Now that's weird...
After two years and there's no increase in temps?

Two years you didn't take out the heatsink?
There must be a lot of dust accumulated there...

No problem one, can always discuss it through pm right...

Wait a couple more days la, see how it goes...

i didnt take it out. i cleaned it regularly though.. use brush, n blower. the heatsink is dust free, but the issue here is the tim.

it is just my opinion.. correct me if i'm wrong.. i think thermal paste such as AS5 and zalman STG1 need a good heatsink to be compiled together..

it is because when using high performance TIM the heat transferred is more efficient than normal paste..

so for that matter we need a good heatsink to dissipate the heat out quickly and efficiently..

I think stock cooler cant do that..

Owh, my bad then...
But still, after two years, the TIM should deteriorate? No?

Weird thing is, you didn't experience any temperature increase even after using it for two years...

Ok, will take a screenshot of RivaTuner hardware monitoring with OC n unOC of the VGA..

BTW, im having the same problem, increase of 2-3'C at CPU from the previous thermal grease.. Im feeling weird and pull back my heatsink, maybe i dont give enought i think, so i apply another layer on it.. and thats the result i got.. Not much different from the previous thermal grease.. Have to wait couple more day to get the optimal result..

Recently due to my laptop cpu temperature rising till 82 degrees i decided to diasemble the whole system. I found out that the heatsink is blocked. Gaps between the copper fins were totally blocked with dirt. I cleaned it and did some lapping on both my CPU heat spreader and the heat sink base. However i couldn't acquire any thermal grease to apply. I asembled back the whole notebook and it's CPU is now lower by 30 degrees at maximum fan speed. Will there be any problem if i keep running it without any thermal grease? My lapping wasn't mirror shine either.

Anywhere selling thermal grease at Subang Jaya area? Preferably Artic Silver 5.

better put thermal paste/grease

This post has been edited by E-J@1: Dec 6 2006, 05:10 AM

Thermal grease and thermal paste both are the same things, just different name.

ya la, i know, i'm answering unamed's question to put the thermal paste/grease...
i'm not giving my opinion to put thermal paster instead thermal grease

sorry for the misunderstanding. since he is asking the place selling thermal grease, so your previous reply really sounds like......

...my fault, i did not read his question properly...i've just noticed..

dude, don't post twice la, just use the edit button

anyway, already edit the 2nd post, hopefully anybody can understand

I wasn't really asking about where to buy...but rather can i continue the notebook operation without thermal grease...anyway it's answered but if anyone know where to get thermal grease in Subang or selling please let me know

with that temp, it is better for you to put some new grease.. 100% your processor got contact problem or thermal grease really 'gone' already. you can get it from Moderno shop at SS19 behind Hong Leong Bank.

There are many members selling thermal grease under Garage Sales. You can go with Artic Silver, that's the best thermal paste ever made and it gives significant reduction in operating temperature of your CPU. It's good stuff.

why on earth call the thermal paster as grease ... grease is use to reduce the vibration and friction of two object contacted on one another,,, like gear, bearing or joint.

thermal paste is use to fill up the gap between two contacted objects to improve heat transfer.....

actually i am joking about selling off my zalman thermal paste. RM30+ item also need to sell meh.. haha... if u want to try, i can borrow you for single application. let's you try it

Because thermal grease is a thermal paste http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_grease

Anyway i moderno doesn't have stock for artic silver 5. Now trying to ask whether he got stock for the zalman 1 or not

Where is Ho Leong bank in SS19? I only remembered the bank in SS15.

You can choose either to use thermal paste / grease on the notebook or not by you're choice...

Normally notebook manufacturers didn't bother to put any Thermal paste / grease between the processor and the heatsink...

I've repaired so many notebooks, and open a lot of their casings [i only open the notebook casings that the warranty is over already laa ] and none of them uses thermal paste / grease...

Every notebooks that i've opened, i'll put some thermal paste on top of the processor die, coz this will help more in transferring the heat to the heatsink...

So my suggestion is, put a thermal paste, it's better that way...

Ahh, another thing, if u look on the heatsink, did you find somekind of metal zink sheet?

If you do, take it out, then clean the heatsink with some alcohol, then apply the thermal paste to the processor die itself...

The themal paste will work better if you take out the metal zink sheet...

Ohh, and by the way, you don't have to use AS5 for notebooks processor as they are cool enought to be use with those normal white thermal paste...