[Laptop Users Only] How often do you guys repaste your laptops?

How often do you guys repaste your laptops?

  • Yearly

  • Once every 2 years

  • Once every 3 years

  • Once every 4 years

  • Once every 5 years

  • If there's a thermal issue

  • Dafaq is repasting?

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Hyaenidae

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    Once it started to show heating symptomps.arctic mx
    Vote "If there's a thermal issue"

    lap nan danne na,, man me lagadi kara mage pc eka..
    AIO ekk tyenne.. eka lankawata geneddi man galola genawwe,,
    itn mehedi okkama cleaned and repasted




    anik seen eka ubala clean karanne how often cunts?

    You have to repaste when you take out the heatsink to clean it anyway
     
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    Hyaenidae

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    But why do it?
    You have to do it when the factory thermal paste gets dried off or when the heatsinks get clogged with dirt.

    Especially if you're pushing your laptop hard - like running resource-heavy programs like blender or AAA games

    if it ain't broke don't fix it
    Vote "If there's a thermal issue"
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    Hyaenidae

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    lap eke processor eka galawanna puluwanda???thermal paste kiwwe processor ekata thiyana eka ne??
    na na processor, GPU, VRAM, Chipset walata thiyenne, ewai heatsink ekai athare. Heatsink eka galewwoth apahu apply karanna one. Thiyena paste eka gal wunamath apahu apply karanna one clean karala
     
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    Draco Malfoy

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    i did once for my laptop after using almost 5 years, & the process was tedious, since then I didn't want to do it ever again.
    i'm still using that laptop and that thermal pasting was done almost 2 years ago, now it heats like a hot plate again but i still don't want to do it.
    specially considering the age of it, because last time, when i tried to detach fingerprint, touchpad ribbon cable, cable's end (that tiny plastic piece which helps to attach/remove it) came right off because years of heating and dust has fried it. I couldn't get to work it again.
    because of all those stuff i built a desktop pc but the power usage is insane. not very efficient to WFH.
    If I had money i would get a apple lap with M1 chip for Work since it's sealed with no fans inside, i believe it will work for decade without an issue

    btw: i used artic mx-4 thermal paste, it's go to recommendation of pc geeks if you don't want fancy stuff like liquid metal thermal paste.
     

    geethq

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    repaste karanna thermal paste ganiddi amazon eke original store ekenma ganna one aliexpress wage ewain gena paste dala mul dawas tika hodata wada habai tika dawasak yaddi aye throttle wenna gannawa fake shit.
     
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    Hyaenidae

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    because last time, when i tried to detach fingerprint, touchpad ribbon cable, cable's end (that tiny plastic piece which helps to attach/remove it) came right off because years of heating and dust has fried it. I couldn't get to work it again.
    Usually you don't have to take off anything except for the heatsink in order to repaste

    Ah heat sink eka galawala udin paste karala aiyth heatsink eka set karanna thiyenne neda?

    ow ow

    repaste karanna thermal paste ganiddi amazon eke original store ekenma ganna one aliexpress wage ewain gena paste dala mul dawas tika hodata wada habai tika dawasak yaddi aye throttle wenna gannawa fake shit.
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    geethq

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    Monawada hnda brands
    ------ Post added on Sep 29, 2021 at 11:57 AM

    laptops wala high temperatures+ low mounting pressure, desktop wala wage thadata set karanna ba. eka nisa high viscosity thermal paste ekak ganna one.
    godak aya recommend karanne GELID-GC-Extreme, MX4, MX5 wage ewa. grizzly kryonaut wage ewa hariyanne na wadiya
     
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    Draco Malfoy

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    Usually you don't have to take off anything except for the heatsink in order to repaste



    ow ow


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    it totally depend on the laptop model.
    My laptop only allows to remove batt, upgrade ram, hard disk & cmos battery by just remove bottom cover. to repaste had to take whole laptop apart.
     
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    Hyaenidae

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    laptops wala high temperatures+ low mounting pressure, desktop wala wage thadata set karanna ba. eka nisa high viscosity thermal paste ekak ganna one.
    godak aya recommend karanne GELID-GC-Extreme, MX4, MX5 wage ewa. grizzly kryonaut wage ewa hariyanne na wadiya
    Kryonaut 80C walin eha stable na lu neda laptopwala oya low mounting pressure scene eka nisa, e nisa ikmanata degrade wenawalu laptopwala

    it totally depend on the laptop model.
    My laptop only allows to remove batt, upgrade ram, hard disk & cmos battery by just remove bottom cover. to repaste had to take whole laptop apart.
    That sucks... who's the manufacturer and what model is it?
    ------ Post added on Sep 29, 2021 at 12:04 PM
     
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