊 yeah, I think an inexperienced person can repaste. especially in the Legion 5, where lenovo did make this laptop quite user upgradable friendly. main thing is, again take your time and be reasonable with it. watch how people do it(not just me) until you're confident enough and then attempt it yourself. Don't rush and take your time. to be honest most challenging part for me is really taking the back panel off😅 once that's done. everything else should be easy. hope this helps. thanks
Hey there, thanks for making this video, I was looking for it because my laptop is getting very hot, but I am really scared to do anything on my laptop and I'm scared to give my laptop on cleaning, they can do anything to it, anyways, thank you for this video!
hi. the way most cooling system works, is the fan only ramp up when needed. that's why even when launching heavy games(or any load for that matters) the fan don't necessarily would ramp up. However, if the fans don't spin leading to your cpu to overheat and throttles itself, this would point to something more serious. if it still under warranty I would get it checked up. unless you ever unplug the fan cable, please ensure they plugged back in properly. ha ha. hope this helps.
Salam, is it possible to remove only the fans without removing the heat pipes so I can just clean the fans and maybe spray some compressed air to the heat sink fins?
waalaikumsalam. unfortunately not. the heat sink/pipes do go over some of the screws and fan bracket. to remove the fan(s) you have to remove the cooler. However, you can clean the fans(even use compessed air) without removing them, but that would mean you are only cleaning one side of the fan(s). Hope this helps. Thanks for watching :)
Hi mate, its actually possible to remove fans without removing the heat pipes. You need to unscrew 3 screws cover on the fan. Then you can take the fan blades, but be careful because its a little bit tricky to remove the fan cover.
hi. thanks for watching. for the Legion 5, at least my one, there's no warranty stickers. so technically unless there's very obvious handling damage or you actually tell them what you did, the warranty should still be valid. However this may vary from region to region, so you probably should check on lenovo's local warranty policies. hope this helps, thanks 😊
I wanna ask something. I have ryzen 7 5800h and rtx3060 model legion 5. It has been 3 months but it looks dirty. Can i clean the dust without removing anything? (i mean just the back panel ofc) Maybe with some air or brush like you did?
yup. you can. just use a small brush(I use an old tooth brush) to get the dust off the fan blades and us some compressed air(i used and electrc air compressor(pumpl for inflatable pools) to get it off the motherboard. hope you find this helpful. thanks for watching 😁
My 5800h is reaching 100 degrees and throttling, the gpu reaches between 90-92~ degrees. I hope repasting works for me... I did clean a little bit the fans but I'll try now with a toothbrush
what do you mean? you can't unscrew it at all? they are captive screws, so shouldn't need to unscrew completely. however, first time unscrewing does require a bit of force. hope this helps?
hi, i bought my laptop 4 months ago, and when i am playing games, the temps reach 95C, it is preforming well how ever, but am worried about long term. should i repaste, putting in mind i have no experience on how to do this. ty
hi. my laptop normally hovers around 85 degrees when playing games and have brief spikes(few seconds) of sometimes up to 106 degrees. despite this all core clock never throttles to base clock(usually all core clock hovers around 3.7ghz) In the video, when I stressed the cpu synthetically the temps mostly run around 92 degrees with brief spikes of up to 106 degrees. in this scenario the cpu never throttled. I agree, not the most ideal temperatures but it is well within the limits of the cpu as per amd. yeah, running the cpu at lower temps would be ideal but I believe this is what the cooler is capable of. to answer your question, do I think repasting would improve situation, probably not. at least not to any significant degree. esp since the laptop is only 4 months old. it's unlikely that the thermal paste has degrade that much. I would imagine cleaning the fans probably would do more good. depending on where and how you use the laptop, the likelihood of dust has build up on the fans causing airflow restrictions is probably more than thermal paste gone bad. I mean if you really worried about long term effect of high temps, try looking into undervolting the cpu. I mean, I personally don't have much experience with undervolting but I suppose it's an alternative that you can consider. hope this helps.
@@masterofnone4608 same thing with my legion 5, brief spikes to 106c. got me worried so I cleaned them fans and vents and changed the gpu and cpu thermal paste after exactly a year but not much of a difference it still reached 105c sometimes then hovers to 87c to 95c depending on the game but I noticed it's only doing that if I'm playing while it's plugged in. On battery gaming it sticks around 85c to 90c with brief spikes to 98c. I'm not using any cooling pads, just an open stand that elevates my laptop for better airflow. Are your results same whether you're playing on battery or plugged in?
@@armanddavid952 hi. thanks for watching. technically when gaming on battery by definition the power draw to the cpu/gpu is limited. therefore the temperature would be much more under controlled. However, when plugged in the cpu/gpu is allowed to draw higher power, leading to better performance and of course higher temperatures. most of the time unless you really looking for it, or have monitoring ongoing you won't notice the slight reduced performance while on battery. I myself very rarely do any gaming on battery as it drained too quickly to get my gaming fix😅 I hv an upcoming video where I attempted another repaste and do a more detailed analysis on the temp behavior. hopefully it'll be done in the next week or so. hope this helps.
Hi. I recently took my legion 5 laptop to service centre and changed the thermal paste and pads but its showing 110c while playing games !!!! What should I do???
@@masterofnone4608 You have no idea how many windows reinstall / driver reinstall I did with the DDU shit man so annoying can't play games on a gaming laptop xd
@@wonderbopeep64 sorry to hear about that. repasting really is for getting better(slight) cooling performance. it does nothing to driver issues. however, if you believe the crash is due to uncontrolled temps, repasting may help. but if it the driver issues persist despite reinstalls, i highly recommend you get your laptop looked at by a professional. i don't believe i can be much help beyond that without actually seeing your laptop myself. hope things'll work out for you.
thanks for watching. yes, ideally, if you're doing anything with the back panel open you should unplug the battery. this is to minkmize the risk of shorting something out. Im quite guilty of not unplugging the battery many times, but do as I say, rather than as I do😅
Hello! While replacing the thermal interface, the sticker that was around the GPU fell off. (that shiny thing around GPU) how can i replace it? should i do it?
A little bit too much TIM on the GPU die, but it's okay. And actually, MX-4 is not that great for laptops because it's not thick enough and quite liquidy so it might cause a pump out. Be sure to use something a little bit thicker next time you repaste it. Cheers
thanks for watching. no, I really haven't consider that. however, don't think it'll make that much of a difference. the contact surfaces and heatsinks are actually not painted. the heat pipes are painted but trying to scratch off the heat pipes would probably cause more problems. 😅 hope this helps
@@masterofnone4608 Yeah but there must be some solvent that melts the paint off JayzTwoCents did an experiment and the temps went up a few degrees and is not the only video that i've seen ruclips.net/video/B1VmtuddYnE/видео.html I have same laptop as u do but with the 2060 the newer version Its the best laptop i've ever had. Temps started to creep up, ill repaste it soon I am sure i will remove the paint of the heatsink at some point
Finally video about Lenovo Legion 5 cleaning. thank you!
glad you find it helpful. thanks for watching
Pro Tip-ish: Lenovo's BIOS actually gives you the option to Disconnect the battery without the need to do that battery removal step (which honestly is a pain haha). Once you press enter on that selection on BIOS, it automatically shuts off the computer and can only be powered on via AC.
