Posts by StevenJDM

Quote: Originally Posted by qhn  How did you fix the cooling issue again? cheers ... Replaced the heatsink and fan then repasted.   Right now it's working again and I'm hoping it will stay that way because...

So I posted here when I had a cooling issue on my HP Pavilion DV5z 1000 and it starting working perfectly after I fixed it. Then I kept experiencing a problem when I boot up and it would randomly not start due to a black screen. To fix...

I've already tried blowing out all the vents with compressed air. I believe these are normal temps for most notebooks as well. I've seen many people who are familiar with notebooks say that these temps are usually normal. I also noticed...

So I have an old HP Pavilion ZE4900 notebook laying around and I thought it could be good use for working on some music. I did a clean reformat on the HDD with Windows XP and I noticed that sometimes it runs slow as hell and freezes...

  Quote: Originally Posted by qhn  That blue plastic serves 2 folds - one is to help pushing the ribbon end into the slot evenly, the other is putting the pressure on the contact once the ribbon sits in the slot....

Finally, it's not over-heating since I applied the new compound with the fan and heatsink. Hopefully it stays that way!   Now, I've encountered another problem after I reassembled everything back together. The keyboard and...

Quote: Originally Posted by OShadowFoxO  Hi again, I'm going to throw a slightly edited picture of yours in here because in reading your post I think there's some confusion and I want to clear it up. My apologies if...

Quote: Originally Posted by OShadowFoxO  Hey, When you mention the thermal pad on the heatsink, which are you referring to? I'm guessing the blue "pad" thing that sits on the north bridge chip? If so, a little dust...

Another thing I would like to add to what I said previously, the thermal pad on the heatsink has little bits of dust on it and I'm not sure if that would be another reason why I am getting high temperatures.   Now, after I add...

Quote: Originally Posted by qhn  What are you using as thermal paste? You did not tighten the heatsink down too much? I would stop turning the screws once it starts resisting. Clean out the dust and grime on the fan...