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- Mar 4, 2009
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- Washington D.C.
Hi All,
I am fixing and modifying my Dell Inspiron E1505 laptop. An overview of the project and pictures will be uploaded on my site when I am done.
I am concerned with the cooling on this laptop. It has been shutting itself off overnight, and I believe that it is because of a cooling issue. I have completely disassembled it and have new thermal paste for the CPU.
My issue is with the GPU. There is a considerable gap between it and the heatsink that it shares with the CPU. There was a crappy blue foam(ish) material on the GPU before to fill the gap. I want to do the copper mod, but want to know how to measure the gap precisely. Its in a hard place to see directly, and I dont want to break something by putting in too thick of a copper shim. How should I measure this? Putty?
I had some idea of using some of the guitar picks I have around since they are specific sizes like 1mm, 1.14 mm, etc. Any better suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
I am fixing and modifying my Dell Inspiron E1505 laptop. An overview of the project and pictures will be uploaded on my site when I am done.
I am concerned with the cooling on this laptop. It has been shutting itself off overnight, and I believe that it is because of a cooling issue. I have completely disassembled it and have new thermal paste for the CPU.
My issue is with the GPU. There is a considerable gap between it and the heatsink that it shares with the CPU. There was a crappy blue foam(ish) material on the GPU before to fill the gap. I want to do the copper mod, but want to know how to measure the gap precisely. Its in a hard place to see directly, and I dont want to break something by putting in too thick of a copper shim. How should I measure this? Putty?
I had some idea of using some of the guitar picks I have around since they are specific sizes like 1mm, 1.14 mm, etc. Any better suggestions?
Thanks in advance.