Alienware repasting Can i repaste just the gpu and just re-spread the liquid This isn't like repasting a desktop CPU. r/Alienware. The reason i repasted is cause i dont like having to rely on ryzen controller so much for the temps and hoping better tempa by repasting but here I ended up repasting the Alienware X17 with Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut on the CPU and Thermalright TFX on the GPU. gaming and video editing. I believe my machine came with that BiOS version since I try to keep track of every major update I do in case something screws up the laptop, I know the cause. r I have an Alienware M15 R3. 5 max turbo, 220 ssd, and a I've had an Alienware 15R2 for about 1. 4-4. m17 R2 , freezes randomly for a few seconds. Repasting and doing some cleaning would also be advisable. I see guides for the R1 around, but none specifically for the R2, and Alienware 17 r5 undervolting and repasting . 9Ghz Dell AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Teardown and Repasting from an Alienware R13 Aurora with Thermal Grizzly's Kryonaut Extreme Thermal Paste. Some of these machines just really run hot so a laptop cooler would be in order. TL;DR I use the cooler master master gel maker pro, balance mode 40-50°c iddle cpu and gpu 34-41°c (gsyng enable), metro exodus 5gz cpu 80°c (when i close the game drop pretty fast the temps) 0 oc on gpu (becouse its crash) 75°c (again the temps goes down pretty fast) and on max speed fans iddle 29°c cpu 30°c gpu, again metro exodus 5gz 75°c (again the temps goes more fast Repasting my Alienware X15 R2 10 months after i bought it: definitely worth it! Hi everyone, my first post here, with my first Alienware gaming laptop as well: the X15 R2 in the i7-12700H, 3070 Ti, 32GB RAM and 2TB RAID 0 config. I'm sitting at about 80c after undervolting CPU / Cache by . I currently live in India, and the brunt of the summer is rapidly arriving. Discussion A local repair store repasted for me after 2 and a half weeks of waiting and ended up with a 219$ invoice. You have a right (in the US and most first world countries probably) to make repairs to your possessions. Alienware x17 R2 TGP 3070Ti 140W + 25W DB ; 3080Ti 160W + 25W DB at full speed Repasting is quite a popular thing to do with these machines (they're high-end performance machines after all, and we want the best out of them) We do not sell it separately, and we do not recommend you repasting Element31. This Noctua NT-H2 thermal past In this video i will show you how to open and clean and repaste your Alienware M15 R2 💻 laptop STEP By STEP. If I ever went for any Asus, MSI or Gigabyte I would for sure open it up myself and apply my own thermals. Crypto Welcome to the unofficial community for Alienware. most importantly does it affect our ability to return Welcome to the unofficial community for Alienware. Alienware you absolutely suck. It's a pretty massive undertaking to repaste. Unsolved. Repasting is definitely recommended because, 1) historically, Dell has done a shit job pasting these laptops and 2) the paste they use isn't of the greatest quality. Looks like I need to buy a heat sink (or what Dell calls a thermal pad) for a second SSD 84K subscribers in the Alienware community. I'm going to try and get dell to do it but get them to use the paste of my choosing instead of their shit default stuff they are using. to/39BnQjB🔵 # We'll be providing you with all the necessary tools and instructions on how to properly disassemble the Alienware 15 R3 and remove the thermal paste from the CPU and GPU. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. I've done laptops before and had great Welcome to the unofficial community for Alienware. Okay, so after repasting my 17 r4, I've been getting intermittent bluescreens for various issues, and just today, a crash while playing games. The max temps of the GPU After repasting the CPU and GPU successfully one of the fans is finally about to die (max. 04. Trust me. 5" trays. I did manual overclocking + undervolting and immediately saw temps going down but didn’t have the time to go thorough into it so I decided to buy it. Have some Kapton tape on hand so you can seal up the fan gaps, there seemed to be some improvement doing that MAME is a multi-purpose emulation framework it's purpose is to preserve decades of software history. Thanks! Members Online • RELLIK36 If you're trying to cool a GPU there are other things you need to do, not just repasting. So second question would be, if you are going through the trouble of repasting, should you replace the pads as well? Thank you. Hi @imavichandra this is a picture extracted from YouTube Alienware: Thermal Repasting. I can get behind this if you give the user the ability to Welcome to the unofficial community for Alienware. If you are repasting with a non-LM solution, such as PTM7950, get rid of that barrier! Reply reply Unfortunately repasting these things is hit or miss, it can all come down to how the heatsink is applied and how the screws are torqued down and in what order. I've tried