Solved Acer Aspire thermal paste

[Quick Grey Fox]

Recently I took my fan and heat sink out. After cleaning them I put them back. I am a novice (obviously) and never heard of heat paste until I was warned that I should have used it. I never saw any traces of any when I dismantled it so that thought never occurred to me.

I do have "CORE TEMP" installed and my laptop is running well well within the cool range. Should I go back in after purchasing some heat paste and apply it?

 

[Kipper]

hello quick, welcome to the forums

Did you remove the CPU fan and heatsink or the chassis fan?

CoreTemp is measuring the processor temps so I doubt you pulled that apart. If you notice the laptop getting hotter than normal on your lap then you might take a second look at what you did have apart; it could have had a thermal pad instead of the paste.

 

[mjf]

Should I go back in after purchasing some heat paste and apply it?

Yes
You can use a different brand but have a look here (Artic Silver is a good product)
Arctic Silver, Inc. - Intel® Application Methods
Don't apply too much!!!

You will need to clean the top of your CPU and heatsink Cooler. Use an Artic Silver type cleaner or high purity isopropyl alcohol (I think drug stores in the US sell it). ~99.5%+ purity. Paper coffee filters are excellent lint free cleaners.

 

[Quick Grey Fox]

Thanks guys...I know as much about hardware as I do my 3 exwives ...
that's why I'm divorced 3 times LOL

all I know is I took out a small fan and an "L" shaped heat sink with fins.

It was only a matter of a dozen or so screws altogether, so I guess I'll take
a better look. If I send u a pic will it help?

 

[mjf]

OK I didn't realize it was a laptop so I have not actually performed the exercise of reapplying thermal paste to the laptop just the Acer Aspire desktop. This service manual may assist:
tim.id.au/laptops/acer/aspire%205920g.pdf

I think the basic principles apply but a dozen screws seems on the high side. I would have thought the heatsink and fan assembly would come out as one piece.

Send a pic.

 

[Quick Grey Fox]

a dozen included those holding the back cover on LOL there were 3 for the fan and 5 for the "heat sink"...how do I send you a pic? I looked quickly thru the service manual but it doesn't seem to put any emphasis on the fan and heat sink.

 

[gregrocker]

How to apply thermal grease on laptop processor >> Inside my laptop
How to take apart Acer Aspire 5520 laptop >> Inside my laptop
http://forum.notebookreview.com/har...how-correctly-apply-thermal-grease-cpu-2.html



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[Layback Bear]

I would use this.
Arctic Silver Incorporated - Route to Product Instructions for Arctic Silver 5
Then pick what laptop processor you have and do it there way.
To much compound can also make it overheat.
Artic Silver has been do this sense Mosses was wearing dippers.

 

[Quick Grey Fox]

Thank you. Thanks to you and others the job is now complete.

Quite a little education for me.

Chet

 

[gregrocker]

Glad to hear it's a success Chet. I'm about to do an older Compaq laptop myself. You've given me motivation.

 

[Quick Grey Fox]

and special thanks to Greg who made me aware this stuff was even a consideration !

YOU'RE THE BEST !!!

 

[Quick Grey Fox]

I posted a couple pics from where I needed to apply it. Once I knew to look for it, it was really fairly simple.

 

[gregrocker]

See how much you've learned, Chet? Thanks for the pics.

 

[Quick Grey Fox]

and I still have a long way to go...was just thinking today that computer hardware might be a thing I'd really enjoy...any advice?

 

[gregrocker]

Good, I can bring my hardware to you then. I avoid it whenever possible. I am a Win7 man.

 

[Quick Grey Fox]

LOL deal!

 

[Layback Bear]

Glad to hear it's a success Chet. I'm about to do an older Compaq laptop myself. You've given me motivation.

Stand back folks. gregrocker with motivation could be dangerous.

 

[gregrocker]

Naw, I feel right at home with the video tutorial I found where the guy gets frustrated and starts ranting while tearing the parts out.

 

[mjf]

I think the surface spread technique is well described here
http://www.arcticsilver.com/intel_application_method.html#

 

[Quick Grey Fox]

Thank you. The paste I got was much much more fluid and I used it sparingly. I didn't have a lot of faith in that "instructor's" teachings