I have Inspiron 15R N5010 model of Dell and lately I am facing overheating. Since it was out of warranty I decided to clean it myself and work on heatsink as well. I am stuck on whether to apply thermal paste/pad.
There are 2 components one is processor and second is GPU (ATI Radeon HD 5470 chip).
What I found is both the chipset has same colored component in between heatsink but the one on GPU was much thicker. It is confusing to me since I am newbie with laptop repairs. I am not sure if it is thermal pad or just thick layer of thermal paste.
Can I use thermal paste for both and apply thick layer of thermal paste on GPU?
What are my alternatives/best practice to fix it?
I am planning to buy arctic silver 5 to be used as thermal paste on processor. Please recommend.
There are 2 components one is processor and second is GPU (ATI Radeon HD 5470 chip).
What I found is both the chipset has same colored component in between heatsink but the one on GPU was much thicker. It is confusing to me since I am newbie with laptop repairs. I am not sure if it is thermal pad or just thick layer of thermal paste.
Can I use thermal paste for both and apply thick layer of thermal paste on GPU?
What are my alternatives/best practice to fix it?
I am planning to buy arctic silver 5 to be used as thermal paste on processor. Please recommend.