Posts by aurelrica

i used generic silver paste... and my temperatures are like 1-4 degree celsius higher than the ones that use arcticsilver... the important thing is to repaste as soon as possible... if you want the picture guide on how to disasmble...

If you have the laptop for more than 6 months you'll find alot of dirt inside the fan, where the litle aluminium vents are (you have to take of the 3 screws that keep the metal part of the fan), Yes you can lose the waranty but I can...

New mod arrival: separate heat pipe for the gpu with it's own fan, waiting for the fan I've orderred to arrive, just amazed that in china is not yet a modified cooler for this laptop :)  

a quick draw in paint for the ones that don't have electronics knolege:

Ok I'm back :) So HARDWARE MODE ENGAGED : since there is no way (yet) of manualy controll the fan with software and I was not pleased with my temperatures (even after repasting, taking out the nets, bios crack ecc) this time I go...

   

if you want the guide for the 5830tg I'll send it to you by email, aurelrica@yahoo.com. I I find the original acer manual on somme site a while ago...  I alredy tear down mine twice, the first time for repasting the processor...