REMOVE YOUR BATTERY FIRST! Thanks for watching! IF you need some Thermal Paste you can use this link here TG Kryonaut US: amzn.to/37PPfKD Canada: amzn.to/3H9WXRP
Hi Nic, great video! I don't get the part about using a spatula though. I thought you were advising us to use a spatula, but then I don't see you yourself using it. In other words: what is the P method?
@Noa Extreme Jesus, why didn't I get that?! I found confusing descriptions like this while googling: "The p-method improves results by using the same mesh but increasing the displacement field accuracy in each element. This method refers to increasing the degree of the highest complete polynomial (p) within an element without changing the number of elements used. The difference between the two methods lies in how these elements are treated. The h-method uses many simple elements, whereas the p-method uses few complex elements." So, thanks!
My laptop was hot since day one and its been getting hotter every half year or year until it kept shutting down due to temperatures. I watched your video and l just opened my laptop and saw that there was barely any thermal paste on the cpu and the gpu. I used some artcit mx 4 and now its even better than when i bought it by 15-20 degrees so far. An easy job 15 minuets max.
John 3:36 English Standard Version 36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.
@@guitarest452452 DO NOT USE GRIIZZLY!!!! It is only rated for up to 80 degrees and since laptops can get a lot hotter then that with time it will get very bad performance plus it scratches your cpu and gpu die if you don't believe me google it. Just use kingping KPX or thermalright TFX
I've never owned a laptop or desktop till like 2 years ago. I've been air dusting mine and I wasn't even aware thermal paste was a thing. My laptop reached 90c last night (which is unreal) and here I am. Thank you so much... you def saved me money!
@@OllieBR Yes, from 110°C to 80°C. But you have to be a lot careful with the laptop's "paper cables", because they have a locking clip that needs to be raised exactly like the PC RAM lock clips. In my case, Lenovo Lancer 5B3, I had to remove exactly all components in order to get to the CPU. Without knowing about the locking clip, I pulled out the keyboard's and touchpad's cables' from the mobo, and the locking clips fell out, not knowing how to put then back. When I started the laptop, the keyboard wouldn't work. I turned laptop off, put a thin piece of plastic between the cable and the pins where the locking clip would have been, and it worked. Now, the touchpad isn't working because I didn't add a piece of plastic replacing its' lock clip. Also, the HDD which is in the ex-DVD area, is not appearing in Windows anymore. I'll have to get it out and put back in
It's better to use too much than too little. If it goes over the edges, it causes no harm, as long as you're using non-conductive thermal paste like the one he's using.
Just FYI, those numbers near the screw holes are technically the order in which you should be putting the screws back on when re-pasting, but thanks for the video mate!
John 3:36 English Standard Version 36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.
Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut was made for CPUs with massive cooling systems that keep the temperatures very, very low. It will work well on a laptop too, but Thermo Grizzly Aeronaut was made for air cooled systems. It's a bit less viscous, and stays in place better when chips flex a little in response to heat.
I know this is a few years old now but I just used your method on my Acer Predator (about 4 years old) and it worked a charm. It was regularly shutting down due to heat so I tried undervolting first and it worked for a time but recently not so great. After following your instructions and applying some new paste it's running at temperatures that I remember when I first bought it. A big thanks!
Man, you are a genius, this video should be the number 1 for the topic for anyone. I used your applying method with an Arctic MX6 and what a change .. no more Max 100 and the CPU, an I7 9750H has now a max of 61 Celsius. It literally changed the laptop. Take care !
You should've removed the battery of the notebook before opening the heat sink and cleaning the CPU and the GPU...That could easily make a short circuit and force you to buy a new motherboard.
John 3:36 English Standard Version 36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.
I just changed the thermal paste on my old laptop as well as upgrade the cpu and this is the first time I've ever heard the fan actually turn off and not be spinning at full speed
my laptop crashed because of overheating. and i had issues with too much heating even when i was just using the browser! the laptop is about 6 years old. changing the thermal paste and cleaning a bit of dust off of the heat sinks saved my laptop! i can play games again without framerate drop and the laptop doesn't even seem to get warm when i just watch YT videos (as it should be :D) thanks for the video! it's amazing how well it works
This video was perfect, I've had my laptop 5 years or so and Thermal throttling is how I'd describe the symptoms, even just watching this video and it's a fairly decent laptop (for its day: MSI CX62-6QD) so I know what should push it's capabilities. I've changed the RAM and SSD so keen to try this. Thanks for the tutorial!
was looking up cooling pads for my laptop and a comment mentioned thermal paste. Kinda forgot thermal paste existed so here i am learning how to put it on appreciate the vid
I've just had my first shut down due to my laptop getting hot, and ive been really nervous about opening up my laptop, as I've never worked on a computer before, but the way you've explained this really eases my nerves. I should be getting a tube of paste in about a week, and I'm much more confident after watching your video. Thanks!
Today After a long gruelling 5 and a half year of not getting the proper care it deserves. My laptop finally breathes the fresh air for the first time in half a decade.
Wow I just did this to my laptop and it went from 65-70 degrees idling and 95+ on load to barely hitting 70 under load. I knew there would be a noticeable difference but didn't expect 30 degrees reduction.
Glad I found this - I never really bothered to check my laptop temperatures - was playing a video game and the whole laptop suddenly shut off. I restarted and the damn CPU was at 95C, GPU nowhere close. I'm doing this this weekend.
I laughed out loud as soon as you showed the laptop because I have the same one. It's over 7 years old and I'm still trying to play modern games on it. I take good care of it but I've been having throttling issues lately and my quest for a solution brought me to this video. Small world sometimes.
Questions: 1. When did you use the alcohol in this tutorial. Is it when you used the tissue to clean the cpu gpu??? 2. After applying the paste and assembling back the laptop, Can I use the laptop immediately or Do I need to let the paste dry or something.
@TH-cam Commenter Follow up question. I notice on these videos that other than the ones on the gpu and cpu, there are also places with thermal paste-like substance usually around the gpu and cpu and theyre usually colored pink. My question is, are they the same type of thermal paste as the ones in the gpu and cpu? If yes, im curious as to why they use a different color on them.
