The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Liquid Metal aftermath

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by BigBoss5090, Jun 18, 2017.

  1. BigBoss5090

    BigBoss5090 Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    2
    Messages:
    83
    Likes Received:
    17
    Trophy Points:
    16
    Anyone experience anything weird after repasting with liquid metal? Last night my computer BSOD out of nowhere, upon investigation it was something with a memory issue but there is no indication that it could be possible as I swap different ram, also my computer did a weird thing where the HDMI audio and the internal speakers where defaulting on their own rapidly which I had to reboot in order to fix the problem, all of this little glitches happened after LM, wondering if someone has had a similar issue?
     
    BigBoss5090, Jun 18, 2017
    #1
  2. don_svetlio

    don_svetlio In the Pipe, Five by Five.

    Reputations:
    351
    Messages:
    3,616
    Likes Received:
    1,825
    Trophy Points:
    231
    If you got any of it over electrical components, I'm amazed that the machine even boots to begin with.
     
    don_svetlio, Jun 18, 2017
    #2
    Vasudev and Papusan like this.
  3. Mobius 1

    Mobius 1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

    Reputations:
    3,447
    Messages:
    9,069
    Likes Received:
    6,376
    Trophy Points:
    681
    this


    take off the heatsink and see what you got wrong
     
    Mobius 1, Jun 18, 2017
    #3
    Vasudev and don_svetlio like this.
  4. CedricFP

    CedricFP Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    49
    Messages:
    517
    Likes Received:
    298
    Trophy Points:
    76
    Is the repaste the only thing you did? You mentioned new RAM and I'm wondering if you also changed the ram during the repaste.
     
    CedricFP, Jun 18, 2017
    #4
  5. InvoluntorySoul

    InvoluntorySoul Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    14
    Messages:
    145
    Likes Received:
    63
    Trophy Points:
    41

    did you put tape around the CPU and GPU?
     
    InvoluntorySoul, Jun 19, 2017
    #5
  6. chezzzz

    chezzzz Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    16
    Messages:
    92
    Likes Received:
    65
    Trophy Points:
    26
    chezzzz, Jun 19, 2017
    #6
  7. BigBoss5090

    BigBoss5090 Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    2
    Messages:
    83
    Likes Received:
    17
    Trophy Points:
    16
    I should have been a little more specific, the glitches happened only 1 day and it has not done it since then, I did put the electrical tape around the die's as mentioned on the guide and I did not swap any components during this time, I wanted to know what people's temperatures where here, Im wondering if its just glitches of W10 more than anything
     
    BigBoss5090, Jun 19, 2017
    #7
  8. BigBoss5090

    BigBoss5090 Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    2
    Messages:
    83
    Likes Received:
    17
    Trophy Points:
    16
    anyway of cleaning it and replying it, might consider this but I doubt i have to
     
    BigBoss5090, Jun 19, 2017
    #8
  9. Mobius 1

    Mobius 1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

    Reputations:
    3,447
    Messages:
    9,069
    Likes Received:
    6,376
    Trophy Points:
    681
    use gaffer tape or painters tape, lift lm off very easy
     
    Mobius 1, Jun 19, 2017
    #9
    Papusan likes this.
  10. BigBoss5090

    BigBoss5090 Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    2
    Messages:
    83
    Likes Received:
    17
    Trophy Points:
    16
    perfect, thanks for the advice
     
    BigBoss5090, Jun 19, 2017
    #10
    Vasudev likes this.