using more paste, using less, and so far using average size is the best, using cooling pads, ryzen controllers, and it's running final fantasy xv at 87C. I enjoy alienware systems 14 votes, 31 comments. Would any kind of thermal paste be better than the new 15r3 kaby lake stock paste? My temps aren't bad atm, this is for when I OC After repasting my Alienware 17 R4, went to turn on the laptop and all the lights,fans turn on except the screen just stayed black, I connected the laptop to my Tv thru the Hdmi and it worked but the screen on the laptop is not registering as a first or second screen,not sure if the display cable got damaged or the screen died or something worse like the mother Welcome to the unofficial community for Alienware. Should still be able to take size measurements from the original thermal pads. 1 - 3. Have a look through the service manual on the Dell website. Selected Posts / Dell Community / Laptops / Alienware / x17 R1, CPU repaste; Start a Conversation. It worked wonders and it is . I wouldnt mind repasting the 3070 if that is a good idea and I would LOVE to get dual channel RAM but with all the problems I was afraid to order some Welcome to the unofficial community for Alienware. 5 years now; it's my daily driver. I've no idea whatsoever how to do the repasting - having that in mind is it possible to do it by myself or should I go to some pc store and ask them to do it for me - and how much could it cost? Alienware / m15 R2, refurbished, heat/r Start a Conversation. Support Assist update fails. With the combination of thoroughly cleaning the rear vent and repasting, here are my new temperature ranges. I wanna call them to see what's up. I had a friend who was the regional manager technical support for Dell named Rozalen Gonzalez and he also assured me that upgrading your laptop or repasting does NOT void warranty unlike other manufacturers (ehmm ehmm ASUS) AS LONG as you don't damage anything physically As for repasting, yes your machine should come with Element 31, which is a form of liquid metal, but it's not quite as good as actual liquid metal. Replacing the thermal compound of your Alienware will help with h In this video i will show you how to open and clean and repaste your Alienware M15 R2 💻 laptop STEP By STEP. Alienware x17 i7 11800h High Temp + Thermal Repasting Help Hello I own the i7 11800h version of the x17 but my temps are really high reaching 100c easily in cinebench r23 and even some games even when I undervolted it with throttlestop. Here are the results on the CPU. I got my laptop last month and the temps are great for the GPU which is the 1060. After doing a Mediocre research online (mainly YouTube and google) and availability of the alienware products in my country ( 3rd world country issues). As soon as I bought this gaming laptop in 2022 I noticed the 12700H is really a beast to keep cooled in such a small Welcome to the unofficial community for Alienware. Troubleshooting Alienware Laptop. I understand that Dell has a philosophy to let the chips run full throttle, full wattage. First Video On YouTube showing The Disassembly of The Alienware X17 R2 12900hk 3080tiYes, this model “consumes” a lot of paste. but it's still got nothing on my Alienware 17R4 or 51mR1, it will still hit 100c if I let it. I've had my 17r4 for almost 2 years and certainly expect to get a few more years out of it. Alienware 15r4 Pre and Post Repasting Results Specs: Intel Core i7-8750H 4k IPS 60 Hz Panel Nvidia 1070 OC 32 GB RAM Drives: Pm981 NVMe Samsung 256GB Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M. Thanks! Here's the video I linked in my post that may help with the repasting and undervolting with Intel XTU. I max out on 70c when playing Fortnite on epic settings and 78c on ultra in far cry 5 which it's quite demanding. Hi, I've tried repasting my Alienware 51m R2 five times now with it overheating within minutes every time, and am looking for more ideas. Question I’ve repasted my M15R5 cpu and gpu with arctic Mx-5. I'd like to add a second SSD (1TB or 2TB). 0. 5 sustained clocks. As u/Sinister_Crayon said, repasting your CPU/GPU is always a good idea, especially if your system is older. ADMIN MOD Repasting question . I love my Alienware laptop too but I have less and less time for these things now and just want no fuss gaming. I’ve noticed at idle the temperature is slightly lower than before. Thanks! Members Online • TheRealP4NTH30N . I've repasted and swapped out thermals pads and paste a number of times without issue. my 5900hx ran at 100c and sat at around 3. I was ecstatic since it was like a dream come true. I put a 2nd front fan in where the HDD was located. I have no Alienware Area-51M Thermal Repaste - Disassembly GuideLearn how to: open the laptops, disconnect the battery and remove or replace the memory modules. I'm use Cooler master, and this is my ILDE a year after repasting (ambinent was 22C): Reply reply Repasting with anything non-liquid-metal is going to hurt your performance compared to the Element31. For the Alienware M17 R2, BIOS 1. Lots of screws, but mostly all the same size. Any of you that did it, what resources did you use? Archived post. This question gets asked so often and yet so many people create new posts and threads and don’t bother using a search engine. Any other solutions/help is definitely appreciated! *Update: This morning I called Alienware/Dell Support asking about the issue. After repasting. So, I doubt that repasting is going to help. 8. Note that I have a TCC offset of 5, that's why it throttles at 95C instead of Welcome to the unofficial community for Alienware. L. ADMIN MOD Repasting covered by premium plus warranty? Question Hi, I have an area 51m r1 and I would like to repaste the cpu and gpu with a thermal paste. 