- Aug 13, 2017
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I was getting the error of fan to be not working properly from past many months. After few hours of installing Windows 10 LTSB, I noticed fan to be not running, and temperature of laptop cover was too high. I continued using, later laptop shut down automatically (thermal shutdown?). I then asked help in HP forums, they asked me to insert new fan. I brought new fan, and thermal paste (Noctual NT-NH1). I opened laptop covers, but didn't continue to replace fan.
I thought, I would cause electrostatic damage, as I didn't have any tools to avoid it (pad, or wrist band?). I didn't even had IPA Alcohol to clean the existing thermal paste, which would had cost of 200 INR.
I called service person to home from an app, for 200 INR. I thought he would bring all the tools (alcohol and pad/band). He didn't bring anything. He cleaned thermal paste with cloth. He applied around ~ 15 mm length of thermal paste which I had, with greater height above it on one of the chip (gpu?), and covered another chip (cpu?) to what I remember, applied to ~cover everything with greater height. [On the Noctua cover, it suggests to apply paste of ~5mm length at the middle, and suggests it to use the complete syringe for 15 times. It is 1.4 ml in total. I saw this later, after service man went out.]
I asked him, at the beginning to put less, he said it to be for other kinds of models, where paste can make way inside; I didn't ask more, as I didn't know more.
After starting laptop, new fan started running. After few minutes, I observed it to be running frequently. And later started running all the time. Later I checked windows updates. I updated it, fan later stopped running loud. But it is still running now, all the time, at low sound, but why can't it stop?
I am not seeing any problem on the surface, but don't want to leave this by ignorance, if it can decrease my laptops life.
Reports:
Specy
HWiNFO64
I thought, I would cause electrostatic damage, as I didn't have any tools to avoid it (pad, or wrist band?). I didn't even had IPA Alcohol to clean the existing thermal paste, which would had cost of 200 INR.
I called service person to home from an app, for 200 INR. I thought he would bring all the tools (alcohol and pad/band). He didn't bring anything. He cleaned thermal paste with cloth. He applied around ~ 15 mm length of thermal paste which I had, with greater height above it on one of the chip (gpu?), and covered another chip (cpu?) to what I remember, applied to ~cover everything with greater height. [On the Noctua cover, it suggests to apply paste of ~5mm length at the middle, and suggests it to use the complete syringe for 15 times. It is 1.4 ml in total. I saw this later, after service man went out.]
I asked him, at the beginning to put less, he said it to be for other kinds of models, where paste can make way inside; I didn't ask more, as I didn't know more.
After starting laptop, new fan started running. After few minutes, I observed it to be running frequently. And later started running all the time. Later I checked windows updates. I updated it, fan later stopped running loud. But it is still running now, all the time, at low sound, but why can't it stop?
I am not seeing any problem on the surface, but don't want to leave this by ignorance, if it can decrease my laptops life.
Reports:
Specy
HWiNFO64
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