[nmglug] Replacing Thermal Compound

[Rob Haag]

I do know the feeling, I spent way too much on a 'netbook' a few years ago.

As for my main workstation, it has an absurd amount of power for what I do.
Quad Core, 10gb ram, etc, etc. For a while (at a point a while back) it
seemed to be really slow and un-responsive. I have become used to seemingly
instant response, so this was irritating. It turned out that the large
capacity drive in my SATA bay is one of those 'green' western digital units
(green=sleepy.. which = slow) and was causing the system to become
sluggish... a lot. Also it's bus speed is around 1/10th of what my two
other drives have. Once I realized this, I stopped mounting it unless I
want something from it. It's used like attic/basement storage anyhow, but
this made a huge difference in performance (not having it mounted). The
point of that long story was to say that sometimes a better performing hard
drive can (sometimes) make a really big difference to performance as disk
I/O can possibly make the system wait for stuff a lot.

Rob Haag

On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 10:21 PM, BrianO'Keefe <okeefe at cybermesa.com> wrote:

> **
> Thanks for the tips-all helpful. As I wrote, this model seems to be absent
> as far as the how-tos. I downloaded a manual which is useless. Tons of
> how-tos on higher grade Toshiba satellites. Maybe mine, the cheapest at the
> time, is supposed to be disposable? James at Gremlin Computers said that my
> Celeron processor was sort of like a straight 4 compared to a V-8! I'm
> hurt, hurt I say!!
>
> Brian
>
>
> On 06/01/2012 09:35 AM, Rob Haag wrote:
>
> Doing a google search for "take apart [laptop model]" almost always turns
> up something useful, videos in many cases.
>
>  Also, as a tip, lighter fluid (naptha) removes thermal compound really
> well and I always keep rubbing alcohol on my bench in a spray bottle. The
> alcohol (diluted with a bit of water) I use for just about every use were I
> need a solvent or cleaner. The alcohol will remove the thermal paste too,
> but not as well as lighter fluid. If you do use lighter fluid then clean up
> after with some alcohol.
>
> On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 11:17 AM, scott.gamble <gamblesc at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> In regards to disassembly - cleaning and replacing thermal compound /
>> laptop computers.
>> I am not an expert but I have replaced the thermal compound on my laptop
>> 4 times. I have also taken apart two other laptops.
>>
>> It all depends on the design and build quality of the machine. On my big
>> Asus it is just 4 screws and the back panel is off and I have easy full
>> access to everything in like 3 minuets.  I just had to completely
>> disassemble my son's budget range Lenovo laptop not a Thinkpad a cheap
>> plastic model and It was
>> a nasty  job, I did not like the design and had to strip the machine down
>> completely to fix the power socket that had gotten pushed into the laptop.
>>
>> So depending on the design it could take 15 minuets to several hours. Try
>> to find an assembly drawing for your laptop it could be an easy fix :)
>>
>>
>> Scott
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