Hello. I'm wondering can I change thermal pads to reduce heat( I suppose in photo pointed things are thermal pads? )?

Can I change those pads with this: THERMAL GRIZZLY MINUS PAD 8 120 X 20. And 120 x 20 would be enough to all of those pads to change(all stock thermal pads are 0.5mm thickness)? P.S it is not my heatsink just photo from internet but it looks the same as mine.

Hi Mahomie,

Welcome to the Community Forums.

In general, upgrades on the original parts should are allowed as long as there are no damage to other parts during and after upgrades.

The warranty aggreement may differ from each location. It would be better to call in tech support first before any changes made to ensure that warranty is kept.

Regards

I never tried after market thermal pads, but personal I used Arctic silver 5 and I got great results. I think whatever solution you use, it will be better than the standard stock pads that the laptop came with.

Those are thermal pads for the caps and you can just keep them where they are and don't replace them. You aren't going to see a difference because they don't have thermal sensors and they don't generate as significant amount of heat as the main chips

Hi All,

Greetings.

I believe that it was also previously discussed about the thermal augmentations that can be tried on the machine.

I would also suggest to get hold of technical support specially for warranty concerns. If there is a reason why thermal pads would be needed aside from a good thermal paste then tech support may need to be concerned with it.

Regards

1 hour 80+? You are lucky, I am 15 minutes in the air-conditioned room. 1 hour I can already cook eggs.