I'm changing the paste on my old laptop, I've never done it and it's a 2010 laptop that got abused for almost five years, so as I'm opening it I realized I have to fix a few things before getting to the paste. At this point I'm not too concerned about messing it up because it's time to get a new one anyway.
Great video thanks! I had my laptop open for something else so I repasted the CPU and GPU. The old stuff was dry and hard so hopefully this helps give it a long life! I used an ESD wrist strap and disconnected the battery.
I have an Acer Nitro 5 (2018) running Ryzen 5 2500u and Rx560x. My cpu stopped spinning and its been hot lately, i ordered a cpu fan and thinking of getting a Gelid solutions GC-Extreme as my thermal paste. Going to use spread method for both cpu and gpu, you made me even more excited in repairing it myself. Thanks man!
@@Itsmevinu369 sorry for the late reply buddy, I first saw Gelid from the laptop group im in, he used it in his system and said that its a new and better alternative in the market. When my cpu fan got busted, i saw Gelid as one of the best choice for heavy usage and laptops along with Artic MX4, CM mastergel, and NTH1. I dont know about Hydronaut though, Thermal grizzly as ive heard doesn't last well since enthusiast grade TIM tend to dry out faster. Although they say it does perform best out of its class, but due to its issue about drying out faster and being expensive ( 12-14 dollars for 1g) here in my country) Im thinking of GC extreme instead because: (1) The difference is just ±3 according to some benchmark. (2) say that it last longer than TG kryonaut, and (3) inexpensive from where i live since i can get it for 5 dollars for 1g. Hydronaut... im not sure if i heard this often in the laptop side since people go with kryo though.
I think the factory applications of thermal paste are quite sloppy. I recently changed the thermal paste on my HP Envy after 5 years and when I took off the heat sink it seemed like there was a lot of paste and it kinda smushed everywhere. I cleaned everything up and applied less paste but more directly on the die and it’s running really cool now
@@TechIlliterate update. Everything is done and the laptop is running again! Replaced the paste with noctua NT-H1 and getting a drop of 15c under load. Stress test prior to the change had my Temps in the mid 90s. Now it's peaking at 79
Thanks dude, very helpful! I'm about to apply it to my laptop.. Last time was more than 7 years ago, so I kinda forgot the specifics. I'm using Arctic MX-4, by the way.
Thanks for the video. I'm going to give this a try. My gaming laptop has been having some issues with some games. I know it can run those specific games flawlessly. So I think it needs new thermal paste. Thanks again!
@@prod.seajay Haven't tried yet. Some of the screws are a little stripped so I ordered a new tool and some new screws to replace them with. I want to fix my laptop asap. I miss it lol
Disassembly can be a royal friggen pain w some laptops. My 2008 HP dv4... I took 2 months studying a full disassembly guide (after searching for months to find a good one) and still broke 2-3 clips when I did it. Luckily they weren't really needed, but still urked me. About to take it apart again after it sat for years. Ripped off the heatsink while it was cold, unknowingly, and it started having keyboard blinking errors at boot along w forced shutdowns. Hoping I can resurrect it with a simple repaste lol.
Always been a desktop guy. Now have a laptop to study on more comfortably. Took a year for the laptop to start getting way too hot even at idle. I had no idea that the thermal paste could be so badly applied from factory. Like jesus there was more copper than paste. Temps went down 35c. I did undervolt the cpu aswell at the same time. I guess I forgot what these OEM bullshits were after not having one since 17 years ago lmao.
I have a gaming laptop with an i7-9750h and applied arctic mx-6 thermal paste using the line method (I used a thick line too) and when gaming my processor peaks at 99 degrees C. I'm not familiar with intel processors since I've been building gaming desktops using AMD processors only but it is normal for intel processors to peak at 99 degrees while doing burst speeds?
I know its late to reply but looks like turbo boots of intel cpu back at it again, its more of burst to overheat faster than amd turbo boost thats more efficient and slow rise to avoid fast heat build up, it can't be fixed by just thermal paste but newd more fan or airflow to it, too bad since its on laptop i suggest you either turn the turbo all the way off(tried and temp go from 90° to 70° on gaming, or try undervolting if the option is unlocked on your laptop
Is it better to use too much thermal paste than not enough? I’ve seen a lot people say to use a small amount but people seem to get best results from putting quite a lot of paste on
Too much causes a thermal isolation, too little will barely do anything. Just put a rice grain sized little ball if it's squared, a single thin streak if it's rectangular. Press down from the center outwards after placing the fans back on.
@@DuckTheQuack_ Essentially, once you place the pipes back onto the system, apply pressure with your finger where the thermal paste is first, to spread it evenly around, to make sure the thermal paste spreads evenly on the cpu/gpu, then screw in numerical order, every single screwhole on the pipe panel should have a number next to it
@@necrotomia it's not better to I screw it before putting pressure? because if I did what you say, I would press, take out my thumb above the heatsink and it would open space to enter air, no?
hahahahahaha! dude thats awesome! Brought to us by your personal pocket book! Thanks for that unique laugh. I have liked and subscribed . Great video too!
I recently changed a laptops thernal paste did everything correctly and with care, changed heatsink, cpu and gpu socket thermal paste, connected every wire perfectly, no smell of burns, no smoke, no boom sound after finished I turned it on it worked but after like 60 seconds when it was booted up the screen went black and pc turned itself off and doesn't turn on now, does anyone know what have might happened? I thought it was power button wires but re atached it and everything seems normal as it was
I got my new katana gf66 (i7 11800h, 3060, 16gb) coming in the mail tomorrow. Rofl before I even turn the bitch on in taking it apart to upgrade thermal paste. It takes 10 mins max to do. Got thermal grizzly kryonaut on deck. Can't wait to see how fast the new laptop is.