This'll make upgrading/maintaining the device easier and avoids mishaps (like breaking those battery connectors)
Once your done upgrading, just plug it with the power brick, turn on, and let it boot (there is no need to go to the BIOS again and turn it on, it automatically turns back itself once AC power is applied), regardless it's best to check still
PS: Even me, when I installed my 1TB SSD forgot such step haha. In a perfect world with no shorts and ESD it should be fine, but we are not in that perfect world SO. Make sure to remove 'em :D
Impt guideline when repasting:
1. Before doing anything, ALWAYS HAVE A BASELINE. Baseline includes your benchmarking scores, ALL YOUR temps (package temp, core temps, hotspot temps all the temp values you can see) this wiill be relevant later post maintenance
2. The most common method of applying thermal compound i.e., the teardrop, IS NOT ADVISABLE since you are (technically speaking) no applying it on the heat spreader BUT ON the DYE ITSELF. Hence, you need to apply thermal compound and SPREAD on the dye AND on the metal plate. There are a lot of videos/articles explaining this but the TL'DR laymans term of it is: the exposed part of the dye is actual "protective skin" of the actual chips, and missing even small areas will cause certain chips to overheat. MoN's video doesn't really show him spreading it, but hopefully he did, if not, hopefully the pressure when he pressed back the heatsink provided enough coverage. AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN, this only applies when your faced with repasting the actual dye, let's not debate about application methods.
- - So how do you know if you messed up? Most modern hardware not only report the package temp, but also report the hotspot temp, if that reaches 90-100 deg.C+ even on light load, then its a good indication you messed up somewhere. This is where the "before i touched anything" pre-bechmark comes in handy, since you SHOULD get equal to or bettter results esp. on the temps
3. Lastly, unless you're experienced, dont use metalic base/conductive thermal compound.
thanks for watching and detailed and extensive comments. 😁 very helpful👍
@@masterofnone4608 AC, what? The charger cable/power brick transforms AC (from the wall) to DC. There isn't any AC running straight into the computer.
@@-RXB- I believe he just meant that by disconnecting the battery in the bios the laptop will run only if it's plugged in to the charger, and since the charger is connected to the wall, it runs off the AC. I don't actually think he meant the laptop is actually running on AC😅.
basically i think he just meant that the laptop would not run on the battery when disconnected in the bios.
, 😁
Hey, I don't see an option to disconnect the battery from the BIOS. I have Legion 5 2021. Need your guidance.
Disconnecting Battery in BIOS will not disconnect the hardware and if the hardware is connected it can still transmit power which can destroy the motherboard. So, It's not a good Idea!
For long-term stability and high thermal performance almost nothing beats Honeywell PTM7950 paste sheets on the Legion 5.
The L5 Pro from 2021 and after comes from the factory with Honeywell PTM phase-change pads and they are better than basically anything you're going to replace it with. So recommend cleaning the cooling fins and fans as best as possible first if their is minor dust buildup without removing the cooling stack, if the area is gray as a pigeon disassembly is the best option (Some fan mounting screws are underneath the heatpipes) and if the temps are still unacceptable my first highly recommended choice is the PTM7950 sheet (i found and got them from ebuy7). Otherwise Thermalright TFX, Shin-Etsu 7921-5, IC Diamond, Maxtor CTG9, Thermagic ZF-EX, Highly viscous pastes but even with those a repaste within 5 months might be necessary.
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Google: PTM7950 Legion 5
Also it is recommended to spread the paste on direct-die because you can fry a chip if a small part remains uncovered like a memory controller or something else on the corner/edge of a GPU.
Just replace stock thermal pads with thermal putty such as Laird 607 and combine with Thermalright TF9 (in my case). Done! Can even test it against Honeywell PTM 7950 sheet as well.
Is Laird 607 a stable putty? because K5-Pro is messy and i hate it.
TF9 is also good.
Planning also to repaste my legion 5 2021 may i ask if thermalright odin pads 0.5mm and 1.0 mm are all good to use?
@@TeaTeaMew The factory ones are pretty good actually, You will not see any big noticable difference compared to brand new expensive pads, not with Lenovo Legion series. Very high w/mk pads tend to have a sturdy hardness and are not easy to compress which might prevent good proper contact pressure on the die's when they are not of equal thickness. depending on the model Lenovo uses 0.5 0.75 0.85 and 1.0 for the thinner pads.
I'm quite new to this, but which variant of the PTM7950 should i buy? Is 40 x 80 x 0.2mm good for both gpu and cpu? I found one on amazon for 17 dollars. And do you have to buy two of them, for both cpu and gpu?
Really appreciate the effort you have put in this video, it's so useful! Now I have a better perspective on how to do a fruitful maintenance on my legion, keep the good work dude
thanks for watching. much appreciated😁
This is a fantastic step by step. Thanks for the quality guide!
thanks for watching😁
This is an excellent channel on what not to do when working on laptops :D
Thanks for watching. ha ha. glad to be of some help😁
yeah, bend that heatsink mate, who would unscrew the screws..only losers;O)
I feel people failed to realised that unlike repasting thermal compound on a desktop with some decent or good cooling solution, you probably will not see a drop in temp on a laptop unless you are not stressing the CPU or GPU fully. The reason being that there is just not enough surface area to implement a beefier cooling solution. So while changing to a better thermal compound helps with heat transfer to the heat pipes and then to the heat sinks, the bottleneck will eventually be at the puny heat sinks. In addition, just as demonstrated in the video, because the CPU and GPU are usually thermally limited, therefore, when there is any thermal headroom, it will attempt to run at a faster clockspeed. In my opinion, you will need some thick thermal compound for laptop use because of (1) poor mounting pressure, and, (2) high temps which most thermal compound will degrade rapidly, including the expensive but ineffective Thermal Grizzly. Thermalright TFX and SYY 157 appears to be better thermal compound for such use case and they are a lot more durable.
thanks for watching
2 tips!
(I have a legion 5)
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When removing the bottom panel, start at the REAR edge, about in line with the corner screw hole.
Leave a wedge to keep the gap open.
Work to the centre.
