Thermal Paste on Macbook (NOT MBP)

[will0407]

I read (some of) the thread in the Mac Hardware forum about the guy who took his MBP apart, and re-applied the thermal paste, and got some pretty good results.

has anyone taken apart a Macbook and checked the amount of thermal paste used / or re-applied it themselves?

 

[Cooknn]

The picture below is of a brand new MacBook as it was being disassembled. It looks like Apple got it right on the MacBook's.

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[jblock]

They seem to be getting it "righter" as the weeks go by. I originally had a week 20 Macbook that idled at about 56C, which I had to return due to screen problems. My new week 23 Macbook idles at at about 46C now.

 

[mgargan1]

How do you know they didn't clean up the processor? That actually looked TOO clean to me...

 

[Rovman]

I've reapplied the thermal paste on my MacBook, but yes it was originally applied correctly (maybe a tiny tiny little bit too much). Reapplying made virtually no difference.

 

[Cooknn]

How do you know they didn't clean up the processor? That actually looked TOO clean to me...

If you follow the link you can see that the pictures were shot in sequence as the MacBook was disassembled...

 

[Rovman]

If you follow the link you can see that the pictures were shot in sequence as the MacBook was disassembled...

The picture you have posted has had the Thermal Paste Wiped off the actual core. The silver blobs you can see around the edges is thermal paste, but the cores are clean (you can even make out the writing that's imprinted onto the cores)