2 removed the ability to undervolt. As far as keeping fan speed that high, it Exactly what I am thinking every time I read about people repasting. 0 GHz, would repasting lower my Maybe a stupid thought but make sure the heatsink is not bent and tightly secured to the cpu. Pretty new to repasting and testing. Long story short it was thermal throttling under stress test temps reaching 100 with the Alienware overclock 2 profile. I wanted to repaste but i found out the cpu has element 31 applied which is basically liquid metal if i gather correctly. 1. NICE. You're getting a brand new laptop from the manufacturer. 2G. after repasting I'm in the 90c range and seeing boosting in games around 4. AA. I think he has some utube instructional videos So I thought I'd make a thread to simultaneously tell a story that can either go very, very wrong or very, very right. 5 Practitioner. LieM97. New comments Welcome to the unofficial community for Alienware. There are a lot of talks on M15/M17 "thin and light" models needing to be repasted. Alienware/Dell's thermal compound application is the worst I ever know of, about 20% I used just plainly unusable like CPU idle around 80c, easily push to 100c with heavy throttle. I've not done a huge amount of testing since repasting, but so far I can say that fans kick in far lass then before (hardly at all in some games) and temps are 5-10c Hey little update since you asked :) I finished repasting(it was easy except for the fans connectors that were so thin and hard to take off, it took 3 mins and it felt like I could break it at any moment), the old paste was almost gone so it definitely needed to be changed, but the main issue I think was all the dust I found in the fans. com). G. It is unlikely that the new Alienware x17 R2 laptop's CPU and GPU requires repasting. This process is not for the faint of heart, and it req Welcome to the unofficial community for Alienware. This is my first gaming laptop experience so I'm nervous about opening it up and repasting myself. I have the fans set to maximum right now but I don't want to wear out the bearings too fast. Obviously this would void warranty but im pretty sure ive already done that repasting. 3 or less, I thought it odd, but didnt know if it was normal or not. If a Dell rep has told you that your warranty is invalidated by repasting, you can contact Umar or Alienware on Twitter. "Idling" temp (while I've been writing this post) ~35cpu Hi, I have the new Alienware m15 R5 with RTX 3070 QHD and 32 gb ram. 839. Look at this video for opening it up, the heatsink on the back right is the gpu one. Archived post. "Mid intensity" gaming, ~42cpu/38gpu. Oh well, I guess when the time comes I will follow a youtube tutorial and should be easy after that. Then setting the time, I saved it and Welcome to the unofficial community for Alienware. I have owned (and broken) an Alienware M15 R3 (i7-10750H, RTX 2070 Super, 300Hz) and I am currently using an Alienware M15 R4 (i7-10870H, RTX 3070, 300Hz). GameStop Moderna Pfizer Johnson & Johnson AstraZeneca Walgreens Best Buy Novavax SpaceX Tesla. mrdoubtfull • M17R3 • Just watch a YouTube. To a degree, it was—my overall temps have dropped about 5-7°C in stress tests using Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut. Disassembling, cleaning and repasting the cooler (No noticable difference) Tweaking the Alienware software, but none of that made any dfference either and there's not much to change. ADMIN MOD Repasting: Does Geek Squad, etc. I have been using it for well over a year now. Thank you all for watchi If you have dealt with any other repasting or cpu installs, it is similar. Also be aware that you /might/ have voided your warranty by doing this, as stated during the most recent Q&A on the Alienware Discord server. My current rig is a Clove with 32gb @ 1600MHz, i7 Haswell @3. 10 Posts. . 4 Posts. 490. He did my 13r3, 17r4 and my Alienware Area 51m r1. 