5 years later and just used this video again for the 2nd time on my XPS 9360 (Replaced Thermal Paste + Pads). Not sure how much life this laptop has left to give, but at least it will run cool for a few more years hopefully. Thanks again for the video and nice job!
already knew how to do this on a desktop build but thought i'd look up how to do this on my specific laptop. Worked like a charm. Don't hear fans ramping up anymore.
Thanks for the video. A rice grain sized blob of thermal paste on each processor is more than enough to do the job. Any more than that is a waste and will not be as thermally efficient as the thin layers that will result from refitting the heat pipe assembly. The thermal tape is a good idea but I would apply small sections rather than single long strips. That will allow more effective heat dissipation because there will be better air circulation via the vents. The bottom of the case will not heat up as much. And there will be much less risk of damage to the laptop's battery due to heat transfer via the case from the heat pipe to the surface of the battery pack. Cheers from the Land Down Under.
Your upgrade helped me tremendously! My laptop would turn on the fans when starting up, opening Chrome, basically when doing almost anything... Now I turned it on and haven't heard the fans for more than half an hour. The one thing I'd recommend would be to use slightly thinner thermal pads, perhaps? With 1.5mm pads I found that the laptop no longer sits fully level, or has a slight amount of wobble to it. Still awesome fix!
I have done the same, and it works much better. I have XPS 13 9360 i7 8550U, now within 17-18W of power (maximum) it holds steady 2.3-2.4 GHz, and only in 2-3 minutes of 100% it starts using the fan. And the temp does not go over 80°C. Idle temp is around 35-40°C in the room of 20-23°C. I used an old Arctic mx-4 (bought like 4 years ago, thought it was already expired), and Arctic Thermal Pad 1.5mm. On average use it is not using fans at all, and it is wonderful. Earlier AIDA stress test was heating CPU to 98-100°C and it was throttling around 30%
just did this. works still. bought a cheap sheet of thermal pads off of aliexpress and no longer thermal throttles... still jumps up to 90's but average is down like 8 C.
Thank you. I finally did it to my XPS 9360. However, i've used different product because it's hard to get in my place I use your method but modified a bit with spread thin the thermal paste onto the CPU Thermal paste : GELID GC-Extreme 2g Thermal pad : GELID GP-Extreme 1.5mm Final result on stress test: Before : Idle 40-45 | Max 99 with thermal throttled After : Idle 28-36 | Max 76 NO thermal throttled at all Awesome!!
Excellent video. I wonder how much difference just applying the thermal paste might have made on its own. Anything that can help the thermals on these thing and light laptops is a godsend.
Fresh thermal paste will make a big difference if it is replacing dried out paste or being applied to processors that have virtually no paste left on them due to age. On these types of devices it pays to refresh the paste at least every couple of years.
Great video, i have just ordered a new heatsink as mine got bent and i am hoping the combination of this and the thermal pad mod will significantly reduce thermals. Currently hovering at around 85-95 which am not happy with at all. I will keep you posted on my findings
Hi, thank you. After mod thermals will be around 77C, but it can reach higher values depends on how long you stress CPU with full load. Anyway it will be much better than stock :)
@@vladimirvoevodich623 I do loads of sustained code compilation, which uses 100% CPU. Over past few weeks the repaste definitely made an improvement already, but still wanna try the thermal pads to see if it makes a difference as well. Even small, it helps
thank you thank you thank you !! you saved my dear 9360 which used to turn on the fan (99 C) even just playing youtube with bluetooth headphones.. after the repaste it thermal throttled BUT with an undervoltage of 0.08 V (btw do you know its limit??) my i7-7500U goes flawless.. no fan rumors, ZERO thermal throttling at most importantly max temp (after more than one hour) of heavy stress is ridiculously 93 C!!!!!!! Normal usage never goes above 70.. everyone should repaste its laptop...way too cheap for it can give you!!!
@@ArifMdnor I have simply used Intel(R) Extreme Tuning Utility.. but the thing that bothers me the most, is that every time I reboot my computer I have to set "on" the undervoltage setting... After a few months, I have stopped undervoltaging my computer... from my expereince, it doesnt make a big different if you do regular stuff such as a few tabs on mozilla, spotify and microsoft team on (unless I play some game which turns on the fan and stabilized temperature b/w 70 adn 80 degrees celcius)
Great video! Does anyone have any recommendations on what thermal pads to use? I'm prepping to do these steps on my aging XPS 9350 model. Thanks in advance, appreciate all the help!
Hey thanks for the great video! In regards to the heat pads, using the backplate as a heat sink. Is there any risk by having this backplate so hot. I heard that one might damage the battery doing this. Kind regards
No. They don’t do this from the factory because it does make the bottom cover hotter obviously and they’d get blasted for it. Personally any time I’m doing something that’s going to fully load the CPU it isn’t sitting on my lap so I could care less.
Hi. Great tutorial! Im about to do the same as you to my 3 years old 9360. 1. Will mx-4 do any different? 2. I saw u still left with plenty of thermal pad after the application. Can i use the rest and put it on top of the ssd + wlan + ram in small patches? Will it helps? Thank you
Hi, thanks! 1. It will be not noticable if will be at all. 2. About wlan and ram - no sense. About ssd - bad idea since ssd have throttling temperature about 60 degrees and cpu is about 100, literally your cpu will heat your ssd and force it to throttle.
@@vladimirvoevodich623 do you think that Thermal Grizzly Hydronaut cream will damage my copper plate when using it? I think using better thermal cream will have more effect than your way, because my laptop is dell 5510 precision with black insulation on back cover...
@@thomasd8735 run a test on UEFI/BIOS and if the fan is faulty is should spurt out a QR code leading to Dell's website and the correct replacement part
Is there a reason why you didn't cover the entire surface of the heatpipe with the thermal pad? Also, doesn't the pad melt and seep out through the holes?
There are no difference. It's enough two small pieces to dissipate heat. The point is to "connect" cover and pad in order to increase heatpipe thermal capacity.
can you do anything outside of the case to help cooling further? If you have it "fixed" to a specific place in a setup, where you use the ports for external gpu and monitor? would that be worth while?
Hi, I didn't try to cool it externally, I think you could use some kind of "cooling pad". Feel free to use Dell USB-C dockstation (or some OEM dockstation) to connect external devices (HDMI, DP, LAN, USB). Also Dell Dockstation provides "one-cable" connection and can even charge your laptop, I think it's the best choice. Try to Google it using keyword "Dell 452-BCCQ".
@@vladimirvoevodich623 I was mentioning about those thermal pads you pasted onto the other side of the heat sink where it has no contact with any other metal to dispose off the heat, i am looking to replace stock compound on my XPS, so please let me know if this step is really reduces heat further.
Hey man, I suppose that you can use the same way, but of course mobo is different and may be you need thermal pad with lesser thickness, The only way to find out is to try it yourself, good luck :)
Hi, unfortunately still didn't have my hands on this model. Currently I have new Dell XPS 15 (went to bigger screen) and there absolutely the same things, but no sense to do it here cause Dell make a proper cooler here.
@@chrislee6047 Regarding 13 inch model - I think you can try to perform this mod, I pretty doubt Dell made something better there than in 9360. Also good news, soon I will have on hands 9370 and 9380 models and will check all things
Yes. 9343, 9350 and 9360 are exactly the same related to their internals. I broke the case a month ago and replaced my 9360 case with another one from 9350.