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!

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!

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.