A lot of the OEM thermal pastes “expire” in 2-3 years; maybe 4 if you’re lucky. If you’ve never opened it up and it’s LONG out of warranty, what I would do is dust the fan/heatsink and put some fresh thermal paste on to rule out a common problem.
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A lot of the OEM thermal pastes “expire” in 2-3 years; maybe 4 if you’re lucky. If you’ve never opened it up and it’s LONG out of warranty, what I would do is dust the fan/heatsink and put some fresh thermal paste on to rule out a common problem. It doesn’t ever seem to matter what it is - even if I pick up a used laptop the second I take that heatsink off the paste is dried up and dead.
Personally I would use Artic MX-4 instead of Artic Silver 5 like iFixit sells because I’ve found AS5 to not cure right and in “nuisance” devices, it can be annoying to fix again with a good paste. However, the Articlean they sell is worth using. I would class these as nuisance devices due to the work needed to get to the thermal paste.
The [guide|89185|guide for the heatsink/fan] can be found here and the thermal paste I recommend can be [https://www.amazon.com/ARCTIC-MX-4-Compound-Micro-particles-Durability/dp/B0795DP124/|found here].
A lot of the OEM thermal pastes “expire” in 2-3 years; maybe 4 if you’re lucky. If you’ve never opened it up and it’s LONG out of warranty, what I would do is dust the fan/heatsink and put some fresh thermal paste on to rule out a common problem.
Personally I would use Artic MX-4 instead of Artic Silver 5 like iFixit sells because I’ve found AS5 to not cure right and in “nuisance” devices, it can be annoying to fix again with a good paste. However, the Articlean they sell is worth using. I would class these as nuisance devices due to the work needed to get to the thermal paste.
The [guide|89185|guide for the heatsink/fan] can be found here and the thermal paste I recommend can be [https://www.amazon.com/ARCTIC-MX-4-Compound-Micro-particles-Durability/dp/B0795DP124/|found here].