On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 12:05 PM, STeve Andre' <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 07/25/12 23:13, ændrük wrote:
>>
>> What should I use as a replacement for the factory-installed thermal
>> pad on the northbridge of a ThinkPad X60? I don't see anything
>> addressing this in the ThinkPad X60 Hardware Maintenance Manual.
>>
>> I think my options are:
>>
>> 1. a new thermal pad
>> 2. a heaping mound of thermal grease
>> 3. copper shims stuck together with thermal grease
>>
>> A new thermal pad would be ideal—but where do I get one, and do I need
>> a certain kind? Thermal grease is readily available, but using that
>> alone sounds treacherous. And copper shims sound popular among
>> overclockers, but that apparently risks damaging the CPU. What do most
>> people do after removing a ThinkPad's heat sink?
>>
>> Andrew
>>
> What are you trying to replace? "Thermal pad" isn't a term I know of,
> for thinkpads.
>
> --STeve Andre'
>
Thanks for asking. Perhaps my problem is that I don't know the correct
term. By "thermal pad" I mean the gray, squishy square between the MCH
and the fansink. I've circled its location in red in this image:
http://i.imgur.com/GKJFD.png
When properly installed, the fansink comes in direct contact with the
CPU but leaves a small gap above the MCH. This gap is spanned by the
gray, squishy square.
I originally removed the fansink in order to reapply the thermal
grease on the CPU, since the CPU has started overheating under heavy
load. The gray, squishy square didn't survive the removal of the
fansink, so I need something to replace it.
Andrew
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