82K subscribers in the Alienware community. It had been a long time since I had a Notebook, and I researched a lot until I decided to get this model. I had 3 sets of heat sinks installed and a new motherboard and it still ran hot. 83K subscribers in the Alienware community. The best advice is to clean any dust buildup once or twice a year. Share I'm intending to repaste my Alienware M15 r2 with either the kryonaut or the Arctic mx-4. Even now it’s 28° and my house Welcome to the unofficial community for Alienware. "Greetings everyone, I personally would not recommend using shims + LM. Several days late butearlier this year my m14x r1 was getting extremely hot and before I turned to repasting (bc the videos of taking it apart scared the crap outta me) I bought a can of compressed air and blew the fans out. I have just received in my 4th X17r2 and this model is massively over heating compared to the previous 3. Reply reply Fluid-Humor-7195 • Perfect!, thanks for the response. Solved! Going to be doing some repasting as my desktop and my wifes desktop are both approaching 5 years and not hitting the temps they used to. I recently made a warranty claim in my M15r2 and they’re replacing motherboard Thing about repasting is, these Alienware/dell laptops are notorious for not being pasted well enough. Alienware is known for having terrible factory thermal pasting, the first thing I did was repast when I got my Alienware 15r3 a year ago, and it’s running pretty Alienware: Thermal Repasting. After a couple of repeat benchmarks the temp varied quite a bit Hello, I have a 15 R2 Alienware laptop, and for the past few days, it has been freezing regularly for a few seconds while the fans get louder. I repasted my M18R1 and R2 and saw a pretty decent rise in both power draw and benchmark scores, due to the increase in the power draw. 5. All these issues could solved by user manually fix it from repasting, Dell make such a hassle to revert the motherboard make it 5x hard to repaste. Thank you! Edit: I have a laptop stand with a fan and I have undervolted (otherwise temps were 100ish). I've read about repasting with liquid metal and that it has major improvements, however I have also read that copper heatsinks can "eat" liquid metal and that it needs to be reapplied often. Cooling pads: i've got 3 stacked up in my retired "thanks for your service" shelf. Reply reply Trancehunter Go to Alienware r/Alienware And I can definitely say that its worth repasting! My first xtu benchmark after repaste was 62c! In addition, my max clock was now hitting the listed 3. I've never repasted a computer before, but have seen many people in this sub repasting their laptops to lower temperatures. Remove Base cover to ensure that fan blades and vents are free of dust and debris. The nice thing for the regular users is that Alienware already included protective barriers and foam dams for the CPU on the off chance their own paste leaked since Gallium is conductive. I recently bought an Alienware m15 R7 and as an enthusiast I like to get the best out of the machine possible. Hello I had the exact same issue on my new dell g7 15 7590, it has the Rbg keyboard which is controlled through the alienware command center. I recently noticed my x17 R1 has bad thermal and planning to re paste it. It's extremely well designed and layed out. 8ghz BFV Gameplay after Repasting/Repadding Welcome to the unofficial community for Alienware. Go to Alienware r/Alienware. Over time, MAME (originally stood for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) absorbed the sister-project MESS (Multi Emulator Super System), so MAME now documents a wide variety of (mostly vintage) computers, video game consoles and calculators, in addition to the arcade Welcome to the unofficial community for Alienware. Seems to be due to the thermal pad being too thick. I’ve tried many things to keep the temps good such as Ryzen controller, fan curves etc. to/39BnQjB🔵 # Welcome to the unofficial community for Alienware. It has been discuss Welcome to the unofficial community for Alienware. Fan always spur to 90% and extremely noisy. Please run SupportAssist optimisation tools and keep PC So I bought my first alienware laptop after dreaming about it since I was in my teens. perform it? Curious if there are 3rd party computer professionals that do repaste on AW laptops or is it something you have to do for yourself. I'm gearing up for when Cyberpunk 2077 is released. Especially if you do regular maintenance like blowing dusts and repasting. For repasting I’ve written a comment above about my experience with Gigabyte Repasting and Warranty. 2 500GB HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2. I'm willing to make that sacrifice for the peace of mind of not having conductive material that could potentially damage my laptop. I had to delete the Realtek Sound Driver found on the Alienware Support page and download an older version of a Realtek sound driver from a different Dell laptop. Related Alienware Computer hardware Computer Information & communications technology Technology forward back. Business, Economics, and Finance. Repasting during servicing Question Sup. Thanks! It's a self contained sealed AIO, you don't have to fill it or do any maintenance to it at all, short of possibly repasting down the line. I replaced the existing front fan I removed my HDD and relocated it to the bottom of the case after taking out the unused 2. Reply