Introduction
The fix, I place a thin alloy shim between the existing heatsink & chip, with a good quality thermal paste, I always use artic silver 5(never lets you down)
What you need
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This is a complete top half strip down to fix (takes me less than 30 minutes)
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this is the culprit, as you can see the shim can easily overheat & go concave lifting off the chip.
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cut a thin piece of alloy to the same size as the existing shim, i used an old alloy door push plate(easy to cut) & is the ideal thickness
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Thoroughly clean the chip with pure alcohol, then apply an even spread of good quality thermal paste(Arctic silver 5) will never let you down
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The new alloy shim is under the existing thin shim. I've done more than 20 of these repairs & had 100% success rate I always do the same to the CPU (might as well your already in there).,
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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Pros: Very good hi-res pictures, well explained.
Cons: The disassembly instructions are missing