Repeat on the other end.
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Then work around the corner and apply a light lever action.
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Repeat on the other side.
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The sides (at the vents) will pop *much* more easily than working from the front.
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After the vent area is popped its easy to run down each side to the front.
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Next.
Don't use nails, or a screwdriver on the battery connector.
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Either 2 spudgers, one each end, in the gap, from the top and a slight twist, 1mm at a time. Or, I use an old store/ credit card with a corner cut off at 45°. About an 8-10mm edge.
Work each end with a twist.
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No metal near contacts, no bent pins.
(I'm a copier technician, I've seen both cause issues!)
Dude you are awesome! Very detailed video I’m surprised to see the low sub count, you’re gonna blow up! Please continue to make these videos
I appreciate that!
I have dell 7577 and 2 years after I bought it it needed repasting when I saw how complicated is it to open it I tried to do it and it took me like 3 hours separating the 2 parts was horrible experience that's why I decided to watch this video before buying the legion5
Your explanation was amazing I will save this although I hope u would talk rather than typing it easier to watch while hearing instead of focusing on the explanation and what you are doing at the same time and for something like this I need to really focus on what you're doing
I had the g7 7577 too and switched to the legion5 rtx2060 i7 10th, and it is better in every way
i know that pain, i still have a dell 5577 that needs to be almost completely dissasembled just to be able to change the thermal paste and its a pain. I have an RTX 3060 legion 5 for my use, but i still maintain my dell laptop.
good video!
One remark: on the left side of the heatpipe construction one can clearly see some oily residue - which is the "silicon-oil" the heat pads in memory chips of the GPU sweated out/bled out! Why did you not replace those as well?!
I do have a Lenovo Legion 5 pro ACH6H with a RTX 3070 and after only about 5 months of constant 24/7 use - the memory of the agPU will over-hest to the point the laptop shuts down after about 45min. after full-power usage and crash.
I am going to replace the old thermal pads with Alphacool Apex Soft 11W/mk.
They are supposed to be able to withstand temps of about up to 150° C and have a constant performance throughout their lifetime without bleeding out! all while offering performance superior to that of the original ones.
I the beginning my Laptops (had 6 of them mining ETH) would tolerate a memory overclock of +800/850 while mining steadily at around 60,2 mh/s - dropped down to 57,9 mh/s at +550mhz on the memory because otherwise they will overheat and shutdown.
1 laptop broke down after about 2 months and simply stopped working.
a month later I had to sent in the secont one... Got my money back on both of those.
4 remained till about 5months in.
now number 1 broke down to above mentioned thermal issued and 3 remain mining 24/7 at reduced +500mhz OC of the memory.
the one whoe broke down most recently will not even mine at stock speed for longer then 30 - 45min. or endure a furmark for more then about 1h.
So I am goind to repaste, apply those Alphacool pads (about 35€ for 100x100x1mm) and then let's see what the temps and performance is then.
I am aiming for at least my initial 60mh/s.
maybe I can push it to +1200mhz or even a little bit more...
If it works - all remaining laptops will receive the same treatment.
Maybe I'll do a video on the process.
Will update on here if I decide to do so...
Did it work well for you?
You earned a subscriber, I really liked your conclusion about whether we should repaste or not.
I couldn't find the Lenovo Manual you mentioned at 18:00, I wish you linked it in the description.
Thank you.
Great video. Really liked the in-depth analysis!
THX, subscribed. Very informative, music made me mad forever. Buying Legion 5 PRO soon, good to see the thick heat-sink. I will go K5 PRO (replacing pads) and Liquid Metal (replacing paste). Greetings from Amsterdam NL _\|/_
glad you find it helpful. thanks for the support😁
I liked the video.
I subscribed.
Keep up the great work, sir!
thanks for watching 😁 glad you found it helpful
Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act prohibits any manufacturer to void a warranty unless they can prove your tampering is what caused the damage. Simply replacing the thermal paste or disassembling the machine is not enough to void any warranty in the U.S., you have to do something like put the long screw in the short hole, use way too much paste (especially if it's electrically conductive like liquid metal), use modular devices that aren't compatible with the product, etc.
Ever seen a "Warranty Void If Removed" tamper resistant sticker on a product? Those are illegal, null, and void in the U.S.
thanks for watching :)
Thank you for answering the questions in the comments.
glad to be of help😁
It appears that the fan casings are held with tiny screws (5:40). Opening the case while mounted is probably an easy way to clean the fan without having the need to unplug it.
OMG you are a pro !!!
Update: just, you have earned a subscriber!
glad you find it helpful. thanks for watching😁
this is truly a godsend
thx man
Thanks for the video! I only have one little screw in surplus. Great success 👌
thanks for watching😁
Hi Mate, thanks for your helpful video. It seems that the improvements that you've done are mostly came from cleaning the dust from the fans. I'm planning to repaste my 7 months old legion 5, but it seems unnecessary for now. Maybe I'll wait for another 5 months. But your video really helps the others if they're want to do the same things later. Lastly, I wish you a speedy recovery.
thanks for watching bro😊
Don't repaste laptop at least for 2 years of usage. And then don't blindly repaste it. Compare stress test results of your unit with results you can find online. If you get similar results, don't waste your time and money on repasting. Remove the back case, clean dust, especially from the fans, that's all you can do. Current pads and pastes can easily last 2-3 years without any performance decrease. Easily.
@@micha8469 hi, actually when i first got my legion 5, i think my temps for the gpu were going up to 86 and cpu above 90. Just 2 months back, i gave it for servicing, i told them to just clean the fans and not apply thermal paste and it was still giving the same temps but it gained it much slower. Now its doing the same thing and my temps for cpu is going above 96 but its not going above 100 and the gpu is throttling at 87 degrees in just 10 mins. Should i repaste the cooler? like only the gpu and cpu die. And which paste because i dont know if i can get the ptm 7950.
Thanks, used your video as a reference to clean my fans.
thanks for watching. glad you find it useful😁
Very Good Video, thanks. 3 Days ago i bought a new Legion 5 with Ryzen 4600h, RTX2060, 8gb ram, 80wh Battery and 512Nvme for ... 870$, brand new of course :) So i think this is very cheap price for this Laptop.
Thanks for watching. Agreed, that's a good deal. especially with the laptop pricing nowadays😊
When you get it, tell me it isn't great I cant be the only one who loves it so much
wow that's disgustingly cheap! I envy US for having cheap laptops :(((
that spec is around 1283$ USD worth of IDR here in Indonesia. but even that is already considered somewhat cheap, because many of 2060 laptops are above 1386$ USD.
Oh... That's why it was so cheap.... It's only got 8gb ram (4gb+4gb) lol
Cuz the 2060 models I've see are WAY ABOVE $1K.