Hello I have recently re pasted my laptop (thermal Grizzly Kryonaut). Unfortunately even though i am getting lower temps on Average (both on CPU and GPU), my GPU is throttling HARD to a point where fps drops to 1 - 10 frames and/or games get fully forzen for around 5- 10 seconds. ( this never happened before re pasting and it was on factory paste) Please advise if possible. Thanks a lot laptop is an ASUS ROG strix iii G731GW (RTX 2070 mobile)
Hey...when I first changed my thermal paste ...i removed the pink thermal paste from my Nitro 5 vrms ...now my laptop is heating up very bad ..what should I do ? Any alternative for the pink stuff ? I tried using thermal pads
So I have an msi gaming laptop but the big desktop replacement one. Starting 2 days ago from now I was playing overwatch 2 and it froze and crashed. The pc restarted itself. I then played again and it crashed again. Then my pc was stuck at a black screen when trying to start it up. I shut it off for 3 hours and then started it and it was fine. At that point I then figured it would be needing repasting ive had this laptop since 2018 and never had repasting done to it. I will check later the gpu and cpu. My dragon center reads the gpu and cpu are still at ok temperatures but i will not use my pc until i figure out if it needs repasting to avoid damage. I want to avoid spending money sending it to msi for thermal repasting and after seeing this I will try it myself. Thank you for this video
I bought some mx4 paste to do my laptop with. I liked it because it said it lasted 8 years and at very high temps. Now seeing your chart I am concerned and maybe thinking I should have went with kryonaut. Should I send the other back and order kryonaut? Or you think mx-4 would be improvement enough over the crappy factory paste?
Here's a question can you change thermal paste on laptops that have soildered cpu and gpu's is it the same process. Because technically you're only removing the heat sink. I ask because my laptop is in bad need of a thermal change.
I think maybe I added too much. Not sure. I tried my best to keep the amount minimal but still cover the entire chip. Temperatures seem a little bit lower with some games. Generally temps still go way up. and with minecraft for some reason it goes above 80 and 90 degrees. which is why i changed the paste. But the difference is very minimal. I was hoping to see atleast a 10 degrees difference. But instead it's about the same.
Probably restricted heatsink and/or fan. Paste lasts a couple years but dust is the main cause of thermal issues in laptops. Typically the fins get blocked where the fan exhausts through it. Compressed air works best. Also, most newer U-series processors have barely adequate cooling and a lot run near the design limit up to 100c without throttling beyond their power limit anyways. Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut was good for 2-3c lower temps than most pastes last I checked a while ago in laptops. If you post model number I could tell you what it should be running for thermals
can i substitude isopropyl with absolute alcohol ? if can, does it have any side effect to my laptop CPU, like maybe they have some chemical reaction or something
How about newer laptops where paste is all over on different little things not only gpu and cpu, I have msi stealth and it has so many little pieces with paste on them and it different from the paste on cpu and gpu
I'm planning to change the thermal paste for my laptop actually with the same thermal grizzly one. But I'm a bit curious about the method of apply, I've seen your pc applying methods and benchmarks but for laptop its so tiny. Although here in this vedio the amount which you used isn't it a bit too much. Would there be a lot of spill out? Can it damage if it gets to that small things near the cpu? Maybe heat them. How about the pea meathod. Please reply. And does applying to the sink instead of cpu makes any difference? Love from India.
The reason you use a lot more is because the die is exposed vs. a desktop PC you are putting the paste on the IHS (integrated heat spreader) which covers the die. So in the case of a laptop you want to cover the die completely. Having too much is not really an issue.
@@TechIlliterate hi Update i have applied thermal grizxly perfectly as mentioned but. I'm quite disappointed over the results. Previously my stock paste temp at heavy load was 75C max so thought it would be better if i go with grizzly but aftr applying the new paste its over 85C pls hlp. It's same load no performance tweaks but a bit hotter.
I actually regret doing it with all those effort. Should i try pressing the heat sinks a bit so that there's more contact? Note- my cpu is soldered into the motherboard.
@@LordNementon only thing i feel out of what you said is i applied the same quantity applied in this vedio which i feel a bit lot. But i asked it before @tech illiterate said it's fine.
question: Why don't you also clean the two fanes, then assemble them. (if in your case they are very clean, explane the viewer, why he or she, this also better can do, if they are full of dust.) Next aplly the thermal paste and assemble the rest. The past cools the cpu/gpu but the fanes deliver the air on and of flow so they are also important. Sorry but i found you had could had done this. And explane a little bit better "Why" in your vid. Tip If you do cleaning upgrading etc. and your laptop is open clean the dust inside, and (if there is one) replace also the backup battery. sorry i'm not trying to correct you or anything. But thought it was a bit of a missed opportunity. But it's nice to listen to your explanation, and in a clear way. I am also subscribed to your channel.😉 Greatz Tony from The Netherlands
My laptop is very hot recently,because i didnt maintance or cleaning my laptop over 2 years. After hearing that i need to cleaning the laptop fan and replace the cpu thermal paste. I just remove the back of the laptop and i saw a chunk of dust in the fan,carefully removed it and blow some dust with compressed air. Replacing old thermal paste and the result is.. playing games like roblox is not going over 80 degree or even almost 100,its stable at 60-70 degree (because i use an iGPU not a discrete video card)
Well i got no problem from overhrating, but i have problem from my laptop (Acer aspire 5 i3 7020 edition), the problem is the speaker and microphone broke so quick
You probably found out by now, but it dissolves the paste to get a super clean surface, ready to receive that new thermal paste. Important for good results
I need some help here, i recently repaste my brother's laptop with MX6, the temp on hwinfo seems fine but game performance drop significantly despite GPU is on full utilization. Model is using a i7 1165G and IrisXe, already try reapplied twice to make sure it's not an air gap issue
i just put in a new fan and changed the thermal paste but my laptop just gets hotter and my ping in every game i play is so high i cant do anything so do anyone know why
is there a specific way to unsrew the thing covering the cpu/gpu? ive heard u gotta do it a certain way or itll break it. sorry ive never opened mine lol
Is there something i could do wrong, for example, use too much thermo paste and it gets somewhere it shouldn't be and ruins my laptop/ makes it not useable
@@marekspulle8523 You use alcohol on good quality soft (but durable) paper towels as well as Q-tips to remove the existing thermal paste or remove excess of your new paste application. Do not use any company wipes like MX Cleaner or the like. I just had an MX Cleaner wipe melt away plastic from one of my desktop speakers from resting on it during a repasting. Isopropyl will not harm anything and is not conductive. Just don't leave a puddle to soak on plastic or it could soften it if left long enough (allegedly).