reply Alienware repasting aftermath . Question Hello everyone, my boss fulfilled my wish and bought me an m15 R7 with the i7 12700H and RTX 3070 Ti for work. Honestly it was less difficult than repasting my two previous Omen laptops. TL;DR - If your Alienware is overheating and you're thinking of repasting it, do it. I have an Alienware X17 R2, with a 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-12900H and a 3080 GPU, and I have recently been experiencing overheating issues with my CPU, so I opened it up to replace the thermal paste, after getting to the heatsink, I noticed that the part that connects the CPU part of the heatsink to the rest of it was separating. I deal used laptops and had a problem with an Asus GL503 - even after repasting with MX-4 and undervolting the laptop the temps were hitting 98 Repasting on the other hand, yeah people are showing better thermals. Before it was around 3. ADMIN MOD laptop doesn't turn on after repasting/repadding. Figured while I was at it, I might go ahead and repaste my new m16 R2. Would the Dell warranty fix it or because its within 100C its still operational temperature Archived post. Does repasting our Alienware machine void our warranty? Could not find a precise answer . New comments cannot be posted and votes Welcome to the unofficial community for Alienware. However, with warrantee etc, I’d consider not doing it yourself. Join a friendly and knowledgeable forum community for all PC gamers. New comments cannot be posted and votes Alienware laptops are designed for high performance and get hot, but should never exceed 100 Celsius = 212 Fahrenheit. They will tell you otherwise and get you sorted. 🔵 #1 thermal paste: https://amzn. heat-sink assembly has the thermal pads pre This Alienware x17 R1 I've used for more than a year and half, it's thermal paste has dry out thus my CPU always throttle in any games. Thanks! I am not comfortable repasting an inverted motherboard. Never spent close to $60 on pads though. When internal cooling becomes a problem, this might be fixed by thermal repasting the gap between CPU & GPU and laptop cooling pipes. 6ghz with stock paste. Support I'm pretty sure this would void the warranty on the Dell OEM card. "High intensity" gaming, ~55gpu/56cpu. External fans and cooling pads do nothing, repasting is way too hard to do (you have to open the whole laptop, remove the top components, remove the board then you can repaste) Nope, been repasting my Alienware laptops since the Alienware 18, also repasted Dell laptops. If you do Welcome to the unofficial community for Alienware. Repasting was an experience of its own. Noctua NT-H2. 7K. 141. Regards! Hey Alienware X15/17 r2 owners! I am seeing a lot of users moaning of high temps and throttling with these new 12th Gen CPUs. x17 R1, CPU repaste. I have the premium plus warranty so I wonder if Dell My temps in comparison to the Alienware 17 R4 in the guide were almost identical, just slightly higher. Thanks! Members Online • jackknifez-123. So far I found a replacement for the whole cooling device on Ali Express which includes the fans but nothing about the fans. So go on and get to repasting your laptop, it might need it sooner than later. My apt's ambient temperature is ~20C. Is it worth repasting it and disassembly it? Laptop is only exactly 1-year-old. Thermal Repasting I plan on doing after warranty period is over since I don Hi @JArmst49 here is a YouTube example of a video for Alienware 17 (R1) disassembly, clean fan, clean CPU fan ventilation, and repaste CPU. 3. 5" 1TB Fan issues are usually: BIOS update, cleaning vents and fans, checking temperatures and whether system needs repasting/heatsink replacement. Members Online • aaron330i. I have moved back to LM and am over 30k again, so I guess if your going to look at repasting ( likely voids warranty ) then your going to want to stick with LM , or those new pads that everyone is using. Honestly Dell should offer professional thermal repasting services. So I was wondering if there was a step by step guide for repasting the M15 floating around somewhere to appease my anxiety of making a stupid mistake. Some of you may remember way back when I was testing Kyronaut + Shims, not to see if it worked, but rather to prove that one would lose a tremendous amount of thermal conductivity due to loss of having many contact points. October 4th, 2020 04:00. Gastraea. Also, there is a barrier around CPU/GPU which prevents proper contact of heatsink. More testing the more comfortable you’ll feel with repasting. I checked a video about repasting the CPU, but it seems to be a little complicated and time consuming, as many peripherals have to be disconnected and the motherboard turned upside down (Apart from Laptop Stands, Thermal Repasting and Undervolting) Winters I used to average 75 C but lately I'm touching 83 C for the same arrangement and configuration. Welcome to the unofficial community for Alienware. Alienware. It turned out to be a bad Realtek Sound Driver. TBH, none of them made any significant difference. Never ran stress tests. 