You got a GREAT deal!
I have just replaced and cleaned my lenovo logion 5i after 3 years and I highly recommend you to do so if you have thermal throttling like I had. Also it was very easy to replace thermal paste of legion 5i with propper precautions and equipments.
Which thermal paste did you use and what are your temps in stress test
@@tinosqindis1184 I used mx6 and my temps are aprox 75-80 in stress test
Great video. I experienced the same thermal issue with my Legion 5 after repasting with MX4, but then I repasted again with Thermalright TFX and the temps are now 10 - 15 °C lower. For better results, the TFX has a curing time around 3 days.
thanks for watching😁 that's a pretty decent improvement. I might try repasting with other brands of paste, few people also report better results with other pastes.
It was not a legion 5 gen 6 right ?
I think also grizzly hydronaut if u want less manteinance
@@boufftous3000 nope
Maybe you got a fake mx4. There is a lot out there. I bought a fake one but I got the refund.
notes
1. 1660 ti version and above have noticeably bigger gpu heatpipe. this guy has the lowest 1650 ti gpu, thus the heatpipe is small.
2. the fans on 1660 ti n above are not removable n part of the heatsink itself.
3. use kingpin kpx/thermalright tfx for best result since they got low viscosity, hence reducing pump out. apart from that, mx4 will not be able to handle ryzen
How is the mx4 holding? I have heard it oumps out in just a few weeks before having to repaste?
nice vid man! now time to make my legion cleaner as well! btw what's your temps on them? im having max on 82-85 max on gpu coz i have 2060 model!! thanks again!!
thanks for watching. glad you find it helpful
excellent video.. Just a question: can you remove the fans only without removing the main heatsink? so that you only clean the fans without repasting?
hi, thanks for watching. unfortunately one of the screws holding the fan bracket is placed underneath one of the heatpipes(both sides), so if you want to remove the fans you have to remove the heatsink. somebody did mention in previous comments that you can actually remove the case of the fans by undoing some small screws, I never tried that.
However if you just want to clean the fans without removing the cooler, I suggest using on old toothbrush to clean the dust off the fans. it works for me.
hope this helps.
@@masterofnone4608 In the video it appears none of the screws are under the heatpipe? you can remove the screw in the corner and pull it maybe?
@@ozgurdogan5443 yes. sorry, what I meant is the bracket holding the fan is underneath the heatpipe. i suppose that may work, unfortunately I just sold my Legion 5😅 so I have no way to check if that'll work.
Thank you for this great video! How is the thermal paste/temps these days? Did you repaste again yet?
thanks for watching. glad you found it helpful. the temps were actually fine, but I did repaste it again with thermal grizzly kroyonaut just because people are saying how much better it is, to see if it's really that good.
now in the middle of editing the video. hopefully will be finished soon😅
@@masterofnone4608 how the result Sir?
@@masterofnone4608 Is thermal grizzly worth it ?
have you ever replace your stock thermal pads with the new one?
The left and right exhaust gap is the most difficult to pry. I broke 3 clips when doing it on my own XD
Legion 7i, tho. But it should be similar.
agreed. the sides are annoying to remove.
Same I opened my in the process broke 3clips aswell
Excellent video, thank you!!
thank you so much for this vid!
thanks for watching. glad you found it helpful😁
How often do you recommend pasting and I'm kinda searching for the Honeywell ptm7950 pad size for my Lenovo Legion 5 2020
When ever you see your laptop reaching high degree like 90c or even 80c
You should always spread it as a precaution these are bare dies not IHS even a single tiny bit missing can affect temps greatly
if your pc throttling it doesnt mean its a termal paste or dust problem , there is a lot of reason to do so, first reinstall windows before consider
Thank you! Now I have courage to disassemble my lenovo.
oof that's a lot of thermal paste. I wanted to see how much you would use for reference, because i'm sitting here repasting my own legion 5, but damn man you're gonna have a mess to clean up the next time you lift that cooling brick
ha ha. actually it's not too bad. I repaste it twice because the first time I did it, the temps was pretty similar that I thought I put too little paste, but as you said it's actually a bit more than I need. however, it's not so much that it made a great mess😅 thanks for watching😊
Thanks for sharing! Im about to do some maintenance on mine too, but dont know the thickness for the pads, would you recommend the 1.0mm?
hi. thanks for watching. I honestly can help you there. I just reuse the old pads 😅
As a matter of fact, the right thickness is 1mm.
What are the thickness of the thermal pads? I have a Legion 15ach6h, and i don't know the thickness
Be careful with the thickness of the thermal pads, 2mm might be too thick and will stop the heatsink from contacting the cpu/gpu surface properly
Hi, thank you for the video. Wanted to asked you about one think (maybe you know). Recently i've bought a Lenovo Legion 5i with CPU i7-10750H and RTX 2060. Seems pretty tough but when I play Far Cry 5 on max (system suggested that) I get 85-92 CPU temp. Laptop is 4 months old and I also use a cooling pad. Should I be worried about this temps?
hi. thanks for watching😁 the 10750h max temp is rated @ 100 celcius before it starts to throttle down.
There are many factors that influence temperatures, airflow and ambient temps being among them.
based on what you mentioned, that temp range is well within the safety limit of the cpu while it being stressed.
I would be worried if your laptop is consistently operating at that temp on idle(ie just turned on and not doing anything), however if you're gaming it should be fine.
the best way to know whether your temp is normal for for your laptop is to compare with what the temps other people with same laptop experience. nowadays it's easy, just search your laptop on RUclips and I'm pretty sure there's at least a few Legion 5i reviews. you can compare your temps with them. hope this helps😁
@@masterofnone4608 Thanks for answering. Do you know is it possible to overclock this series of laptops?
to overclock, in general you have to have upgraded cooling. that's why there's aftermarket cooler.
with laptops, it's a bit complicated as there's no real after market cooler for laptops.
manufacturers also designed their laptop cooling to extract a certain level of performance and usually there's very little/no more performance that can be squeezed from the processor because cooling limitation.
you also have to start thinking about increased power requirements when overclocking. as most laptop charger is designed to be compact and cost saving, usually the supplied charger will just be enough for the rated performance of the laptop and would not be suitable for overclocking.
so, no. I don't think you going to get any tangible improvement by overclocking your laptop and would probably hv more stability problem.
ha ha. anyway, this is just a long winded way of saying I don't think the Legion 5i(or any laptop for that matters) was built with overclocking in mind.
hope this helps😁
@@masterofnone4608 Many thanks. This is very important information for me, because no matter how much do you read about gaming laptop it never enough. Now i've read about different processes like undervolting and still try to guess does it need something like that.
