repasting

Forum discussion tagged with repasting.
  1. Xavlumme

    Question GPU hotspot increase after reapplying thermal paste

    I have an AMD 6650XT and I recently decided to reapply its thermal paster after getting high core and hotspot temps while under load (85 and 95). After reapplying thermal paste (MX-4), the core temps dropped to 75 under load but the hotspot temps increased to 105-108! I have read online that...
  2. iwan44

    Question Failed at repasting/repadding Palit RTX 3060Ti GamingPro. Much worse temps, need help.

    So, my GPU was having a weird hotspot temperature of 90-100 during load while my core temps were around 70 while gaming. I thought that was strange so I decided to repad and repaste. I used cooler master V1 IC value thermal compound for GPU die and Arctic APT2560 1mm thermal pad for the rest...
  3. K

    Question RTX 3070 Concerning Temps after repaste

    After intensely gaming on my Gigabyte RTX 3070 Gaming OC for a year, I decided to repaste it with ARCTIC MX-4 paste. However, my first repaste was much worse than the original temps, reaching 105 degrees on the hotspot almost instantly. Then I redid it carefully, by first covering every part...
  4. psychobacter

    Question Laptop thermal throttling even after repasting and undervolting

    So some info about the whole ordeal first, Recently I repasted my Asus Zephyrus M GU502GU about 3 weeks ago with Cooler Master master gel maker and undervolted it. I ran cinbench r20 to verify if the repasting improved the temps and I got max temps of around 80 degrees celsius on the CPU which...
  5. A

    [SOLVED] Acer Nitro 5 (i7 9gen; RTX2060) repasting for first time

    Hello All, I repasted my laptop's CPU/GPU as they were heating over 95C while gaming. Since it was my first time I managed to screw it up. Now looking for help... I opened the laptop and unplugged the battery and removed the cooling solution and cleaned everything there. On the GPU and CPU used...
  6. Jmusic88

    [SOLVED] Is kapton tape necessary and best repasting method on rectangle cpu?

    Hello, I'm repasting my cpu and gpu on my laptop and have noticed kapton tape around both cpu/gpu. Is kapton tape necessary for when repasting? I researched and read that it's meant to protect the surrounding if you use liquid metal but I have read other opinions as well, so I'm not so sure...
  7. R

    Question GPU not detected anywhere after liquid metal repaste on laptop

    Hey everyone, So I just finished doing a repaste using the Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut liquid metal paste on my Lenovo Legion Y720. This is my first time repasting and I didn't quite realise at first that it's a bit risky with liquid metal pastes. The problem is that my laptop no longer...
  8. A

    Dual monitor resolution decrease

    hi i just set set up a dual monitor on my geforce 9500 gt and suddenly my primary monitor max res in windows slider dropped from 1440x900 to 1366x768 and it all blurry