white macbook 13 heat issue fixed

a lot of people that owns the white macbook complains that it gets too hot, well the area that gets hot is the gpu and the cpu heatsink.

well i decided to open that baby up and change the thermal compound. from just using it for the past hour it seems to still heat up but at a slower rate and the final temp is noticeablly lower, not to mention that it haven't gone through the break-in phase.

unfortunatly i didn't take any pictures and a lot of people have done this so if you really want to, you can search of it online. but i didn't find some information that can help you make the process easier.

taking off the keyboard cover is pretty easy. after removing the screws make sure you keep track of them, this is the hardest part. the right side does not come out that easier, don't be afraid to bend it a little bit. the trick is try to remove the keyboard ribbon right now if you can't get it completely off, then you don't have to worry about using a bit more force, there's really nothing to keep you back.

then just do straight to the heatsink, the heatsink and the fans are seperate parts. unscrew the outer four screw (i have the penryn mac, so your's might be different)and the HS should come loose. next remove (actually you won't remove just loosen it. there is one obvious screw on the left side fan and the other one is under the curvy wires on the right side of the fan.

at this point you can seperate the two fan and HS, but there is a lot of little cables to unplug, and a lot of people are afraid to get confused on the plugs, the trick here is that you don't have to remove any of them. just slide out the HS after wiggling the fan and turn it over with everything plugged it. just be careful, the rest is simple if you have ever apply thermal past. clean off the crust and apply the new ones. and install everything just backwards.

along the way there are some sticky you need to remove. and almost make sure you tighten the HS down, not too tight. tighten it and then give it a turn backwards.

i hope that helped at least a little bit.

 

Break-in, or "burn-in" is a myth. I don't care what anybody says, but there's no way you can make a cpu more tolerate to heat and overclocking by "burning it in". Anyone who claims they did most likely just got a high quality part. The quality between parts is not consistant fyi, even if they're from the same wafer.
But to comment on your post, what you did is very adventuruous, more than I like to be. When it comes to laptops, if it's not "user serviceable" I take it to a repair depot.
If you want to make a guide on your little adventure, you should include step by step pics.

 

Who overclocks to burn-in thermal paste? You overclock to make your computer faster.
I've actually been thinking of doing this myself when I first got my macbook, but its been over a year now and I still haven't done it. I might be pulling the trigger and getting a refurb unibody macbook pro in a week or two. I'll probably re-apply the thermal paste on that. Just wondering, what thermal paste did you use? I'm probably gonna use arctic silver 5.

 

I know, but reading that kind of got me off on a tangent, cause I've read over and over (here and elsewhere) about "burn-in" and overclocking, and it just bugs me everytime I think about it.

 

talin: make a step by step instruction

yeah i was planning on doing that and wanted to but i was too nervous with not effing it up.
i might open it again just for the purpose of taking pictures.