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Removing factory thermal grease?
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<blockquote data-quote="Matrix" data-source="post: 498312" data-attributes="member: 37955"><p>A word of wisdom to anyone considering this:</p><p></p><p>I removed Apple's huge amount of paste, applied the proper paper-thin layer of ArcticSilver5, and gained at best, MAYBE 1C off my temps - hardly worth disassembling my MBP for.</p><p></p><p>My MBP idles between 43C-53C with fans at 2000RPM, and under load goes to 85C before the fans speed up. Ultimately I get about 75C under load with the fans maxed out at 6000RPM.</p><p></p><p>That's just the way the 2.4GHz C2Ds run...be careful about the low temps you see people post - 99% of them are referring to slower CPUs without realizing it.</p><p></p><p>-TM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Matrix, post: 498312, member: 37955"] A word of wisdom to anyone considering this: I removed Apple's huge amount of paste, applied the proper paper-thin layer of ArcticSilver5, and gained at best, MAYBE 1C off my temps - hardly worth disassembling my MBP for. My MBP idles between 43C-53C with fans at 2000RPM, and under load goes to 85C before the fans speed up. Ultimately I get about 75C under load with the fans maxed out at 6000RPM. That's just the way the 2.4GHz C2Ds run...be careful about the low temps you see people post - 99% of them are referring to slower CPUs without realizing it. -TM [/QUOTE]
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