Not sure what happened to this thread, but luckily I have a backup. The pictures are down, and I guess they are on either my laptop or my sd memory card.
I see that a lot of people have 4750's and I want to help them tweak their new laptops. I will start off by explaining how to apply as5 to the processor. The first thing is the laptop needs to be powered off and unplugged. I would have these materials as well,
q-tips
rubbing alcohol (not necessary but helps)
a clean old credit card (or any plastic card)
lint free cloth
arctic silver 5 thermal paste (it should come in a syringe like tube)
a phillips head screw driver
plastic sandwhich bags
and some sand paper.
Alright for the record if you don't like messing with the internals or are unsure about your computer skills, I would advise not to do this. If you do and make a mistake you could mess up your system or void your warranty. This is a preventive measure but what I'm trying to say is be careful if you choose to do this.
The first step is to remove the largest section from the bottom of the the computere, its kind of L-shaped. This compartment houses the cpu (central processing unit or the athlon 64
) and the memory. This is where you have to go if you want to upgrade your memory card as well. When open you should see a copper heat sink
Here is the as5 tube on the bottom of the 4750.
The cover for the memory and cpu compartment removed. Note the heatsink.
Unscrew the 4 spring screws holding down the heat sink. There are two black and two chrome colored screws. It tells you how to rescrew the springs screws also by following the numbers. Remove the heat sink. Now you should see the core on a small chip. The core is where the as5 is applied. You now should inject a rice grain size arctic silver to the core's surface (the raised part) and with a plastic bag covering your finger spread the grease so that the whole raised surface is covered like in the following picture. If you can't spread it that evenly add a tiny bit more grease so the whole surface is covered (be neat while doing this) .
The heat sink covering the cpu.
Cpu core with as5 applied correctly.
Remove the metallic tape (NOT THE BLACK TAPE)
The heat sink with tape removed and before grease is removed and sanded.
Your spreader should look like mine. Now remove the thermal adhesive with the plastic card. After that sand the area. And clean it up with some q-tips (which can be coated with rubbing alcohol). Apply another rice grain size of arctic silver to this cleaned area. Spread it out, and remove it with a lint free cloth. What this does is get the as5 into the pores of the metal.
Reassemble everything being careful replacing the heating. Reinsert and screw the spring screws in the order they say to on top of the heat sink. Rescrew the compartment cover and your finished!
As5 applied and removed with lint free cloth as indicated by instructions. In the picture it looks a little sloppy, but I cleaned it up even more.
I see that a lot of people have 4750's and I want to help them tweak their new laptops. I will start off by explaining how to apply as5 to the processor. The first thing is the laptop needs to be powered off and unplugged. I would have these materials as well,
q-tips
rubbing alcohol (not necessary but helps)
a clean old credit card (or any plastic card)
lint free cloth
arctic silver 5 thermal paste (it should come in a syringe like tube)
a phillips head screw driver
plastic sandwhich bags
and some sand paper.
Alright for the record if you don't like messing with the internals or are unsure about your computer skills, I would advise not to do this. If you do and make a mistake you could mess up your system or void your warranty. This is a preventive measure but what I'm trying to say is be careful if you choose to do this.
The first step is to remove the largest section from the bottom of the the computere, its kind of L-shaped. This compartment houses the cpu (central processing unit or the athlon 64
) and the memory. This is where you have to go if you want to upgrade your memory card as well. When open you should see a copper heat sinkHere is the as5 tube on the bottom of the 4750.
The cover for the memory and cpu compartment removed. Note the heatsink.
Unscrew the 4 spring screws holding down the heat sink. There are two black and two chrome colored screws. It tells you how to rescrew the springs screws also by following the numbers. Remove the heat sink. Now you should see the core on a small chip. The core is where the as5 is applied. You now should inject a rice grain size arctic silver to the core's surface (the raised part) and with a plastic bag covering your finger spread the grease so that the whole raised surface is covered like in the following picture. If you can't spread it that evenly add a tiny bit more grease so the whole surface is covered (be neat while doing this) .
The heat sink covering the cpu.
Cpu core with as5 applied correctly.
Remove the metallic tape (NOT THE BLACK TAPE)
The heat sink with tape removed and before grease is removed and sanded.
Your spreader should look like mine. Now remove the thermal adhesive with the plastic card. After that sand the area. And clean it up with some q-tips (which can be coated with rubbing alcohol). Apply another rice grain size of arctic silver to this cleaned area. Spread it out, and remove it with a lint free cloth. What this does is get the as5 into the pores of the metal.
Reassemble everything being careful replacing the heating. Reinsert and screw the spring screws in the order they say to on top of the heat sink. Rescrew the compartment cover and your finished!
As5 applied and removed with lint free cloth as indicated by instructions. In the picture it looks a little sloppy, but I cleaned it up even more.