5 Practitioner Due to repasting and how it heats/cools i believe the cooler just isnt able to soak up the heat from this cpu. You can get a repasting quotation from $100 Dell Laptop Repair | Dell Repair | Laptop Repair | Notebook Service Center (parts-people. Got to the heatsink, screws 1,2,3,4 were not tight at all, no tension on the bar even slightly. Thread starter Sovereign; Start date Jan 3, 2017; Tags gigabyte repasting warranty Jan 3, 2017 #1 S. Go to Alienware r/Alienware Area 51M R2 repasting/cleaning guides/advice? My chassis has been getting a little hot to the touch lately and it just dawned on me that I've had this machine for just under a year, so I figure a nice deep clean and a repaste might be in order. There are reports that the CPU temperature on Alienware 13 R3, 15 R3 and R4, 17 R4 and R5, m15, m15 R2, m15 R3 m17, m17 R2, m17 R3, Area-51m, and Area-51m R2 laptops are reaching high temperatures. But the Alienware Laptops all seem to have heat issues. Precision Fixed Workstations Welcome to the unofficial community for Alienware. ) I can re-paste and good to go! Jan 3, 2017 #6 pendragon1 Extremely [H] Joined Oct 7 The temps are still higher than I would like on the Memory Junction, but I am fixing that tomorrow by repasting the GPU and the VRAM Heatsink. Being around 3 years old it could need a good cleaning out if it has been used or it needs a thermal repasting as it may be dried up. I've personally seen good results setting a max fan speed profile in Alien CC. Question Hi I recently got my aw17 r5, just a question, what is the optimal undervolting wattage for my laptop? Also I suggest either repasting it yourself or give it to a trusted company. if you're not repasting often, since those get over 80 degrees C and the vendor doesn't guarantee long I already had a hard time repasting my 15 r3, I can't imagine the horror of having to remove the motherboard to fix heating issues that shouldn't even exists in such an expensive laptop. Thank you for the This video will show anyone with an Alienware Aurora R13 or R14 disassemble and fix the GPU thermal paste for better thermals. Alienware can nerf system performance and fan logic between BIOS releases, so newer BIOS doesn't mean better BIOS! Reply s1rrah Area51m R2 • FWIW: Here is some 4. Alienware Desktops. Noticing the factory thermal paste job, I figured my attempt would be much better. Thanks! ADMIN MOD Repasting an m17 . November 14th, 2021 07:00. Outdoor temperatures are already around 108 F, and I know that they'll rise some more. We'll also be Its not just Alienware though, all the high end consumer brands are doing this on applying thermal paste. Don’t let a random tech shop touch your computer or you for sure will void that warranty if they mess something up. It's looking like the next step will be a repasting of the CPU / GPU. Just be extra careful with cleaning off the old paste on the gpu die. Alienware's marketing for Element 31 was great but it sucks that the paste jobs are bad and/or the paste doesn't last that long. I'm thinking about repasting my 15r3 7820hk. What should i say in my comical google review? Fyi please be aware that these procedures are minimal costs incase you decide not to diy yours. I use it on my Alienware m15 R7 AMD and Dell XPS 13, it reduced the temps by about 6C and lasts long. For those who have experience with Alienware or even PC/Laptops in general, I thought it would be a nice welcoming gesture if we may have some of your top 5 tips. Basically, I'm VERY happy with the temps after repasting! After an hour running Aida64 and Unigine Heaven (with Welcome to the unofficial community for Alienware. Last week, I noticed my laptop was thermal throttling the CPU hard - reaching 80C while idle and throttling at 100C when playing games or loading a single core. Such is the burden of an Alienware user. XPS 8960, SA not Installing BIOS. My Alienware 15's thermal paste started to fail last year; temps would hit 100 C while under load (heavy gaming, heavy work); repasting with Corsair XTM50 dropped my load temps down to 85 C, and I'm not touching that. Discussion I just finished repasting my m17 R3. Appreciate the effort of repasting while recording. The GPU is not an issue since it uses thermal Here are my temps after repasting with both Furmark and Prime95 running simultaneously for 33 mins. Repasting!!! Best application method for Arctic MX-4 on the Alienware 15r4. I have a Alienware x17 r1 and it's thermals are not good and it probably needs repasting but I don't think a local pc repair shop would be capable of providing this service being that the inverted motherboard makes repasting harder. M15r7 3080ti freezing during games with frame rate drops upvotes ordinatraliter • Alienware 13R3 • • Edited Additional comment actions It is within a degree of IC Diamond in Linus' test that used a high pressure mounting solution and a CPU with an IHS that had already been delidded and had liquid metal under the heatsink. Edit: Asking out of general curiosity as I am thinking if my thermals on my 51m end up high I may repaste it. I ended up repasting the device, which brought it down by a whooping 10°C. So you don't need to worry about making gaskets and protective barriers if Join and gain access to exclusive in-game items, game keys, and some of the most sought after closed betas. at best a Don't worry about repasting. XPS Desktops. But dells stock thermal paste is a long life solution that doesn't need reapplied for a good 5 years, meaning you shouldn't have to take the whole thing apart and void your warranty. 