???thermal paste remove

[RickyGAHHH]

can i use the nail polish remover for clean the old thermal paste that on the cpu and the gpu??

My laptop is 3y old so im thinking to replace the thermal paste(it gets high temp while web browsing)

??nail polish remover instead the alcohol??

will it damage the surface of cpu??  

[Megah3rtz]

No, don't use nail polish. Just use a cloth and a tiny bit of water and be careful. Then leave it to dry. 

[AlwaysFSX]

WHY WOULD YOU THINK YOU CAN USE NAIL POLISH?!

[cyanit]

don't replace the thermal compound!

Just remove the dust from your laptop.

My grandpa had the same laptop for almost 10 years, and the only things he has ever done was

1. Replace after 6 years his mobo because it broke somehow

2. Cleaning the dust out of it everytime it thermal throttled

[TheGhzGuy]

Just now, cyanit said:

don't replace the thermal compound!

Just remove the dust from your laptop.

My grandpa had the same laptop for almost 10 years, and the only things he has ever done was

1. Replace after 6 years his mobo because it broke somehow

2. Cleaning the dust out of it everytime it thermal throttled

 

What's wrong with replacing the compound? It's not like it'll kill the laptop.

 

[TheGhzGuy]

Use rubbing alcohol and a napkin (or a tissue)

[RickyGAHHH]

2 minutes ago, cyanit said:

don't replace the thermal compound!

Just remove the dust from your laptop.

My grandpa had the same laptop for almost 10 years, and the only things he has ever done was

1. Replace after 6 years his mobo because it broke somehow

2. Cleaning the dust out of it everytime it thermal throttled

i try to clean the dust out

but it still not very cool

[CoinofStone]

3 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

WHY WOULD YOU THINK YOU CAN USE NAIL POLISH?!

Probably means nail polish remover, aka acetone.

[RickyGAHHH]

3 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

WHY WOULD YOU THINK YOU CAN USE NAIL POLISH?!

because i dont have any alcohol

hahaha 

[cyanit]

3 minutes ago, TheGhzGuy said:

What's wrong with replacing the compound? It's not like it'll kill the laptop.

 

 

 

 

you have to take apart the whole laptop.

And if this is not done correctly, it will kill the laptop.

[chris76816]

Just now, RickyGAHHH said:

because i dont have any alcohol

hahaha 

Do you mean nail polish remover.

[Enderman]

You don't need alcohol, water works fine. Just make sure it's dry afterwards.

[AlwaysFSX]

Just now, CoinofStone said:

Probably means nail polish remover, aka acetone.

Nope:

Just now, RickyGAHHH said:

because i dont have any alcohol

hahaha 

Nail polish and nail polish remover or isopropyl alcohol are completely different in what they do when applied to a surface, why would you think they could be interchangeable?

[RickyGAHHH]

Just now, cyanit said:

you have to take apart the whole laptop.

And if this is not done correctly, it will kill the laptop.

my laptop's heat sink is really easy to remove

so can i use the nail polish remover to clean?

[TheGhzGuy]

1 minute ago, cyanit said:

you have to take apart the whole laptop.

And if this is done not correctly, it will kill the laptop.

 

Fair enough, I just don't think it's as big of an issue as you're making it out to be.

[jaycowper]

Just now, RickyGAHHH said:

my laptop's heat sink is really easy to remove

so can i use the nail polish remover to clean?

You can use whatever you want, the question is do you want your laptop to work afterwards? Isopropyl alcohol and coffee filters works wonders.

[Sack]

2 minutes ago, RickyGAHHH said:

my laptop's heat sink is really easy to remove

so can i use the nail polish remover to clean?

No please don't use nail polish remover/acetone, it literally removes nail polish...

[mariushm]

You can use acetone, but isopropyl alcohol is recommended.

Acetone can attack plastics and remove paint/markings from components, for example the print off surface mounted capacitors. isopropyl alcohol is not that "strong" and does the same job.

 

You can also use sanitary alcohol or any other solvent , just make sure it evaporates before you apply the new thermal paste.

 

And don't confuse thermal paste with thermal pads. If the laptop uses thermal pads, it may have been designed with the thickness of the pads in mind, so replacing them with paste may be a mistake as the paste will become thinner and spread when heated while pads will remain the same thickness.

[cyanit]

Just now, TheGhzGuy said:

Fair enough, I just don't think it's as big of an issue as you're making it out to be.

probably you're right... ;D

But the point is, why should you wreck down your house and rebuild it if your air condition is just broken?

[TheGhzGuy]

3 minutes ago, jaycowper said:

You can use whatever you want, the question is do you want your laptop to work afterwards? Isopropyl alcohol and coffee filters works wonders.

Hey! Someone else who uses coffee filters!

 

[TheGhzGuy]

Just now, cyanit said:

probably you're right... ;D

But the point is, why should you wreck down your house and rebuild it if your air condition is just broken?

 

I've tried blowing out dust from an HP laptop it was.....not fun. It still works though! (Still ramps the fan up to max lol)

[jaycowper]

Just now, TheGhzGuy said:

Hey! Someone else who uses coffee filters!

 

Surprised that people don't do it more often. It's strong and abrasive without being overtly so, and more importantly not nearly as fibrous as paper towels.

[RickyGAHHH]

3 minutes ago, mariushm said:

You can use acetone, but isopropyl alcohol is recommended.

Acetone can attack plastics and remove paint/markings from components, for example the print off surface mounted capacitors. isopropyl alcohol is not that "strong" and does the same job.

 

You can also use sanitary alcohol or any other solvent , just make sure it evaporates before you apply the new thermal paste.

 

And don't confuse thermal paste with thermal pads. If the laptop uses thermal pads, it may have been designed with the thickness of the pads in mind, so replacing them with paste may be a mistake as the paste will become thinner and spread when heated while pads will remain the same thickness.

how can i tell is it using the pads or paste?

[cyanit]

Just now, TheGhzGuy said:

I've tried blowing out dust from an HP laptop it was.....not fun. It still works though! (Still ramps the fan up to max lol)

I'm cleaning the Toshiba laptop if my grandpa with an industrial vacuum cleaner and that thing does a great job... But the laptop is also just so old, if you're not very close you might mix it up with a tank... ;D

[DocSwag]

7 minutes ago, cyanit said:

I'm cleaning the Toshiba laptop if my grandpa with an industrial vacuum cleaner and that thing does a great job... But the laptop is also just so old, if you're not very close you might mix it up with a tank... ;D

Cleaning anything electrical with a vacuum is a horrible idea... A lot of static builds up on the vacuum and if it makes its way onto anything electrical boom, it's dead.