The temperature sensors on procyon [My Dell Studio 1535] laptop were constantly hitting abnormal values recently. CPU kept on idling at around 60C, even after my
previous post on the fix for lm_sensors configuration applied. So I knew that it was time I opened the girl up and do her some good'ol fashioned cleaning. So I borrowed a cam, took out my toolbox, acquired some Thermal Compound [Shin-Etsu Microsi's G-751 Thermal Paste (thanks Shray!)] from a good friend, added some Pink Floyd on my playlist and got to work. Here are a few pics of the internals for anyone's viewing pleasure since I could not find any decent teardown images of the same model on the web. Enjoy....
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| Backplate opened, Fan/Heat-sink assembly and processor removed | | |
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| Close-up of the first image. |
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| The processor[Top]: Intel T5750 [2GHz, Socket-P, 2MBL2, 667 FSB] |
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| The processor[Bottom] |
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| Fan/Heat-sink assembly [Top] |
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| Fan/Heat-sink assembly [Bottom] [Note the thermal pads for the MCH and GFX chips] |
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| Fan/Heatsink assembly [Top, Fan Removed] |
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| Fan/Heat-sink assembly [Bottom, Fan Removed] |
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| Fan(Dirty) [Top] |
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| Fan(Dirty) [Bottom] |
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| Partially Cleaned Heat-sink Fins |
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| ATI Mobility Radeon HD3450 256MB [The 2 chips on the left are the 128MBx2(Samsung) RAMDACs] |
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| The Intel 965PM MCH |
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| The Intel MCH and The Socket-P processor socket |
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| Nanya 1GB DDR2 PC2-5300 @ 333 MHz x2 RAM Cards |
After a thorough cleaning and application of new thermal grease, the temps have dropped significantly by at least ~10C
End result: a cool and quiet system and a wholly satisfied conscience :)
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