Henrik you might be able to use Imageshack to host the pics.

For temp monitoring check out mobilemeter.
It does not measure RAID disks as they are hidden behind the controller. But JBOD disks (ie non-RAID) can be monitored and the CPU as well.

Well, I was just hoping for someone to do that for me

Here are the pictures, in random order because they were'nt numbered.
http://img158.exs.cx/gal.php?g=arcticsilvercpu7ix.jpg

Thanks, Henrick! Read all the way through the thread and there, at the end, was the reward!

Hey, Gel -- gotta tell you... I saw the picture of your finger in the Ziplock and just about busted a gut. I don't know if you ever saw it, but remember the Monty Python "...and now, a man with a tape recorder in his nose" sketch???

Oh, man.

I guess you had to be there...

Craters

Hehe, Monty Python rules

Henrik, many thanks once again for hosting the pics

Since you used Imageshack I think that I'll rename all the pics in numbered order and rehost them with Imageshack to make it easier to find what pic corresponds with what step in the guide. Or I'll just edit them right into the guide.

Does anyone know the correct order to those pictures? I want to make sure I have them matched up to the correct portions of the instructions so I don't make any mistakes. Any chance the OP could work them back into his guide? Thanks!

Ahh, this went wonderfully. Aside from a scare when the CPU came out with the heatsink, everything went smoothly. My idle temperature is now between 39-45 when before it was around 57. This is a huge difference. Thanks so much for the guide!

Happened to me too. NOT a good feeling.

well after my system began to seriously sputter as of late I decided to open her up to try and find an answer.

Needless to say I found a literal dust factory blocking more than 50% of my heat sink ports.

I had downloaded a cpu temp monitoring program before I took her apart and found myself running at temps of 60 c and near 80 under load. Seriously lucky I didnt fry the whole rig

after nearly 4 hours of meticulous cleaning and a arctic silver 5 job im running at 42 c and am about 50 or so under load.

Thanks for the superb thread!

(btw editing the first post to include pictures henrik now has hosted would be very helpful.)

I would love to do this after 3 years of owning my 8887 and never cleaning/upgrading the thermal compound...but I can't load the pictures. Is it because this is an old thread? Does anyone have the pictures because they would come in very handy to an amatuer trying to get into this technical level. Also, is the heatspreader different than a heatsink? I think again, the pics would come in handy. Thanks

kvasefi, you should just get a service manual for your particular laptop model. It gives you good instructions on how to open up the machine. As far as cleaning and application of the compound, you could just follow the text instructions (nothing to it, I never needed the pictures).

Good luck!

Mikhail

Gentlemen,

This is absolutely amazing and wonderfull guide!
Upgraded 5660 from Celeron 2GHz to P-4 2.8GHz recently, works fine. Thank you so much!

Now I'm looking for a 3.06GHz processor with HT support to get as much from my Sager as possible. I've found out that Northwood 3.06GHz (FSB 533MHz), Socket 478 are available in two shapes:
1. Intel Pentium 4, for example with sSpec# SL5S6, or SL6QC, or some other;
2. Mobile Intel Pentium 4, for example with sSpec# SL77P

So, which one should be used? I checked the Intel site for 845E chipset functionality, but it's still not clear for me if Mobile Pentium processors are supported.

As you know the answer for sure, I dare to ask

Thank you in advance and best regards,
Greg

I agree! Worked for me yesterday.
I also upgraded the hard drive and installed all the drivers. I know it's an old 5680, but damn, I still love the old beast!

Hi!

I did a arctic silver application on my 5680 yesterday.
My comp where running above 50 idle and now it is around 42 degrees C.

I just cleaned the heatsink and cpu and put on some arctic, didn't take long, will probably do this again in 6 months or so...

I too had a little scare, the cpu did come out with the heatsink but it's working fine now.

Thank you for a great guide and thanks henrik for hosting those pics again!

This thread has been LONG overdue for renewal but I finally got around to it. All pics are now hosted at Photobucket and the original thread should now have all the pics as it should. Time to get those temps down!

WOW! Thank you SO much for helping me with my 5690. Back in September 2004, when it was brand-new, it's idle temp was around 46 degrees celsius. Since then the temp has come up to the point where just booting it up brought the temp to 64 degrees celsius. It started overheating VERY badly whenever I played Battlefield 2142 (go figure) and the fans were ALWAYS running at full blast. When I saw this thread I was a little reluctant to open up my computer and started wet-sanding components (!), but after following the instructions to a 'T', it has brought my laptop's temperature down BELOW the levels from when it was brand-new (41 degrees celsius at idle). There was TONS of dust caked up inside of it and I shudder to think of how much shorter its life span is because I didn't do it sooner, but I'm very happy that it's done now and I'll be opening it up more often for cleaning and an annual Arctic Silver application. It's like it's brand-new again! Thank you.