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    Replacement thermal compound

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by bigun08, Dec 2, 2010.

  1. bigun08

    bigun08 Notebook Consultant

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    first question is there any thermal compound on these M11x's or is it a thermal pad? and if there is has anyone upgraded it.. I am a true believer in Diamond IC
    I run it in my desktop AMD 1090T @ 4.1 on air and am very happy with the improvements..
    Of course my final question is will this void the warranty.. although I probably know the answer!
    thanks
     
    bigun08, Dec 2, 2010
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    DaneGRClose Notebook Virtuoso

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    No it will not void warranty as long as you don't ruin anything or cause any damage in any way. I replaced my TIM with TX-4 and honestly I don't think I'd recommend it to anyone else, it's a real pain in the butt to do and only nets a 1-3 degree drop at best.

    Edit: And just so you know it's pads on the GPU's Vram and paste on everything else, if you do replace it only replace the paste on the Nvidia card and the CPU not the Intel.
     
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