Dell XPS 15 Overheating 🔥 

I repasted my XPS 15 9560 a couple of days ago. Smrt as I am, I did not take temperatures before. I used the paste from Noctua, just because I still had some. Shouldn't be too different from the Kryonaut, as we are in the top notch category anyways. Dust cleaning is mandatory if you have it disassembled that much, because airflow is paramount. I did not replace the thermal pads, as they were still 'rubbery' (and forgot to order some). I used maybe more paste than necessary, since in a Gamers Nexus video, they tested exactly that and did not have negative effects up until they used a ludicrous amount of paste. However, since it is a Laptop CPU and GPU without the metal heatspreader of a desktop CPU, I spreaded the paste carefully so every corner of the dies is covered, since otherwise you will have hot spots there. Result: at a room temperature of about 20°C to 22°C, it idles in Windows 11 with a browser open at about 46°C to 51°C, with occasional fan spinning. In Minecraft without FPS restriction, it manages a stable 3,4+ GHz at about 90°C, so there should be no thermal throttleing. Measured with GPU-Z.

Could you provide temps before and after? Thanks!

Have you tried undervolting too? I've seen other owners point to this as well as swapping thermal padding!

The you cut the thermal pads to fit the size of the vrm chips?

Is there an accessory that could keep the laptop dustless?

I re-pasted the of my Ryzen 5 7530 Laptop. It runs 10C cooler.

Without a before&after, this is just wishful thinking in my eyes

avoid this garbage laptop at ALL cost. i sold my i9 because of this issue.