[WRXReach]

I recently bought a 2gb stick of memory off ebay that apparently came from a dell laptop, i think the brand was hynix, anyways I am going to enlist the help of my father when I get it. From what I hear, the laptop gets very hot after the upgrade which worries me a little. My dad has some arctic silver stuff that you put in-between the cpu and the heatsink and its like a thermal insulator. I'm sure you're all familiar with it. Would anyone recommend using that stuff on the mini? From what I hear, the thermal pads are just screwed in and reseating the memory disrupts that and it can raise the temp. of the laptop considerably.

Is it safe to put that stuff on? I thought I read somewhere that someone advised against it. Could someone explain why not if it's not a good idea? Will it even make a difference?

What can I do to make sure my laptop doesn't get really hot after i've installed the ram?

Thank you very much for your help everyone,
Wesley

[holmes4]

No - don't use that stuff. It is a thermal transfer material that is intended to be clamped tightly between a CPU and a heat sink.

I'm not sure what the Mini 10v uses, but the 9 has "thermal gap filler" pads which are a 16th to an 8th inch thick. Yes, they can be dislodged - they stick on - but using Arctic Silver will just mess it up.

[w7ox]

Originally Posted by WRXReach

From what I hear, the laptop gets very hot after the upgrade which worries me a little. My dad has some arctic silver stuff that you put in-between the cpu and the heatsink and its like a thermal insulator.

If you use anything, use thermal grease which conducts heat from the CPU to the case; it's a hot CPU you need to worry about. An insulator is the last thing you want (but I think Arctic Silver is the opposite, a thermally conducting grease).

If your thermal pads are not damaged when you do the disassembly-reassembly, you should be OK. I've done the memory upgrade and another disassembly -- and my 10v does not run particularly hot.

Phil

[WRXReach]

ok i will be sure to disassemble the laptop very carefully so i wont dislodge those thermal pads, can anyone recommend a good program to monitor the internal temperature?

--Wesley

[w7ox]

Originally Posted by WRXReach

can anyone recommend a good program to monitor the internal temperature?

Look here VoodooPower 1.2.3 - InsanelyMac Forum

Phil

[ppafford]

Originally Posted by WRXReach

ok i will be sure to disassemble the laptop very carefully so i wont dislodge those thermal pads, can anyone recommend a good program to monitor the internal temperature?

--Wesley

iStat and it's free

[wildfxp]

I love SPEEDFAN

[ppafford]

No Fans in the Mini 10v's

[sedj]

Dont do anything with your ram upgrade and it will be fine, there are no cooling solutions as there is no fan get it ?

Best to use it as intended with 1gb, win7 runs fine on it and after all its not meant to be solely used for a main application pc.

The upgrades mentioned here will not make a major difference over standard spec, dont believe the bull.

Put stickers on it if you like but thats as far as it goes performance wise.

[WRXReach]

Originally Posted by sedj

Dont do anything with your ram upgrade and it will be fine, there are no cooling solutions as there is no fan get it ?

Best to use it as intended with 1gb, win7 runs fine on it and after all its not meant to be solely used for a main application pc.

The upgrades mentioned here will not make a major difference over standard spec, dont believe the bull.

Put stickers on it if you like but thats as far as it goes performance wise.

well it's kinda too late, i already bought it and it's more than halfway to my house in the mail right now... besides, if I upgrade it I can run more applications on mac. Right now I have it hooked up to a monitor with a keyboard and mouse and I'm essentially treating it like a desktop. I run finale and garageband on it, so I have a lot of memory-heavy programs I
use.