I did this on my brother’s laptop and it’s around 5°C cooler now! It was only about a 1.5 years old, but it’s been running hot (usually around 92°C) for multiple hours almost every day since he got it, so it didn’t take long for the thermal paste to go bad He had a huge thermal throttling problem before this, but now it’s not nearly as bad, and cs go went from almost unplayable mess of lag spikes to a very solid 120fps+ I could probably make it run even colder but I wanted to do this without spending any money and I didn’t have any isopropyl alcohol, so I had to just use a microfiber cloth instead, which works decently well apparently. I also used the arctic mx4 thermal paste that I bought for building my PC. It’s not a bad thermal paste, but it’s not top tier either I forgot to remove the battery though😅
I would recommend a different paste that is a bit thicker. Thermal Grizzly has a tendency to lose performance within a year. Noctua NT-H2, arctic MX4,5
@@TechIlliterate I don't get it, what's wrong with putting the same old screws back in? How would that change anything? I don't think they get worn out
I used GC extreme in the past but the formula has changed to consumer friendly easy paste. Best option: Honeywell ptm7950 phase change sheet or some alternatives: thermalright TFX, shin-etsu 7921-5, ic diamond. Highly viscous pastes. User friendly easy spread paste pumps out with direct-die applications combined with high temperature on high-end (gaming) laptops and is more suitable for desktop cpu's.
My laptop needed almost a board remove, like thats just crazy. I've had to remove the fans, some metal cover, some plastic cover, some soft cover, then there heatsink.
My laptop has been getting WHEA UNCORRECTABLE bluescreens and is generally unstable.. Couple of people suggested it may be overheating and crashing causing Windows to become corrupted. Do you think this is the case? I'll be repasting it regardless. But would be nice to hear your thoughts.
I wish my laptop was that easy to open lol.. the plastic is already cracked from both sides due to overheating a couple years ago but I got the fan cleaned and it was good for 3 years... now it's requiring more thermal paste because the fan is always running at 70-75% but I feel like if it's taken apart, it won't be put together again since only one of the 4 sides is actually held in by the screws lmao
I have to ask my cpu had thermal paste on in but between the thermal past and the cpu there's a piece of plastic I don't know why I don't know should I remove it or leave it
REMOVE YOUR BATTERY FIRST!
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Hi Nic, great video! I don't get the part about using a spatula though. I thought you were advising us to use a spatula, but then I don't see you yourself using it. In other words: what is the P method?
@@michavandam You can spread it if you want but it wont really make a difference.
@@TechIlliterate Thank you.
@Noa Extreme Jesus, why didn't I get that?! I found confusing descriptions like this while googling: "The p-method improves results by using the same mesh but increasing the displacement field accuracy in each element. This method refers to increasing the degree of the highest complete polynomial (p) within an element without changing the number of elements used. The difference between the two methods lies in how these elements are treated. The h-method uses many simple elements, whereas the p-method uses few complex elements."
So, thanks!
..... i open it whit my battery on , i thing is not workijf anymore...
My laptop was hot since day one and its been getting hotter every half year or year until it kept shutting down due to temperatures. I watched your video and l just opened my laptop and saw that there was barely any thermal paste on the cpu and the gpu. I used some artcit mx 4 and now its even better than when i bought it by 15-20 degrees so far. An easy job 15 minuets max.
The thermal paste on my laptop is a bishhh to get to. I'ma attempt it when my grizzly comes in!
@Hazard but still 1 hour hardly isn't going to be a big problem
John 3:36
English Standard Version
36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.
@@guitarest452452 DO NOT USE GRIIZZLY!!!! It is only rated for up to 80 degrees and since laptops can get a lot hotter then that with time it will get very bad performance plus it scratches your cpu and gpu die if you don't believe me google it. Just use kingping KPX or thermalright TFX
Is it an MSI laptop?
I've never owned a laptop or desktop till like 2 years ago. I've been air dusting mine and I wasn't even aware thermal paste was a thing. My laptop reached 90c last night (which is unreal) and here I am. Thank you so much... you def saved me money!
Hey Eric, just curious; why did you never own a PC until a couple years ago? Were you just not that interested in tech or was it something else?
@@shadi3269 Always been interested just took a while for me to make the move. I was happy with Xbox.
Mine is reaching 110°C in the cores, im gonna be back in a few minutes after paste is changed.
@@stefanxcz Did it work?
@@OllieBR Yes, from 110°C to 80°C. But you have to be a lot careful with the laptop's "paper cables", because they have a locking clip that needs to be raised exactly like the PC RAM lock clips.
In my case, Lenovo Lancer 5B3, I had to remove exactly all components in order to get to the CPU. Without knowing about the locking clip, I pulled out the keyboard's and touchpad's cables' from the mobo, and the locking clips fell out, not knowing how to put then back.
When I started the laptop, the keyboard wouldn't work. I turned laptop off, put a thin piece of plastic between the cable and the pins where the locking clip would have been, and it worked. Now, the touchpad isn't working because I didn't add a piece of plastic replacing its' lock clip.
Also, the HDD which is in the ex-DVD area, is not appearing in Windows anymore. I'll have to get it out and put back in
Johnny Sins of Tech back at it again with the quick but super informative tutorials.
💀💀💀
I was just thinking about how he looks familiar to me...
I was worried that I put excessive thermal paste, but watching the quantity you used relieved me.
Hi Kim jong un!, Nice to have you here! 😂
I understand the worries, because you are the only one who had a laptop in your entire country
Thermal paste doesn’t contact electricity
He used too much, though. It definitely went over the edges of the both chips
It's better to use too much than too little. If it goes over the edges, it causes no harm, as long as you're using non-conductive thermal paste like the one he's using.
Just FYI, those numbers near the screw holes are technically the order in which you should be putting the screws back on when re-pasting, but thanks for the video mate!
Interesting, I didn't know that.
John 3:36
English Standard Version
36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.
@@repentofyoursinsandbelieve629 are you serious???? Idiot
@@repentofyoursinsandbelieve629 God is dead
@@Joeoiewtf?
Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut was made for CPUs with massive cooling systems that keep the temperatures very, very low. It will work well on a laptop too, but Thermo Grizzly Aeronaut was made for air cooled systems. It's a bit less viscous, and stays in place better when chips flex a little in response to heat.
Can I use Grizzly Kryonaut for GPU as well?
I know this is a few years old now but I just used your method on my Acer Predator (about 4 years old) and it worked a charm. It was regularly shutting down due to heat so I tried undervolting first and it worked for a time but recently not so great. After following your instructions and applying some new paste it's running at temperatures that I remember when I first bought it. A big thanks!
great video, thanks! I am shocked you only have 3k subscribers. with this production you deserve a lot more! :)
Thanks! I am shocked I even HAVE 3k subs.
Man, you are a genius, this video should be the number 1 for the topic for anyone. I used your applying method with an Arctic MX6 and what a change .. no more Max 100 and the CPU, an I7 9750H has now a max of 61 Celsius. It literally changed the laptop. Take care !
woah, 100 to just a mere 61???
How do you know the temperature of your laptop ?
@@GSPsvita throttlestop
@@pierpaolobolognini I'll check it out in Google, thanks 👍
Hey, how's going with your MX6 after these 3 months? I've bought it too but I wasn't sure it was a good option for laptops
You should've removed the battery of the notebook before opening the heat sink and cleaning the CPU and the GPU...That could easily make a short circuit and force you to buy a new motherboard.
Underrated comment. I heard from someone that he short his whole motherboard after dropping a screw on it.
John 3:36
English Standard Version
36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.
lenovo laptop's allow you to disable the battery from bios prior to working on it
Very unlikely that would happen. more likely if there was static would affect the ram slots or ram. just work on wooden table.
@@shaneread3050 It almost happened to me, if you drop a screw in there ur pretty much dead, no matter which surface ur working on
I just changed the thermal paste on my old laptop as well as upgrade the cpu and this is the first time I've ever heard the fan actually turn off and not be spinning at full speed
my laptop crashed because of overheating. and i had issues with too much heating even when i was just using the browser! the laptop is about 6 years old.
changing the thermal paste and cleaning a bit of dust off of the heat sinks saved my laptop! i can play games again without framerate drop and the laptop doesn't even seem to get warm when i just watch YT videos (as it should be :D)
thanks for the video! it's amazing how well it works
This video was perfect, I've had my laptop 5 years or so and Thermal throttling is how I'd describe the symptoms, even just watching this video and it's a fairly decent laptop (for its day: MSI CX62-6QD) so I know what should push it's capabilities. I've changed the RAM and SSD so keen to try this. Thanks for the tutorial!
Update, I did this and it helped a lot. Thanks!
was looking up cooling pads for my laptop and a comment mentioned thermal paste. Kinda forgot thermal paste existed so here i am learning how to put it on appreciate the vid
I've just had my first shut down due to my laptop getting hot, and ive been really nervous about opening up my laptop, as I've never worked on a computer before, but the way you've explained this really eases my nerves. I should be getting a tube of paste in about a week, and I'm much more confident after watching your video. Thanks!
I love the fact that my laptop went from 79c to 75c by itself. Although, it burns my finger to the touch... It needs new thermal paste.
Today
After a long gruelling 5 and a half year of not getting the proper care it deserves.
My laptop finally breathes the fresh air for the first time in half a decade.
Wow I just did this to my laptop and it went from 65-70 degrees idling and 95+ on load to barely hitting 70 under load. I knew there would be a noticeable difference but didn't expect 30 degrees reduction.
How did u spread the paste ?
@@Slinder.man1 Across all the die with the plastic spatula that came with the paste
Did you check GPU vrams temps(HWINfo)
And how thick thermal pads
@@kratozc7692 I did it with a laptop with no dedicated graphics
my friend did your laptop even HAVE thermal paste before?!? congrats!
Glad I found this - I never really bothered to check my laptop temperatures - was playing a video game and the whole laptop suddenly shut off. I restarted and the damn CPU was at 95C, GPU nowhere close. I'm doing this this weekend.
Ryzen 3900X in a Clevo chassis, using Kryonaut, achieving 65 deg. idle, 70-95 deg. gaming
I laughed out loud as soon as you showed the laptop because I have the same one. It's over 7 years old and I'm still trying to play modern games on it. I take good care of it but I've been having throttling issues lately and my quest for a solution brought me to this video. Small world sometimes.
Questions:
1. When did you use the alcohol in this tutorial. Is it when you used the tissue to clean the cpu gpu???
2. After applying the paste and assembling back the laptop, Can I use the laptop immediately or Do I need to let the paste dry or something.
@TH-cam Commenter Follow up question. I notice on these videos that other than the ones on the gpu and cpu, there are also places with thermal paste-like substance usually around the gpu and cpu and theyre usually colored pink. My question is, are they the same type of thermal paste as the ones in the gpu and cpu? If yes, im curious as to why they use a different color on them.
@@darrylwolfe7359 did u find the answers?
I'm changing the paste on my old laptop, I've never done it and it's a 2010 laptop that got abused for almost five years, so as I'm opening it I realized I have to fix a few things before getting to the paste. At this point I'm not too concerned about messing it up because it's time to get a new one anyway.
Very to-the-point video. Glad I found it. Got a dump truck of a laptop but it over heats like a b***h.
Nice informative video and you seem to be a cool guy. Keep it up. Changing my paste and pads on my 14' dell inspiron 7537 now.
Thanks! May the cool temps be with you.
My CPU temp is near 100 with only 20 usage so ima try this out hoping it brings that temp down
Great video thanks! I had my laptop open for something else so I repasted the CPU and GPU. The old stuff was dry and hard so hopefully this helps give it a long life! I used an ESD wrist strap and disconnected the battery.
You're too Techy in your age !
I have an Acer Nitro 5 (2018) running Ryzen 5 2500u and Rx560x. My cpu stopped spinning and its been hot lately, i ordered a cpu fan and thinking of getting a Gelid solutions GC-Extreme as my thermal paste. Going to use spread method for both cpu and gpu, you made me even more excited in repairing it myself. Thanks man!
Why did you not choose TG Hydronaut over GC Extreme? I'm on the research here. Please reply.
