Posts by dopee

so, you basically leave the foil alone? I would think this piece of foil needs to be replaced.... any tips on how to replace it? that was what I was asking in my other post. thanks..

please, tell me how. even if the gpu is toast I still want to try. instead of sitting on my ass complaining about it..

Ok, this is seriously pissing me off. The warantee on this machine ran out ages ago as I was an early adopter of this laptop. I sent it in to Sager for warantee in the past and they said they replaced the motherboard, which I think is...

ok under closer inspection, The GPU presses onto this metal foil looking piece with thermal goop under that. Is there any way to replace this cheapo heat transfer goop with my own? Need some help please

got it, thanks. So i unscrewed the screws holding down the plate under the keyboard. To my surprise, I found a grip! of gunk/dust/hairs from the mini heatpipe hidden under the plate. Under close inspection, I find it weird there is no...

Dear G-Omaha, my gf's 8790 GPU is artifiacting once again, and I want to do something about it and it seems like you're the man around here that can help me. So I ordered some of this thermal tape. How much of it exactly do I need and...

care to explain..? btw i read about the driver idle temp bug in the nvidia drivers, but supposedly the new driver (76.50?) fixes it. So lets just pretend I want to AS5 the GPU anyways, anyone know how? I read about the copper slice...

man... just spent a good 2 hrs reading all these posts. So this jeremy dude is still sitting around in his trailer park free after all of this?? Rondo dont know where you are bro but you should be ashamed. Sucks when there's no...

hmmm the thread is way derailed. The poster asks for detailed instructions on how to put as5 on the gpu, and you guys are rambling about your temps, whats up with that?? I'm also wondering how on my new XPS, so if anyone who has done the...

I just finished fixing this very problem. My gf's laptop (i'm on it right now) started to have blinking LED's after 30 mins of counter-strike 1.6, and the system would shut down after blinking at me for a couple mins. Mobmeter was...