125 as well as propping up laptop on a table. 2. I had some Kryonaut paste left from repasting my laptop a couple weeks ago. When I bought it I did all of the updates through the dell Welcome to the unofficial community for Alienware. Me and other guys had issues tightening the screws flush after repasting. That‘s the reason i sent my Aw laptop back after 4 weeks, because I don‘t want to buy myself problems. Join and gain access to exclusive in-game items, game keys, and some of the most sought after closed betas. Reply reply More replies. Question Hello so i got a second hand x15 r1 . There are many enthusiasts that already use liquid metal paste and can afford to buy a new gaming PC every 6 to 12 months in the search for extreme Go to Alienware r/Alienware • by mrdoubtfull M17R3 Repasting m17 r3! comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment. My current laptop is a Dell Alienware 17 R4 -- it has a 6820HK in it that runs far too hot at a mere 3. ADMIN MOD Repasting x15 r1 . 58. That's not an issue at all. Edit: This is Welcome to the unofficial community for Alienware. Alienware Area-51 ALX 2006 +11 more. Try to get cryonaught if you can :) Hi @AlexPat welcome to this free user-to-user Alienware laptop discussion forum. Inspiron. So my question is if the m16 r1 cooler with the i9 variants have a bigger cooler that i could swap into my laptop. It should be covering the following topics: CPU Temperature behavior The problem with Tcc Offset (Alienware's "solution" to the temperature problem) Stands vs Coolers Undervolting I picked up 4 Noctua NF-A12x25 PWM fans. This may happen more frequently when the computer Also not sure about repasting, as I'd have to find someone to do it, as I'm not really comfortable doing it myself, especially because the M15 R3 has an inverted motherboard from what I hear. Clean and repaste GPU is similar process. Comes apart and goes back together super easy. Reply reply Repasting the Alienware m15 R7 . In my opinion in the beginning test the laptop if its thermal throttling or not, if yes i’d recommend repasting with thermal grizzly conductunat, fresh install of windows, raise This is the thing that pulls me more and more towards console gaming. I gave in and got the x15 r1 with rtx 3070 and FHD 360hz. Reply reply Welcome to the unofficial community for Alienware. Learn how to repaste your CPU or GPU quickly and efficiently. I have repasted my laptop with conductonaut and after putting it back, I turned it on. Summary: If you're after a powerful gaming laptop with a 17-inch screen, the Alienware 17 R3 is one of the better picks out there. I don’t know why so many people seem to think repasting will void warranty. Dell G15 Fans not activating on Ubuntu 22. Maybe Dell does it for most users who never Additionally, the thermal pads in my machine did not match up to what is shown in the alienware videos. Just in case anyone was interested, here are the photos of my before and after repasting. Posts. My CPU however doesn't run cool Alienware AW2725DF, LG 27GR93U, LG 27GN950-B: Case: Streacom BC1 V2 Black: Audio Device(s) Repasting: In my experience, no difference at idle but a 1-2c drop whilst gaming. Undervolt has fixed my thermals and I’m rocking 35k cinebecnh avg. Sovereign 2[H]4U. 6 with 4. Also, if you do PTM sis your friend. Some people repaste multiple times before they get any improvement at all. New comments cannot be In this video, we'll be showing you how to disassemble an Alienware 15 R3 and repaste the CPU and GPU. Thanks! Members Online. Is there a way to edit the fan curves perhaps? I feel like if they perhaps ran longer at slower speeds they could keep what little thermal mass there is in the I just got an Alienware m16 R2 with 1 TB SSD. Out of the box, 9 months ago. IUNLOCK is a world class gamer and benchmark who tweeks these Alienware laptops. I'm pretty sure the GPU is involved, but I'm not sure how repasting would cause this sort of I'm strongly considering an Alienware to take care of the job: high clock speeds, high-end GPUs, a decent amount of RAM (up to 32gb @ 2667), good displays and decent storage size. I have few other useful links if you will decide to go for repasting. g. Aurora R15, BIOS downgrade blocked. After repasting with conductonaut Pcore 2&4 spike to 100c when there's a load but 35c at idle? Does anyone know why this is? Technical Support Archived post. He also said, that I can create a second profile since I am a administrator anways, so I can also use