@@Itsmevinu369 sorry for the late reply buddy,
I first saw Gelid from the laptop group im in, he used it in his system and said that its a new and better alternative in the market. When my cpu fan got busted, i saw Gelid as one of the best choice for heavy usage and laptops along with Artic MX4, CM mastergel, and NTH1.
I dont know about Hydronaut though, Thermal grizzly as ive heard doesn't last well since enthusiast grade TIM tend to dry out faster. Although they say it does perform best out of its class, but due to its issue about drying out faster and being expensive ( 12-14 dollars for 1g) here in my country)
Im thinking of GC extreme instead because: (1) The difference is just ±3 according to some benchmark. (2) say that it last longer than TG kryonaut, and (3) inexpensive from where i live since i can get it for 5 dollars for 1g.
Hydronaut... im not sure if i heard this often in the laptop side since people go with kryo though.
@@khielian712It's a go for GC then. Confirmed. Thanks man
Good to know that thermal paste is important for laptops on performance I hope my thermal grizzly hydronaut will do the job on my Asus strix
I think the factory applications of thermal paste are quite sloppy. I recently changed the thermal paste on my HP Envy after 5 years and when I took off the heat sink it seemed like there was a lot of paste and it kinda smushed everywhere. I cleaned everything up and applied less paste but more directly on the die and it’s running really cool now
my laptop is like the hardest laptop to open, yours seem so simple to open
should we not remove battery first? I think I read this somewhere
I'm doing my asus rog laptop tomorrow...this is so much easier than the teardown I'm in store for. I need to completely remove the motherboard
oof, godspeed
@@TechIlliterate got it torn all down, then the wife called me to watch the kids right before I lulled of the heat sink
@@TechIlliterate update. Everything is done and the laptop is running again! Replaced the paste with noctua NT-H1 and getting a drop of 15c under load. Stress test prior to the change had my Temps in the mid 90s. Now it's peaking at 79
@@hghpandaman Excellent results. Glad to hear it.
Seems easy enough
Words I'll probably regret when I try this
LMAO RIGHT!
Thanks dude, very helpful! I'm about to apply it to my laptop.. Last time was more than 7 years ago, so I kinda forgot the specifics. I'm using Arctic MX-4, by the way.
Thanks for the video. I'm going to give this a try. My gaming laptop has been having some issues with some games. I know it can run those specific games flawlessly. So I think it needs new thermal paste. Thanks again!
Did it work?
@@prod.seajay Haven't tried yet. Some of the screws are a little stripped so I ordered a new tool and some new screws to replace them with. I want to fix my laptop asap. I miss it lol
How often should I change it?
@@PodTheRod probably every 5 or something years, it will show you a sign that you need to change it once the temps go up
@@christopherescobar10 you fixed it yet?
Thanks for making this. This video showed this was not difficult.
Disassembly can be a royal friggen pain w some laptops. My 2008 HP dv4... I took 2 months studying a full disassembly guide (after searching for months to find a good one) and still broke 2-3 clips when I did it. Luckily they weren't really needed, but still urked me.
About to take it apart again after it sat for years. Ripped off the heatsink while it was cold, unknowingly, and it started having keyboard blinking errors at boot along w forced shutdowns. Hoping I can resurrect it with a simple repaste lol.
Always been a desktop guy. Now have a laptop to study on more comfortably. Took a year for the laptop to start getting way too hot even at idle. I had no idea that the thermal paste could be so badly applied from factory. Like jesus there was more copper than paste. Temps went down 35c. I did undervolt the cpu aswell at the same time. I guess I forgot what these OEM bullshits were after not having one since 17 years ago lmao.
Can you still undervolt? Heard that they blocked it as of recently.
Is it the MSI?
I have a gaming laptop with an i7-9750h and applied arctic mx-6 thermal paste using the line method (I used a thick line too) and when gaming my processor peaks at 99 degrees C. I'm not familiar with intel processors since I've been building gaming desktops using AMD processors only but it is normal for intel processors to peak at 99 degrees while doing burst speeds?
I know its late to reply but looks like turbo boots of intel cpu back at it again, its more of burst to overheat faster than amd turbo boost thats more efficient and slow rise to avoid fast heat build up, it can't be fixed by just thermal paste but newd more fan or airflow to it, too bad since its on laptop i suggest you either turn the turbo all the way off(tried and temp go from 90° to 70° on gaming, or try undervolting if the option is unlocked on your laptop
Is it better to use too much thermal paste than not enough? I’ve seen a lot people say to use a small amount but people seem to get best results from putting quite a lot of paste on
Yup better to have a lot than not enough.
Too much causes a thermal isolation, too little will barely do anything. Just put a rice grain sized little ball if it's squared, a single thin streak if it's rectangular. Press down from the center outwards after placing the fans back on.
@@necrotomia "Press down from the center outwards"? What do you mean by that? I need to pull it to not get too much pressure inside?
@@DuckTheQuack_ Essentially, once you place the pipes back onto the system, apply pressure with your finger where the thermal paste is first, to spread it evenly around, to make sure the thermal paste spreads evenly on the cpu/gpu, then screw in numerical order, every single screwhole on the pipe panel should have a number next to it
@@necrotomia it's not better to I screw it before putting pressure? because if I did what you say, I would press, take out my thumb above the heatsink and it would open space to enter air, no?
hahahahahaha! dude thats awesome! Brought to us by your personal pocket book! Thanks for that unique laugh. I have liked and subscribed . Great video too!
I recently changed a laptops thernal paste did everything correctly and with care, changed heatsink, cpu and gpu socket thermal paste, connected every wire perfectly, no smell of burns, no smoke, no boom sound after finished I turned it on it worked but after like 60 seconds when it was booted up the screen went black and pc turned itself off and doesn't turn on now, does anyone know what have might happened? I thought it was power button wires but re atached it and everything seems normal as it was
Is the new Artic MX-6 better than the Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut ? which can cool better my laptop?
Excellent tutorial bro. Thank you for the video.