@@recreator9755 undervolting is more to do with getting the temperatures in check, than any boost in performance. boost in performance(if any) when undervolting is mainly due to improved temp that lead to less thermal throttling ie you getting a more consistent and sustained frequency. not exactly the same as overclocking. hope this helps😁
Is it critical that after tightening the screws on a heatsink they stick out a bit? I tighten them all the way gradually according to numbers and still they stick out about 1-2 mm
Did you clean the grilled or ventilator? Usually the dust block the vent.
i did. thanks for watching.
Very helpfull here is a sub
What bit size did you use for the spring loaded screws?
hi. thanks for watching. can't exactly remember which one's which, but only two bits used ph0 and ph1
thank you kindly for this video guide.
thanks for watching. hope you find it helpful😊
use thermal grizzly kryonaut , it has the high thermal conductance at 12.7 W/mK ♥️♥️♥️♥️ , while your MX4 is like 4.7W/mK, but still good ♥️♥️♥️
thanks😁 I probably try that one next time.
Was there any temp improvement compared to the stock thermal paste?
@@miroslavmartinek522 i applied some to my friends asus tuf laptop , since the TUF gaming laptops have little to no vents , it overheats like hell 🔥🔥🔥
94°C was the maximum , repasting with Kryonaut brought maximum temps down to 83°C ♥️♥️
that was for the CPU , GPU had like a 4 degree drop..
@@JoshuaG Ok, thanks a lot
@@miroslavmartinek522 the effectiveness of the paste depends how much or how little you apply to it.
What i did was just a little simple dot of paste and thats it 😊
It's pretty obvious to me that manufacturers use quite the blob when it comes to paste. Every time I've ever done a reapplication, the surface is completely covered and oozing off the sides. Theres a lot of misconceptions about whats a proper amount it seems.
Which thermal paste u still recommend?
thank you bro. Your explaination is very clear to me. Appreciate.
glad to be of help. thanks for watching
Underrated
thanks for watching :)
Brother I don't want to mess up with thermal paste area so can I just open the fans so that I can clean them without opening that thermal paste cover
I hope you understand my query
hi. you can clean the fans using old toothbrush without taking off the cooler. however if you want to remove the fans for more thorough cleaning, unfortunately you do have to remove the cooler. hope this helps.
@@masterofnone4608 ok bro
hey I have to same model, RTX 2060 intel version, i was wondering where the LCD cable connector is? I have 3 black horizontal lines at the bottom of my screen and people recommend checking that cable and making sure its connected, if you know how to fix the issue aswell i'd appreciate it.
hi. sorry for taking a while. the lcd ribbon cable is located at the top right, near the cpu. you have to remove the heat sink and fans to be able to fully access it. you get a good view of the cable at minute 8:31 in the video. unfortunately I don't know how to fix the issue, you can try reseating the cable and see if it helps, or replace the cable if you got one in hand. I suggest to take it to the service center if it's still under warranty. if the screen need replacing it's fairly advanced DIY project which should be performed at your own risk. hope this helps😁 thanks for watching.
What kind of thermal paste is used in this laptop while manufacturing it?
one more question do u think ifixit essentials are good for this job? or do u reccomend anything other?(i am from greece)
hi. to be honest I'm not too familiar with the ifixit essential kit, but being an ifixit kit I'd assume it's of decent quality.
to be fair, you really just need a standard Phillips screw driver and some plastic picks or pry tools(if you care about not scratching the back panel). you also may need some micro fibre cloth and alcohol wipe to clean the old paste.
I'd just use whatever I have lying around, and wouldn't go out of my way to get the ifixit kit just for this. however, if you already have the kit in hand, I imagine it would do the job well.
hope this helps 😊
@@masterofnone4608 ok thanks alot for your answer
🔥Думаю моя инфа порадует всех владельцев "Легионов"! И так, для CPU и GPU берём Honeywell 7950 - это та самая заводская термопаста в виде прокладки. И вместо всех терм. прокладок ставим - жидкие Laird 607. И будет вам счастье! Я перепробовал все топовые пасты и прокладки - ноль эмоций...Только эта связка работает идеально! Надеюсь кому то помог👍😉
Зачем Laird 607 если ставишь Honeywell 7950?
Great video , but I have a question : When I first bought my legion 5 temperature at gaming was about 85 ( avg ) then I took the device to the warranty center and they repasted it then temperatures decreased to about 75 ( avg ) in the same games , all of this was 7 months ago and now the temp. exceeds 90 I doubt they used a bad type of thermal paste that dried on the cpu (i710750h) , gpu (rtx 2060 ) and I am willing to buy an arctic mx 4 and return to the warranty center to repaste the laptop again am I right ? and thanks in advance
hi. thanks for watching. I honestly cant tell you whether the problem is due to the thermal paste . however, before repasting I personally would try cleaning the fans and vents. The temperature increase may just be due to dust accumulation. hope this helps.
@@masterofnone4608 Thanks for your interest, this really may be because of dust accumulation and also I forgot to mention that the room temperature is from 35 to 40 when the laptop temperature rises to 90 in gaming
@@SupermathsMSS yeah. I also noticed my laptop run a few degrees higher than most reviews on RUclips(most are from colder countries), I believe because the ambient temp is higher(I live in Malaysia, tropical country and my room got no air conditioning😅)
@@masterofnone4608 totally agree with you , my room also have no air conditioning and sometimes the temp reaches 45 as a result should I repaste the laptop each summer ? Is repasting related to a regular specific time or only by observing Temps ?
@@SupermathsMSS hello sir we have the same problem. I just want to ask if you did repaste you laptop already ?
Bro please tell which screwdriver set you used to open your laptop...?
bro. I just used a non branded multi bit screw driver. it's not even magnetized(hence I had to attach a magnet to it😅). it's some cheap screw driver kit that you can find in most hardware stores. it's usually labelled as phone/electronic repair kit or something.
Hello, I hope you're doing well. I've got a question about micro stuttering while playing some games. Some times when I played some games such as Genshin Impact, Apex Legends, Assassin's Creed Unity, Atelier Ryza series and Devil May Cry 5, I felt a bit stuttering and even worse my fps dropped between 5-15 fps in some cases. I tried to looking for the solution such as reinstalling the AMD driver or check the Lenovo Vantage setting, but it seems neither of them works. I never tried to overclocking or undervolting my hardware, and I already clean and repaste my thermal paste on march this year. Im using the R5 4600H and GTX 1650 (non ti) unit, also I used medium-low graphic setting on those games except for DMC 5 I used the highest setting because it already plays above 60 fps. So if you have any solution for my problem, that would be nice.
