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BBianchi Author

Level 1

0 points

FYI: Fixing your own Thermal Paste Problem

If you "fix" the thermal grease .. umm... abundance yourself, per AppleCare you void your warranty.

So if your cutting tape/removing noticable ammounts of paste, yes you warranty technically no longer exists.

HOWEVER, you can open up your MacMini and upgrade ram, HDD, etc. and they are cool with that.

Why I don't really know. It's a shame too, because I have my whole little set of tools and ArcticSilver 5 plus cleaner and solvent ready to go. Perhaps if everyone sends in the MBP for repair on this issue they will allow individuals to fix their own machines to reduce the load? Doubtfull.

Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Posted on May 9, 2006 6:06 PM

19 replies

keash

Level 1

11 points

May 19, 2006 5:26 AM in response to Randall Schulz

Are people stupid for thinking that apple engineer could possibly not know that too much thermal paste act as an insulator ?

Are people stupid for wondering why apple don't say what the firmware update do ? really do ?

Removing excess of thermal paste with a software update is quite impressive...

AldousH.

Level 2

190 points

May 19, 2006 5:42 AM in response to Randall Schulz

For cryin' out loud, man, I'm saying you're the one
who's stupid for believing that Apple would release a
software or firmware update that capped the system
speed.

Sheesh.

RRS

for crying out loud, man, who's stupid for believing that apple would release a notebook that whines, moos, crashes, gets hot like nothing good and is filled with 1 pound of thermal paste? + gets outdated by a way cheaper macbook!

but must admit though - i love my baby...

May 19, 2006 6:55 PM in response to BBianchi

I just wish Apple would respond to this issue ... Say something. Hopefully they are studying this issue and are devising on what to do. I wish they would tell us why they are pasting the MBP like they are...

BBianchi Author

Level 1

0 points

May 23, 2006 10:22 AM in response to Slackpacker

Supposedly if you go to an apple store that will repair notebooks they can fix it for you. However my disclaimer is I do not know if fix means back to factory spec., or really fix.

For me the closest store is 2 hours that will do this type of work.

FYI: Fixing your own Thermal Paste Problem