I got my new katana gf66 (i7 11800h, 3060, 16gb) coming in the mail tomorrow. Rofl before I even turn the bitch on in taking it apart to upgrade thermal paste. It takes 10 mins max to do. Got thermal grizzly kryonaut on deck. Can't wait to see how fast the new laptop is.
Hello
I have recently re pasted my laptop (thermal Grizzly Kryonaut). Unfortunately even though i am getting lower temps on Average (both on CPU and GPU), my GPU is throttling HARD to a point where fps drops to 1 - 10 frames and/or games get fully forzen for around 5- 10 seconds. ( this never happened before re pasting and it was on factory paste)
Please advise if possible. Thanks a lot
laptop is an ASUS ROG strix iii G731GW (RTX 2070 mobile)
Laptop has been non functional for a couple weeks.
This helped save it! Thank you!
Hey...when I first changed my thermal paste ...i removed the pink thermal paste from my Nitro 5 vrms ...now my laptop is heating up very bad ..what should I do ? Any alternative for the pink stuff ?
I tried using thermal pads
Great video thanks for the info king !
Why didn't you disconnect battery every other video said that disconnecting battery is important to avoid shorting motherboard
Good point! I am alas a dummy. Will add a note.
So I have an msi gaming laptop but the big desktop replacement one. Starting 2 days ago from now I was playing overwatch 2 and it froze and crashed. The pc restarted itself. I then played again and it crashed again. Then my pc was stuck at a black screen when trying to start it up. I shut it off for 3 hours and then started it and it was fine. At that point I then figured it would be needing repasting ive had this laptop since 2018 and never had repasting done to it. I will check later the gpu and cpu. My dragon center reads the gpu and cpu are still at ok temperatures but i will not use my pc until i figure out if it needs repasting to avoid damage. I want to avoid spending money sending it to msi for thermal repasting and after seeing this I will try it myself. Thank you for this video
I have asus x555l from 2016, never changed the thermal paste and i was wondering why its lagging lol
Tip: a good spot to put thermal paste to raise the heat surface are screw divets that are deep
Hai should we need to fully tighten the screws after putting thermal paste or tightening enough would be fine.
I bought some mx4 paste to do my laptop with. I liked it because it said it lasted 8 years and at very high temps. Now seeing your chart I am concerned and maybe thinking I should have went with kryonaut. Should I send the other back and order kryonaut? Or you think mx-4 would be improvement enough over the crappy factory paste?
No no, longer lasting paste is usually a better option for a laptop IMO. MX-4 should do great.
Thanks Nick. My 13 year old MacBook Pro will soon be chillin'. 😃
Very helpful video!
What should you use to clean out the old thermal paste? I’m assuming it’s not water
Its Isopropyl alcohol solution..
Here's a question can you change thermal paste on laptops that have soildered cpu and gpu's is it the same process. Because technically you're only removing the heat sink. I ask because my laptop is in bad need of a thermal change.
I think maybe I added too much. Not sure. I tried my best to keep the amount minimal but still cover the entire chip. Temperatures seem a little bit lower with some games. Generally temps still go way up. and with minecraft for some reason it goes above 80 and 90 degrees. which is why i changed the paste. But the difference is very minimal. I was hoping to see atleast a 10 degrees difference.
But instead it's about the same.
Probably restricted heatsink and/or fan. Paste lasts a couple years but dust is the main cause of thermal issues in laptops. Typically the fins get blocked where the fan exhausts through it. Compressed air works best. Also, most newer U-series processors have barely adequate cooling and a lot run near the design limit up to 100c without throttling beyond their power limit anyways. Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut was good for 2-3c lower temps than most pastes last I checked a while ago in laptops. If you post model number I could tell you what it should be running for thermals
can i substitude isopropyl with absolute alcohol ?
if can, does it have any side effect to my laptop CPU, like maybe they have some chemical reaction or something
How about newer laptops where paste is all over on different little things not only gpu and cpu, I have msi stealth and it has so many little pieces with paste on them and it different from the paste on cpu and gpu
I'm planning to change the thermal paste for my laptop actually with the same thermal grizzly one. But I'm a bit curious about the method of apply, I've seen your pc applying methods and benchmarks but for laptop its so tiny. Although here in this vedio the amount which you used isn't it a bit too much. Would there be a lot of spill out? Can it damage if it gets to that small things near the cpu? Maybe heat them. How about the pea meathod. Please reply. And does applying to the sink instead of cpu makes any difference? Love from India.
The reason you use a lot more is because the die is exposed vs. a desktop PC you are putting the paste on the IHS (integrated heat spreader) which covers the die. So in the case of a laptop you want to cover the die completely. Having too much is not really an issue.
@@TechIlliterate thanks alot for the replay. point noted.
@@TechIlliterate hi Update i have applied thermal grizxly perfectly as mentioned but. I'm quite disappointed over the results. Previously my stock paste temp at heavy load was 75C max so thought it would be better if i go with grizzly but aftr applying the new paste its over 85C pls hlp. It's same load no performance tweaks but a bit hotter.
I actually regret doing it with all those effort. Should i try pressing the heat sinks a bit so that there's more contact?
Note- my cpu is soldered into the motherboard.
@@LordNementon only thing i feel out of what you said is i applied the same quantity applied in this vedio which i feel a bit lot. But i asked it before @tech illiterate said it's fine.
question:
Why don't you also clean the two fanes, then assemble them.
(if in your case they are very clean, explane the viewer, why he or she, this also better can do, if they are full of dust.)
Next aplly the thermal paste and assemble the rest.
The past cools the cpu/gpu but the fanes deliver the air on and of flow so they are also important.
Sorry but i found you had could had done this. And explane a little bit better "Why" in your vid.
Tip
If you do cleaning upgrading etc. and your laptop is open clean the dust inside, and (if there is one) replace also the backup battery.
sorry i'm not trying to correct you or anything.
But thought it was a bit of a missed opportunity.
But it's nice to listen to your explanation, and in a clear way.
I am also subscribed to your channel.😉
Greatz
Tony from The Netherlands
Hello. Did you used some kind of solution or any liquid to clean the cpu and GPU?