Sorry if my Grammar so bad, my native language isn't English.
hi. thanks for watching😊 unfortunately I never play the games you mentioned(I usually play much older games as they're cheaper on steam😅) , so I have no idea whether they would behave the same on my laptop.
I don't really know what causes the stuttering/dropped frames.
However, I can just think of one thing that may(or may not) help. did you disable the hybrid mode? you can disable it in lenovo vantage software and it will require a restart. disabling hybrid(optimus) mode will cause your laptop to use the discreet graphic card only rather than letting your laptop decide to switch between the integrated graphics and the discreet graphics according to demand.
I mean that's the only thing I can think of. if you already turned hybrid mode off(which I'm pretty sure you did, the fact that u repasted ur laptop and did the standard driver reinstalls tells me you're not the average user) then I'm not really sure what's causing the issues.
hope this helps. thanks😊
btw, you're grammar is pretty good. much better than mine anyways. I'm also not a native English speaker😉
Hey i had the same problem some time ago.The way you can fix it is by disabling performance mode while playing games.The shortcut for doing this is fn + Q. You can tell which mode youre on by the color on the power button.If its red youre on performance mode and if its white youre on normal mode. Dont worry about the blue one.Just make sure that the light is white while playing games. This will fix the fps drops. Im not sure if it actually lowers the performace of the laptop but for me normal mode is just fine and im getting the same fps. Hope it helps!
@@masterofnone4608 Thank you for the reply, Unfortunately I already disable the Hybrid mode and I also trying using the Studio Driver and Game Ready Driver in Nvidia setting. Both seems doesn't really affects the gameplay so I turn it back to Game Ready. And when I consulted it to my senior at college, he said that I should trying to uninstall the AMD driver. At some cases it does reduces the stuttering than before. Ah and thank you for the praise, it boosts my confidence a lot.
@@lukskiller5850 Thank you for the reply, actually I already played with Auto mode (white light). So I tried to uninstall the AMD driver and actually it helps to reduces the Stuttering a bit. And actually I've tried to uses performance mode and compared it to Auto mode, and there is no difference on FPS while playing, but when I tried to record with OBS, the performance mode fan noises is louder than the auto mode. Maybe it's just my unit?, anyways thanks for the Information. I thought that playing games with auto mode is wrong for gaming laptops.
laptops are just meant to be hot but this was good work to keep it lasting.
thanks for watching😁
When you should change the thermal paste and how do you know that it needs to change?
hi. thanks for watching. there's no definite timing for when you shoud change the thermal paste. usually the stock thermal paste would last a good couple of years before showing any sign of deterioration. if you start to notice your laptop doesnt perform as well as when you bought it, its probably time to change the paste (or clean the fan and vents). Sometimes people repaste to squeeze a bit more performance out of their laptop. hope this helps.
@@masterofnone4608 it sure does. Thanks! 👊🏼
I wonder wandering the 3 years of dust and stonehenge thermal paste.
Literally just bought my legion 7 3060 Ryzen 7 5800h two days ago and whenever I run apex on max settings it runs great, over 100fps, but my Ryzen is always at 93-94 Celsius. Should I take it somewhere to get looked at or is this normal even for a brand new laptop. I run my laptop on performance mode with performance fans on too.
hi thanks for watching. I'm currently running a Legion 5 pro with a 5800h and 3070. unfortunately my cpu can also peaked to over 90 degrees celcius during cpu intensive application. however the laptop cooling does a fairly good job to bring down the temp to around 85 degrees or so.
performance mode not only cause the fans to spin faster, it also pump more power into the cpu and gpu. so don't be surprised that temperatures are higher in performance mode. for example, my laptop in auto mode gpu has power envelope of around 75w and temperatures hovers around 65 degrees. in performance mode it receive around 120w and temperatures is around 85 degrees celcius., this is despite the fan going full bore.
ambient temp and surrounding ventilation plays a role too. where I live ambient temperature is around 30 degrees, so I expect my laptop temp would be a few degrees higher than reviewers from colder countries.
hope this help.
Yesterday my laptop suddenly stopped working and the charger is working but the laptop doesn't respond
What can I do?
i think the best thing to do is to get it to a lenovo service centre.
i just bought the legion 5 pro i7-11800h 3070 variant few days ago, not satisfied with the temps on the cpu and gpu so i decided to open it up and see it for myself. I was surprised that the stock paste already dried up! i could swipe my finger on it and it crumbles. I clean the eff up all the old paste residue, and replace it with what i have on hand, cooler master cryofuze paste. after i done that, i rerun my heaven benchmark,
points went up 200 extra, and both temps on cpu and gpu no longer reaches 75-80+. cpu chilling at 60+ ish and gpu so far never went above 75c.
So is cooler master cryofuze good? Or gelid gc extreme? I want to know for durability because I don't want to repaste every 2 weeks
@@renegadesg018 for CPU i recommend you use the Honeywell PTM 7950 pad. The stock one came with legion.
for gpu i found best result use Thermalright TFX paste. cryofuze also ok.
Two things for enthusiasts: 1. Undervolting CPU. 2. Liquid metal will decrease temperature around 5-7oC but not without risks.
ha ha. not brave enough for liquid metal. need more courage😉
@@masterofnone4608 Liquid metal 1. Can be used with copper and nickel but with some other metals can cause corrosion 2. Typically around core the transistors have to be covered with varnish for isolation, because LM is electrically conductive 3. I would check device after 6 months cause you might need to add some LM. ;)
@@masterofnone4608 I did it on PS4 Pro, Xbox One X, RX 5700 and RX 570. Never had an issue. :)
what program or bios for undervolting CPU?
Undervolting dropperd temps from 85-90 celsius to 70. Ryzen 5800H
Waalaikumsalam, nice channel bro!
thanks for watching😁
but what is that paste called i wanna know? and how much it boost the performance despite tanking warrenty?
