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    Cover on cpu?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by blackfire12, Jan 2, 2012.

  1. blackfire12

    blackfire12 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey, I'm trying to reapply my thermal paste but noticed there's some sort of clear brown cover on the cpu cut out around the die. There's leftover factory thermal paste underneath it as well. Can I just completely take off this cover and leave it off?

    Tried searching the threads about this but couldn't find anything.
     
    blackfire12, Jan 2, 2012
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  2. Mexic00ls

    Mexic00ls Notebook Deity

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    Its fine, you can completely remove it
     
    Mexic00ls, Jan 2, 2012
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  3. blackfire12

    blackfire12 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Cool thanks for the quick reply :)
     
    blackfire12, Jan 2, 2012
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