repaste

Forum discussion tagged with repaste.
  1. nvsamson

    Question Pc boots up and works initially after gpu repaste and change thermal pads, tried to restart, pc doesn't boot up anymore

    Hi! I got a second hand 3080 Gundam ROG, not used in mining, some corrosion in the fins. Seller repasted it March 2023, thermal pads wasn't changed. I was able to use it for 2+ weeks without any problems, temps around 81⁰C max on max cyberpunk game settings stable 55+fps, then I decided to check...
  2. sgronkia

    Question RTX 3070 Phantom needs repaste

    Hi guys, i bought from ebay a RTX 3070 Gainward Phantom GS for a very very good deal. Card is used for a few months and should have warrantly left. I tested it in some lite games in 1080p 60hz (i need to switch monitor) and was fine. When the card reaches 80/90% utilization temps spikes to...
  3. ccoo84

    [SOLVED] Repaste & Repad suggestions for an Asus Strix RTX 3090 ?

    So I decided yesterday to go bonkers, & buy the Asus Strix RTX 3090.. My question now is, I already know myself & I will want to repaste & repad the graphics card But I'm having trouble finding any sugestions about pad size & best paste to use.. Lastly I know allot of people my ask why do this...
  4. E

    Question GPU behaves weirdly after repaste ?

    To start with, I want to state that before doing any of this, my GPU was perfectly fine, with no odd behavior whatsoever. I've recently bought a used graphics card (yes, I know) as my previous one had died and I obviously needed a replacement since I couldn't live with a gt 730. Despite it...
  5. madartzgraphics

    [SOLVED] Thermal Pad Thickness of Gigabyte RX 570 Gaming GV-RX570GAMING-4GD ?

    Does somebody know what's the correct and different thickness I need for GIGABYTE RX 570 GAMING GV-RX570GAMING-4GD https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/gigabyte-rx-570-gaming.b4442 Planning to clean and repaste it, it's a recently purchased used card. It seems the info is quite hard to find...
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    Question After repasting, GPU is underclocking at 300 MHz with absurdly high Board Power Draw, what happened to my GPU?

    Hi, here's my gaming laptop specs: ASUS ROG SCAR II GL504GW CPU: i7-8750H GPU: RTX 2070 RAM: 16GB DDR4 2666 MHz I have also previously undervolted my CPU to a stable level using Throttlestop and have MSI Afterburner installed but I didn't bother tweaking any of the values there since I purely...
  7. DiabloDizzy

    Question Should i repaste?

    Hi, i have some problem here. Since yesterday, my computer ran slower than before, and it's disturb my productivity. Today i downloaded a software to check my CPU temperature and it's sowing almost 60 degrees celcius in idle. And my question is same as title, should i repaste my CPU? Full...
  8. AHAFlier

    [SOLVED] Thermal paste recommendation for MSI GS66

    So the i9-10980hk my laptop has is currently throttled and i think with a repaste i can gain a little more performance, other people with the same laptop have confirmed this. Many people have told me that LM isn't worth the risk, is this right? Also I have looked at pads but they don't seem to...
  9. R

    Question Laptop not booting after thermal re-pasting of CPU and GPU.

    I have an Acer Predator Helios 300 (PH315-51-50ST) since start of 2019. There have been thermal issues/throttling since the beginning, especially when playing games. Undervolting had initially helped to keep the temps somewhat manageable (70-80C) under load. However recently it has been...
  10. T

    [SOLVED] Re-pasting my GPU but some old paste went into the green part of the die itself while wiping - is this okay? (pic inside)

    View: https://i.imgur.com/vS8mAQp.jpg This is how it looks like now.
  11. Z

    [SOLVED] Liquid metal in laptop only on CPU or both?

    Howdy guys, I'm planning to apply a liquid metal (Conductonaut) in my Asus GL504GW, because it's not rare for the CPU to go up to 95 °C and TT. I've already done a repaste with a MX-4 which yes, decreased the temps by 5-10 °C, but it's still not good enough. The heatsink is of a compatible...
  12. Taaha Jawad

    Question Legion Y730 restarting while gaming even if it doesn't get hot.

    I got the Y730 a few months back and everything was great. Recently I've experienced this problem were the laptop restarts while gaming, even 5 minutes into it. My temperatures stay around 70 degree but it still does this, I'm able to increase the time by turning of the better battery mode but...
  13. headhunter26101

    Question [DELL G7 7588] Overheating even after repaste

    I have a Dell G7 7588 gtx 1060 model I bought it for gaming but it keeps overheating, I searched online and have tried everything from downvolting,throttlestoop i even got the thermal paste reapplied but the laptop still hasnt stopped overheating and hence thermal throttling The overheating...
  14. Z

    Need help on my first custom build pc

    Hello everyone I'm about to build my first computer, and I don't want to screw it up. I've put a link to the stuff I have in mind down below, and if someone would be so gently and just take a quick look on it and check if everything's cool and no problems that would be great. I've had help from...