FYI i have the same laptop 1650 version curious
hi. I used artic mx4 thermal compound. unfortunately for me, repasting did not improve temperature that much. not sure whether other thermal compound brand would yield better results. hope this helps. thanks for watching😁
Hey, i got Lenovo AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX (16C / 32T, 2.5 / 5.4GHz, 16MB L2 / 64MB L3) any chance if i repast the temps will go lower? the 7945HX runs pretty hot under load average 80-95c
Specs:
CPU
AMD Ryzen™ 9 7945HX (16C / 32T, 2.5 / 5.4GHz, 16MB L2 / 64MB L3)
GPU
NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 4070 8GB GDDR6, Boost Clock 2175MHz, TGP 140W
Memory
32GB, 2x 16GB SO-DIMM DDR5-5200
Storage
1TB SSD M.2 2280 PCIe® 4.0x4 NVMe®
Display
Size
16"
Resolution
WQXGA (2560x1600)
Touch
None
Type
IPS
Brightness
500 nits
Surface
Anti-glare
Refresh rate 240Hz, DisplayHDR 400, Dolby Vision, AMD FreeSync, NVIDIA G-SYNC, TÜV Low Blue Light, TÜV High Gaming Performance
Multimedia
Audio Chip
High Definition (HD) Audio, Realtek ALC3306 codec
Speakers
Stereo speakers, 2W x2, optimized with Nahimic Audio
Microphone
Dual-microphone array
Camera
FHD 1080p, with E-shutter, fixed focus
Connectivity
Ethernet
Gigabit Ethernet, 1x RJ-45
WLAN + Bluetooth
Wi-Fi 6E, 802.11ax 2x2 Wi-Fi + Bluetooth 5.1, M.2 card
Ports
Standard Ports
3x USB 3.2 Gen 1
1x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (Always On)
1x USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 (support data transfer and DisplayPort 1.4)
1x USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 (support data transfer, Power Delivery 140W and DisplayPort 1.4)
1x HDMI 2.1, up to 8K/60Hz
1x Ethernet (RJ-45)
1x Headphone / microphone combo jack (3.5mm)
1x Power connector
Keyboard
4-Zone RGB Backlit, Hebrew
Power
Battery
Integrated Li-Polymer 80Wh battery, supports Super Rapid Charge Pro
Power Adapter
300W slim tip (3-pin) AC adapter, 100-240V, 50-60Hz
Thank you
hi. in simple terms. your system won't be any significantly cooler. it just that by repasting the system will be more efficient. ie your system will still reach the same load temp of 80-95, but you will get better performance at that temp.
this is simply because that's the way the system is designed. the laptop will continue to pump more power and go faster as long as there's still thermal headroom. hope this helps.
@@masterofnone4608 Thank you for the reply. I've repasted my CPU and GPU with Noctua's thermal paste the factory thermal wasnt good. thanks for your feedback
You should show us how you place termopads
thanks for watching. I didn't replace the thermopads. just reused the factory applied ones.
which ssd u r using in that secondary slot. can u please share the link
Too bad you didn't see much improvement.
I always repaste my electronics right after I buy them. That cement they fish out of some radioactive pond in China and use as a thermal paste is a joke. So many RMA cases, time, money and environment could've been saved if manufacturers just used real paste. Imagine how many laptops getting bad review scores because of shitty thermals when in fact pretty much all of them (that of course do not have a bad thermal solution altogether) could be solved easily by just repasting with real compound.
My PS4 and PS5 both sounded like jet fighters, because the factory "paste" was so bad that it wasn't able to transfer heat efficient enough making the sensors thinking its hotter than it actually was, turning the fans up to max.
Now it's dead silent, hardly even ramps up anymore at all after a repaste. I just repasted my Legion 5, still analyzing it though.
I'm going to replace thermal paste and pads on my Lenovo legion 5 Gen 6 (i bought 32 GB of faster RAM 3200 CL20 so i though why not? Once i open the PC let's do the full work) and bought Noctua NT-H2 and Thermal Pads with 17 N/m*K
Your video Will be so useful when the components Will arrive!
thanks for watching😁
How did you know what size of pads to go with?
And did the pads help?
@@Morri88 for the size of pads I looked on internet, and if I am not wrong 1 mm should do the trick but I don't remember. Yeah they helped, the temperatures are exactly the same, but fans are quieter most of the time and frequencies are more consistent.
should i disconnect the battery first ?
What did you have the lenovo vantage fan profile set to? I wonder if they have their fan profiles set to a standard that conforms with the expected results of the paste they use from the factory. That could defiantly counter act any improvements the paste is making, if the system is waiting longer to kick the fans on. Better fan controls would be nice. I only need my laptop to be quiet in class. It can get as loud as it wants if I'm gaming.
hi thanks for watching. For the stress test I put the laptop in auto(balanced) mode. I did run the stress test in performance mode but temps were running over 100 degrees too often with very little clock speed gain. by my estimate running the system in performance mode will gain you approx 10% performance in exchange for more heat and fan noise.
personally I don't feel the trade off is worth it. So I run the system in auto mode as it's probably more representative of how most people would use the laptop.
again, in quite mode you'd expect a quiter system with less performance.
hope this answers your question. thanks😊
@@masterofnone4608 , interesting! Very interesting.
@@masterofnone4608 Do u have any other tips for laptop ?and do u think a begginer could do the repaste alone?
@@Kaantop7 hi. thanks for watching. not much tips apart from be patient and take your time and of course use plastic pry tools 😊
yeah, I think an inexperienced person can repaste. especially in the Legion 5, where lenovo did make this laptop quite user upgradable friendly. main thing is, again take your time and be reasonable with it.
watch how people do it(not just me) until you're confident enough and then attempt it yourself.
Don't rush and take your time. to be honest most challenging part for me is really taking the back panel off😅
once that's done. everything else should be easy.
hope this helps. thanks
Hey there, thanks for making this video, I was looking for it because my laptop is getting very hot, but I am really scared to do anything on my laptop and I'm scared to give my laptop on cleaning, they can do anything to it, anyways, thank you for this video!
thanks for watching. glad you found the video helpful😁
How often should I do this if I'm using my laptop for gaming?
Do we apply thermal pads to the RAM?
I have a question. My fan sometimes didnt kick in when i play heavy games.. how to fix that?
hi. the way most cooling system works, is the fan only ramp up when needed. that's why even when launching heavy games(or any load for that matters) the fan don't necessarily would ramp up.
However, if the fans don't spin leading to your cpu to overheat and throttles itself, this would point to something more serious. if it still under warranty I would get it checked up.
unless you ever unplug the fan cable, please ensure they plugged back in properly. ha ha.
hope this helps.
Do you know how to fix the laptop? I kinda changed the thermal paste but it wont turn on. Any way to fix it?
Salam, is it possible to remove only the fans without removing the heat pipes so I can just clean the fans and maybe spray some compressed air to the heat sink fins?
waalaikumsalam. unfortunately not. the heat sink/pipes do go over some of the screws and fan bracket. to remove the fan(s) you have to remove the cooler.
However, you can clean the fans(even use compessed air) without removing them, but that would mean you are only cleaning one side of the fan(s). Hope this helps.
Thanks for watching :)
Hi mate, its actually possible to remove fans without removing the heat pipes. You need to unscrew 3 screws cover on the fan. Then you can take the fan blades, but be careful because its a little bit tricky to remove the fan cover.
