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I had no idea either until fairly recently. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_pipe https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_pipe I repaired a laptop where replac
by Sakos 3y ago
I had no idea either until fairly recently. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_pipe https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_pipe I repaired a laptop where replacing the paste didn't help, but replacing the pipes (or rather the heatsink assembly, which they're a part of) did wonders.
If you're already comfortable with taking it apart, it's trivial to replace. I think it's your best bet. You might even be able to get it directly from Dell since they also sell replacement parts.
- PrimeMcFly 3y agoI may look at doing so, thanks for the tip! TIL! For such an old laptop I'm not sure if I want to keep spending money on it, $15 to upgrade the ram, $10 for a new keyboard after I broke keys from taking them off to clean them, $25 for a new battery etc. Even though it runs very hot it does seem to work ok, and I'm hoping to just buy a brand new $100 or so machine hopefully in the first quarter of next year, but we will see. I still may end up doing so though. I think I would have to try and buy from Dell directly, as on ebay all the heat sinks were preowned, and may be no better than the one I already have.