My laptop fan died and the thermal paste melted on the cpu causing it to not touch the heat sink. Since then the laptop will not turn on because it heats up. Alctually it has turned on several times even all the way to windows login. Now it shuts off fast or dows not turn on. I bought a new fan to replace the faulty one. I think it would probably start if the thermal paste what reapplied. What do you think and what is the best thermal paste to use? Where to buy it?
flashdudette 0 Newbie Poster
jbennet 1,618 Most Valuable Poster Team Colleague Featured Poster
PCWorld or maplin, somewhere like that
go for the expenive ones, they work better
the key is : you dont need much, a pea sized amount max
flashdudette 0 Newbie Poster
I'll try that - I am impatient though - Would the one from Radioshark
work good enough? it is:
StarTech.com Silicone Heatsink Paste
flashdudette 0 Newbie Poster
Well - I just tried it - Put a pea size on the cpu - The laptop turned on for 1 sec and shut down. So maybe this was not the only problem. :(
dcc 88 Posting Virtuoso
Did you clean both surfaces before applyintg the thermal compound?
You may have cooked the CPU.
jbennet 1,618 Most Valuable Poster Team Colleague Featured Poster
maybe the cpu got permanently damaged before :(
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