And be careful not to lose the screw, because they are sooo small, haha
@@kuntodarpito learn something new everyday. thanks👍
Does this void warranty? Does it damage a sticker that keeps your warranty active?
hi. thanks for watching. for the Legion 5, at least my one, there's no warranty stickers. so technically unless there's very obvious handling damage or you actually tell them what you did, the warranty should still be valid. However this may vary from region to region, so you probably should check on lenovo's local warranty policies. hope this helps, thanks 😊
I wanna ask something. I have ryzen 7 5800h and rtx3060 model legion 5. It has been 3 months but it looks dirty. Can i clean the dust without removing anything? (i mean just the back panel ofc) Maybe with some air or brush like you did?
yup. you can. just use a small brush(I use an old tooth brush) to get the dust off the fan blades and us some compressed air(i used and electrc air compressor(pumpl for inflatable pools) to get it off the motherboard. hope you find this helpful. thanks for watching 😁
My 5800h is reaching 100 degrees and throttling, the gpu reaches between 90-92~ degrees. I hope repasting works for me... I did clean a little bit the fans but I'll try now with a toothbrush
Really helpful
is it me or i cant unscrew 5 and 6, should I force it or what?
what do you mean? you can't unscrew it at all? they are captive screws, so shouldn't need to unscrew completely. however, first time unscrewing does require a bit of force. hope this helps?
hi, i bought my laptop 4 months ago, and when i am playing games, the temps reach 95C, it is preforming well how ever, but am worried about long term. should i repaste, putting in mind i have no experience on how to do this. ty
hi. my laptop normally hovers around 85 degrees when playing games and have brief spikes(few seconds) of sometimes up to 106 degrees. despite this all core clock never throttles to base clock(usually all core clock hovers around 3.7ghz)
In the video, when I stressed the cpu synthetically the temps mostly run around 92 degrees with brief spikes of up to 106 degrees. in this scenario the cpu never throttled.
I agree, not the most ideal temperatures but it is well within the limits of the cpu as per amd. yeah, running the cpu at lower temps would be ideal but I believe this is what the cooler is capable of.
to answer your question, do I think repasting would improve situation, probably not. at least not to any significant degree. esp since the laptop is only 4 months old. it's unlikely that the thermal paste has degrade that much.
I would imagine cleaning the fans probably would do more good. depending on where and how you use the laptop, the likelihood of dust has build up on the fans causing airflow restrictions is probably more than thermal paste gone bad.
I mean if you really worried about long term effect of high temps, try looking into undervolting the cpu. I mean, I personally don't have much experience with undervolting but I suppose it's an alternative that you can consider.
hope this helps.
@@masterofnone4608 ty very much
@@masterofnone4608 fake. dont work . you are spam
@@masterofnone4608 same thing with my legion 5, brief spikes to 106c. got me worried so I cleaned them fans and vents and changed the gpu and cpu thermal paste after exactly a year but not much of a difference it still reached 105c sometimes then hovers to 87c to 95c depending on the game but I noticed it's only doing that if I'm playing while it's plugged in. On battery gaming it sticks around 85c to 90c with brief spikes to 98c. I'm not using any cooling pads, just an open stand that elevates my laptop for better airflow. Are your results same whether you're playing on battery or plugged in?
@@armanddavid952 hi. thanks for watching. technically when gaming on battery by definition the power draw to the cpu/gpu is limited. therefore the temperature would be much more under controlled.
However, when plugged in the cpu/gpu is allowed to draw higher power, leading to better performance and of course higher temperatures.
most of the time unless you really looking for it, or have monitoring ongoing you won't notice the slight reduced performance while on battery.
I myself very rarely do any gaming on battery as it drained too quickly to get my gaming fix😅
I hv an upcoming video where I attempted another repaste and do a more detailed analysis on the temp behavior. hopefully it'll be done in the next week or so.
hope this helps.
Hi. I recently took my legion 5 laptop to service centre and changed the thermal paste and pads but its showing 110c while playing games !!!! What should I do???
What thermal paste did you use? This is a great video but the only thing im not recommending is the use of thermal paste other than PTM7950
My legion keeps crashing on every single game it says GPU driver shit. Does that mean I have to repaste mine as well? Thanks appreciate the reply.
I believe the correct first action would be updating the driver first.
@@masterofnone4608 You have no idea how many windows reinstall / driver reinstall I did with the DDU shit man so annoying can't play games on a gaming laptop xd
@@wonderbopeep64 sorry to hear about that. repasting really is for getting better(slight) cooling performance. it does nothing to driver issues. however, if you believe the crash is due to uncontrolled temps, repasting may help. but if it the driver issues persist despite reinstalls, i highly recommend you get your laptop looked at by a professional. i don't believe i can be much help beyond that without actually seeing your laptop myself. hope things'll work out for you.
@@masterofnone4608 awesome thanks man. will check in next month for professionals to actually look at it.
@@wonderbopeep64 hope things turn up well for you.
sir do you need to remove the plug of battery before applying the paste?
thanks for watching. yes, ideally, if you're doing anything with the back panel open you should unplug the battery. this is to minkmize the risk of shorting something out. Im quite guilty of not unplugging the battery many times, but do as I say, rather than as I do😅
Thanks u, u help me kind dude
Hello! While replacing the thermal interface, the sticker that was around the GPU fell off. (that shiny thing around GPU)
how can i replace it? should i do it?
the font you are using is hard to read sometimes and in general it's a bit much text to read in this video.
A little bit too much TIM on the GPU die, but it's okay. And actually, MX-4 is not that great for laptops because it's not thick enough and quite liquidy so it might cause a pump out. Be sure to use something a little bit thicker next time you repaste it. Cheers
What about Grizzly hydronaut?
Great video tnx mate
have u considered removing paint from heatsink its proven that it retains heat
thanks for watching. no, I really haven't consider that. however, don't think it'll make that much of a difference. the contact surfaces and heatsinks are actually not painted. the heat pipes are painted but trying to scratch off the heat pipes would probably cause more problems. 😅 hope this helps
@@masterofnone4608 Yeah but there must be some solvent that melts the paint off JayzTwoCents
did an experiment and the temps went up a few degrees and is not the only video that i've seen ruclips.net/video/B1VmtuddYnE/видео.html
I have same laptop as u do but with the 2060 the newer version
Its the best laptop i've ever had.
Temps started to creep up, ill repaste it soon
I am sure i will remove the paint of the heatsink at some point
Mx4 good thermal for legion 5?
hi. thanks for watching. as far as my testing goes. it's as good as the factory one. the difference is around 1-2 degrees celcius at most.
@@masterofnone4608 used mx now my temps before were Like going to 93/94 now its 80/82 really nice
Hey how long did that mx4 stay durable? I'm planning to get gelid gc extreme because I can't buy the ptm paste