it for private stuff e. It used to run on lower to mid 80s. The small vibrations from fans and HDD don’t justify the use of locking fluid in my opinion. The was a guy called My previous laptop was an AW 15 R3 with an i7-7820HK that had the same exact issue. I went to also do thermal repasting and it didn’t help much at all, if anything I saw the temps get worse after repasting a couple of times. Especially when it is that cumbersome. You'll see the max temp of the CPU dropped to 74 degrees, an improvement of 10 degrees. it actually booted to bios. 778. It's easily reach 100c and throttle to 3. Yes average air temps will affect it. Is the repasting recommended when I receive the the product, or should I wait until the paste actually fails to repasted (say 1 year down the Go on utube there are lots of videos on repasting this model laptop with either paste or liquid metal. Joined Mar 21, 2005 Messages One of the reasons I went with an Alienware (Discounts and coupons as well. On my Alienware M16, I had an issue with the CPU not downclocking even on idle which caused a lot of heat and noise. Thanks! Members Online • Beurhans Check my posts about how improved my m18 is after repasting. Paste and test thermals and keep repasting until thermals look better. I am going to replace the thermal pads as well. Alienware 17 R4 - Repasting a good idea? How to do it safely? Voided Warranties aside, I've got quite a bit of experience building PCs, but my Alienware is my primary PC right now (got a sweet deal on a almost fully loaded model). I know Full Speed is a thing, but apparently that pushes the PL's higher and as a result I get way higher temps with Full Speed than I do with a 28 votes, 66 comments. We are not an official Dell sub. small Phillips screwdriver - it matches all the screws inside your Alienware; can of compressed air; a small plastic prying tool that Dell once sent me, by the description in Michael's guide and Ashtefere's explained the need when reassembling the gpu heatsink after a repasting and thermal pad replacement, to retighten these screws in the Welcome to the unofficial community for Alienware. For Alienware m17 R4 users, I advocate getting high thermal transfer conductivity, inert, long-lasting thermal paste that has no curing time, so that there are many years of use between repasting. it goes asking to set time in bios. I've ordered some copper shims and more kryonaut and am planning on repasting again but I was curious as to whether anyone else has successfully tinkered with the heatsink in a situation like this and made it work. 4ghz. Its CPU temperature has always been a little higher (80s-90s when playing games). I heard that the kryonaut is very good but doesn't last very long or isn't very suitable for laptop heat sinks due to it being more runny than mx-4. Screens “a bit old”, but still looks nice. Some questions: 1. 4K. I want to do a thermal repaste and the only thing I could think of repasting was the CPU, would that help reduce internal temperatures? How difficult is it to I am currently shopping for an Alienware M15/M17 laptop to replace my 10 year old M15x R1. I've gotten the voltage down to -160, and I plan on releasing information about a repaste combined Alienware Area-51m; Alienware Area-51m R2; High CPU temperatures on Alienware laptops. My question to you: if I am currently idling at 48 C @ 4. It's fast, runs quiet and not very hot, it bundles an amazing screen, a very good keyboard #alienware #gaming #thermalpaste If your gaming laptop's temps are running too high, you may need to repaste the CPU and GPU using higher quality thermal pas The photograph supplied is typical of YouTube repasting, and the thermal pad colour indicates its thermal properties and thickness. The factory paste is usually crap, (although on my m15 R7 is has the Element 31 gallium As far as repasting, it honestly makes me very nervous to take apart an expensive machine like this. Please read the rules and FAQ before posting. I7 8750h and gtx1060 . The catch is that if you break something while attempting to repaste, then obviously it’s your fault and they won’t repair it. RPM is lower than before and it's getting more and more annoying with the noise from it even on lower RPM). Some third party manufacturers might allow for repasting, but changing components and repasting I'm pretty confident would void the Dell warranty. As a m17r3 owner, yes it runs hot. Advocate watching a few YouTube videos and reading Alienware 17 Documentation, Owner's Manual in preparation. If your temps push into the 90s+, then think about it. The screen freezes on a frame with artifacts all over, and the speakers play this insanely loud static noise. Thanks! Members Online • issues with repasting g14 2022 (arctic mx-6 and K5 Pro) upvotes Honestly, the more I use it the more I like it. You shouldn't even have to think about repasting for at least a couple years of daily use and even then only if there are temperature concerns. 13. pcrof qrtzer llpypp ycxizz kprqfb mpakdvu vrkmevfc xjxzwk uzd sndgml