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thermal paste

  1. Reign_of_Light

    Difficult decision: Should I try to "refurbish" my own MacBook Pro?

    Hi everyone, I'm kind of in a special situation. I've got a late 2016 MacBook Pro 15" with the most expensive specs (back then) which is still serving me well. However, I've quit my (gamedev-)job recently to pursue creating games on my own. For this, I am going to live off of my savings for at...
    • Reign_of_Light
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    • battery replacement mac mini macbook pro macbook pro "15 2016 thermal paste
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  2. kaly1111

    MacbookPro 11,5 (A1398) overheating and maxed out fans

    Hi All, After experiencing heavy lag and throttling in my MacbookPro (A1398) recently, I had decided to check the fans for dust and thermal paste under heatsink. Attaching my Macbook specs: And so, had successfully cleaned the dust and applied a new thermal paste - Cooler MasterGel Regular...
    • kaly1111
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    • a1398 fans maximum speed overheating tgpro thermal paste
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  3. L

    Macbook Pro 15" Mid-2015 Inside-Out Cleaning & Thermal Paste Renewal

    Dear all, I have been using a Macbook Pro 15" mid-2015 since August 2015. It has top specs like 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7, 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD. Big Sur is the OS. Since I bought it, I have never cleaned the dust inside or renewed its thermal paste. Fanny shows CPU temperature around...
  4. J

    MP 1,1-5,1 CPU Temperature under load

    Hi All, I know that this is something that is generally addressed but I wanted to ask about my situation specifically. I have recently upgraded the CPU's in a dual processor Mac Pro 4,1 flashed to 5,1 to the X5690's. I have used delidded processors for this. It is only my second go at...
    • Jackdown_101
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    • cpu change cpu temperature cpu temps delidded cpu heat issue heatsink mac pro (2009) novice temperatures thermal paste
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  5. F

    MP 1,1-5,1 Arctic thermal paste Mac Pro 5.1 CPU replacement

    I am planning to replace my CPU on my Mac Pro 5,1 and I wonder how much Arctic thermal paste ARCTIC MX-4 2g I should place on my new CPU? I saw some people on videos placing a dot in the centre or a line from side to side,....Any advice what is the best way? And I also wonder when screwing off...
    • Fcis
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    • cpu thermal paste
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  6. G

    Backlight and sleep not working

    (macbook pro 15 inch, late 2008 2.4 GHz) I reapplied the thermal paste for my macbook pro- have (had?) zero experience with messing around w/ the board so may not have been the best idea. I somehow managed not to brick it and it now runs 20 c cooler- but the back light for the keyboard does not...
    • gimchess
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    • fix mac macbook pro 15 2008 macbookpro noob thermal paste
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  7. haine84

    MacBook Air 2015 13in. Heatsink/CPU Chipset Question

    I have an 2015 MacBook Air 13 inch (A1466) and I decided to put new thermal paste on my heatsink and CPU. Since I have owned this computer for three years. So I disassembled the computer and I was shocked at the lack of amount of paste and decent coverage of the original paste from Apple. I have...
    • haine84
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    • 13 inch 2015 a1466 chipset cpu heatsink macbook air thermal paste thermals
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: MacBook Air
  8. BlueFish44

    Thermal paste change

    Hi I'm writing to you using my dear macbook pro mid 2010. I managed to swap the 4 samsung's gb ram to 8gb crucial's one. Then I installed an ssd instead of the old toshiba hdd and now it rocks. Everything works fine, I don't anything heavy so why should I change computer? Anyway I manage to...
    • BlueFish44
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    • macbook pro macbook pro mid 2010 thermal paste
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  9. nuuvicious

    computer won't start after applying thermal paste

    Soooo, today I figured I wanted to replace the original, crisp thermal paste on my Early 2015 MacBook Pro 13" Retina. I opened the back case and just started working on it. Except one thing... I forgot to disconnect the battery, but disconnected the keyboard cable (I think LOL). Anyway, applying...
  10. U

    Thermal Paste replace

    Hello everybody, I have a macbook pro mid 2012 and since 2014 (when I bought it) I never cleaned it up. So now it is heating up pretty good even with light workloads. Than I'm taking it to be cleaned up and the guy said that they replace the thermal paste over the processor also, and I would...
    • unkinkedash
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    • clean clean up heat heat issue macbook 13 macbook 13 2012 mid 2012 thermal paste
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
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