:-) The photo idea is a good one, one we followed when we built our house (with the exception of those locations we "knew" we'd never need to check a photo - hah!).
I've got everything I need, except it's evening and that's when I make misteaks :-[ Tomorrow morning, and I hope is goes as smoothly as you suggest. Thanks to all for the suggestions and help. Mike At 02:55 PM 12/13/2011 -0800, Laurence wrote: >91% is just fine. Whatever you have around the house is also fine. 100% would >absorb moisture from the air the moment you dab it on a cloth >.... and the evaporating alcohol will yank the small amount of water along >with it. Nor do you need any brand name special solvent, just a clean, well >lit place to work arranged so that small things don't fall out or in to your >work context. A rubbery sheet of something is quite handy for holding small >parts, or use any means to make little things resist your hand, arm, sleeve >from knocking them around. > >Don't be afraid to snap pics as you take things apart. Chances are 95% that if >you do that you won't need them - the momentary pause to observe some trivial, >"obvious" detail will memorize it. Example: there's a thingy under the >trackpad that "obviously" goes in one way. I had to interrupt work between >removing and replacing it, then it was no longer obvious to me. Of course, I >took no photo since it was too obvious to need one. That turned a 30 second >task into a rather longer one. > >Work methodically and it will be trivially simple and done faster than reading >this thread. Rush, and it will get slow and complicated. > >Larry > >From: Michael Stack <[email protected]> >To: Laurence <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" ><[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 5:06 PM >Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Re T60 fan going bad (Stuart F. Biggar) > >Well, I had no problem finding thermal compound at Radio Shack, but finding >100% isopropyl alcohol is a challenge. I found some at >http://www.tselectronic.com/shop/product/MG-Chemicals-824-99.953--Pure-Anhydrous-Isopropyl-Alcohol-(Liquid)/346 > >but I don't know whether I should bother, but use 91% instead (found >everywhere, and inexpensive). Does anyone have suggestions on this? > >Thanks! > >Mike > >At 11:05 AM 12/13/2011 -0800, Laurence wrote: >>You don't need much grease, as you've figured. It's just enough to fill any >>gaps - both microscopic and macro. I did ine a bit on the thin side - I >>scraped it thin with a credit card and you could see through the coating. >>That worked, but peak temps under load seemed high. I also changed the cpu at >>the same time, so the results are not conclusive. So I'm no expert with >>this, for a small cpu area I would call it less than a grain of rice, more >>than the head of a pin. Then again if you use, say, a conductive thermal >>gunk such as arctic silver (or the ibm field service stuff, if you have that) >>I suspect there's a little leeway on the thick side. Wouldn't worry too >>much. >> >>After a bit of practice you'll find you can do many of these sort of things >>faster a round trip to the Fedex office and of course far cheaper, this >>saving things you would have had to throw out otherwise. >> >>-- Larry >> >> >>From: Michael Stack <[email protected]> >>To: Laurence <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" >><[email protected]> >>Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 12:40 AM >>Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Re T60 fan going bad (Stuart F. Biggar) >>Thanks, Laurence. I ordered the fan today and it should be here tomorrow. My >>most significant concern is to use the right amount of thermal grease, but >>there appear to be many sites with instructions ( http://tinyurl.com/7vshu3s >>). Thanks for your encouragement, and I'll report the results here. >> >>Mike >>At 07:44 PM 12/12/2011 -0800, Laurence wrote: >>>Re T60 fan going bad (Stuart F. Biggar) >>> >>>As someone who is not a hardware hobbyist and doesn't have any special >>>interest in deconstructing computers, I can say you can certainly replace >>>the fan. It will cost not much less of your time to make phone calls, then >>>pack, ship, pick up and unpack from depot service as to do the repair >>>efficiently yourself (unless the mailroom handles all the shipping for you). >>> >>>The first time you do it will take a total of at least15 min (if you are >>>very efficient with your time, mechanically oriented and spend 2 minutes >>>scanning the HMM), up to an hour (if you have very little experience inside >>>a computer, need to fuss around some, and have to go back and recheck/redo >>>something). >>> >>>If you lay out relevant HMM pages OR keep them open on a nearby monitor, lay >>>out the very few tools needed, secure each screw onto a diagram (or a photo) >>>of the machine (punch through the paper on some such thing) and snap a few >>>px as you take things apart (you probably won't need them) the job should go >>>quickly. If one does half the job and completes it later, loses screws into >>>a carpet, etc etc it will consume time and effort. About the only catch I >>>recall is being careful not to bend the fan's soft copper heatsink, not even >>>a millimeter. That is done by observing the manual and not rushing. It's >>>best to have a lint-free wiper, a bit of alcohol and a trivial amount of >>>fresh thermal compound handy. And a clean uncluttered place to work. >>> >>>If you do all that you'll find the actual job to be trivial. >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Thinkpad mailing list >>><mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] >>>http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad >> > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
