If you reapplied Thermal Paste did you notice

[nph]

any change when it comes to the change in the time it takes for the temperature to go up?

What I mean is that currently if I compare my MBA rev B with any other Mac I have or had, any rise in activity on the CPU makes te temperature shoot up at least 10C or 20F within a second or two at the most.
All other macs show a gradual increase, including previous portables and current imac etc.

The extremely quick rise in temp is that a sign about poor thermal transfer to the heat sink or is this expected behaviour in the MBA?

Thanks

 

[oculus42]

When you say "reapplied Thermal paste" do you mean you put new paste on or used the existing?

Generally, you should not use the existing thermal paste. This weekend, I discovered a friend had been regularly removing the heatsink to clean the dust from their slim Dell desktop, and the computer was much louder than it used to be. I applied fresh thermal paste and it magically became quieter.

 

[nph]

HI

Sorry about that, I meant if you replaced the current Thermal Paste with for instance AS5.

 

[Scottsdale]

HI

Sorry about that, I meant if you replaced the current Thermal Paste with for instance AS5.

No reason to be sorry, I think your question was correct and the poster took it out of context completely.

Yes, but minimal improvements in high end temp and how fast rises.