Isopropyl alcohol
My laptop is very hot recently,because i didnt maintance or cleaning my laptop over 2 years. After hearing that i need to cleaning the laptop fan and replace the cpu thermal paste. I just remove the back of the laptop and i saw a chunk of dust in the fan,carefully removed it and blow some dust with compressed air. Replacing old thermal paste and the result is.. playing games like roblox is not going over 80 degree or even almost 100,its stable at 60-70 degree (because i use an iGPU not a discrete video card)
What are alcohol alternatives you could recommend
Well i got no problem from overhrating, but i have problem from my laptop (Acer aspire 5 i3 7020 edition), the problem is the speaker and microphone broke so quick
Thanks for the video!
Would applying thermal paste help lower CPU usage, regardless of how hot it's getting?
No. The operating system is going to use whatever it needs of CPU as long as it's with in the limits of heat and speed.
When i turned on my old y50-70 laptop the cpu temperature was around 50~60° is it normal or i should replace new thermal paste
What exactly was the Isopropyl Alcohol for? I didn't really catch that
You probably found out by now, but it dissolves the paste to get a super clean surface, ready to receive that new thermal paste. Important for good results
Can I use Ethyl alcohol instead of Isopropyl?
I need some help here, i recently repaste my brother's laptop with MX6, the temp on hwinfo seems fine but game performance drop significantly despite GPU is on full utilization. Model is using a i7 1165G and IrisXe, already try reapplied twice to make sure it's not an air gap issue
i just put in a new fan and changed the thermal paste but my laptop just gets hotter and my ping in every game i play is so high i cant do anything so do anyone know why
ping isn’t related to the heat of the system at all. that’s the wifi
is there a specific way to unsrew the thing covering the cpu/gpu? ive heard u gotta do it a certain way or itll break it. sorry ive never opened mine lol
On this particular laptop and others I have opened it is simply a short screw. Haven't had anything break yet.
Is there something i could do wrong, for example, use too much thermo paste and it gets somewhere it shouldn't be and ruins my laptop/ makes it not useable
Probably not. You would really have to go wild with paste to make that happen.
@@TechIlliterate What about the alcohol, at what point should/have to use it?
@@marekspulle8523 You use alcohol on good quality soft (but durable) paper towels as well as Q-tips to remove the existing thermal paste or remove excess of your new paste application. Do not use any company wipes like MX Cleaner or the like. I just had an MX Cleaner wipe melt away plastic from one of my desktop speakers from resting on it during a repasting. Isopropyl will not harm anything and is not conductive. Just don't leave a puddle to soak on plastic or it could soften it if left long enough (allegedly).
well done brother 👍
what whould happens if i take off the cooler from cpu with old paste and put it back with same old paste
I have a video about that. The short answer is "It'll be fine"
I did this on my brother’s laptop and it’s around 5°C cooler now!
It was only about a 1.5 years old, but it’s been running hot (usually around 92°C) for multiple hours almost every day since he got it, so it didn’t take long for the thermal paste to go bad
He had a huge thermal throttling problem before this, but now it’s not nearly as bad, and cs go went from almost unplayable mess of lag spikes to a very solid 120fps+
I could probably make it run even colder but I wanted to do this without spending any money and I didn’t have any isopropyl alcohol, so I had to just use a microfiber cloth instead, which works decently well apparently. I also used the arctic mx4 thermal paste that I bought for building my PC. It’s not a bad thermal paste, but it’s not top tier either
I forgot to remove the battery though😅
I cannot find the right heatsink for my probook 650 g3 since the cpu came first than the gpu
can i use isopropyl 70%
my ram heats up so so much even when is idle with nothing running
Is 2g of paste enough to buy? I also have a bunch of vram
Helpful. Thanks
is 1gram of thermal grizzly enough for my laptop with graphics card
Absolutely
I would recommend a different paste that is a bit thicker. Thermal Grizzly has a tendency to lose performance within a year. Noctua NT-H2, arctic MX4,5
Good video! Thank you!
That Gibson SG looks nice.
Question, do I really need different screws to reinstall the heat sync with? And if so, why can’t use the screws that were already used?
You don't need different screws.
@@TechIlliterate Why do I need different screws?
@@windowsxseven You don't need different screws.
@@TechIlliterate I don't get it, what's wrong with putting the same old screws back in? How would that change anything? I don't think they get worn out
@@windowsxseven Nothing wrong with that. Go ahead and use the same screws.
Did I say something like that in the video?
for laptops go for gelid gc extreme thermal paste
I used GC extreme in the past but the formula has changed to consumer friendly easy paste.
Best option: Honeywell ptm7950 phase change sheet or some alternatives: thermalright TFX, shin-etsu 7921-5, ic diamond. Highly viscous pastes. User friendly easy spread paste pumps out with direct-die applications combined with high temperature on high-end (gaming) laptops and is more suitable for desktop cpu's.
@@phenos I have used it and its working exceptionally good till now
Thank you sir, i apply your method 🌅
My laptop needed almost a board remove, like thats just crazy. I've had to remove the fans, some metal cover, some plastic cover, some soft cover, then there heatsink.
Hey Nic, can I use 70% isopropyl alcohol instead of 99% for laptop ??
You can but I would be careful with it. The water content is high and can cause issues.
My laptop has been getting WHEA UNCORRECTABLE bluescreens and is generally unstable.. Couple of people suggested it may be overheating and crashing causing Windows to become corrupted. Do you think this is the case? I'll be repasting it regardless. But would be nice to hear your thoughts.
I wish my laptop was that easy to open lol.. the plastic is already cracked from both sides due to overheating a couple years ago but I got the fan cleaned and it was good for 3 years... now it's requiring more thermal paste because the fan is always running at 70-75% but I feel like if it's taken apart, it won't be put together again since only one of the 4 sides is actually held in by the screws lmao
I have to ask my cpu had thermal paste on in but between the thermal past and the cpu there's a piece of plastic I don't know why I don't know should I remove it or leave it
Might be a thermal pad. So, If thermal paste already applied, better remove that plastic bit.
Hey man, at this point I'm more interested in what you use to shave your head. It looks crispy clean. Serious question.
Lmao. Clippers, 3/8" on the stache, 1/4" on the rest, free hand the burns.
For *Intel i3* processor which thermal paste is suitable *carbon base/ Metal based* please tell me