Pavilion g6 Thermal Paste

[Kostac]

Hi,

I need to change the thermal paste in my laptop (Pavilion g6, product no: A1Q99EA#B1A). What kind of paste should I use?

Thanks,

Kostac

[WAWood]

@Kostac: I have to admit, I am intrigued as to WHY you need to know about the thermal paste needed.

So, have you already removed the AMD processor from its socket?  If not, I would advise against that, as some thermal pastes have adhesive properties and attempting to remove them can damage the processor, the socket, or both.

If you have, and the processor and socket are undamaged, then read, starting at page 86, of the Maintenance and Service Guide linked to the HP Support Page for your PC:  http://support.hp.com/us-en/product/HP-Pavilion-g6-1200-Notebook-PC-series/5145704/model/5171005/man...

You will see that there are several areas requiring thermal paste, not just the processor.

Good Luck with this

[Huffer · Accepted solution]

The best thermal paste money can buy is Arctic Silver.

You can buy it in little syringe tubes as shown above. Apply very sparingly. The advice above is a bit confusing as you apply the paste on top of the processor so you would have to remove the heatsink and break the seal of the old thermal paste before you remove the processor from its socket. Indeed, the compound can dry and form a strong bond which is hard to break and if you do not know what you are doing you can crack the CPU in the process. Use a wide blade device like a putty knife up under the surface to be broken free and do a little twist of the wrist to spread the force over a wide area to pop the heatsink off the top of the processor. Clean everything thoroughly with alcohol, allow to dry and use BB sized dots of Arctic Silver when it is time to apply new compound. Most people apply way more than needed. 

[Kostac]

Hi WaWood,

Thanks for your reply.

I have overheating issues. This laptop seems to be prone to them. I've cleaned it before but I thought this time I will do it properly and change the thermal paste as well (it has never been done since purchase, 3 years ago). Right now the laptop runs at about 75°C at normal loads and it easily reaches 95 when pushed. Yesterday it froze twice and I am pretty sure this was the cause.

No, I have never before removed the heatsink, but I will do more research before attempting to do so.

Kostac

[RishabhLala]

Please lemme know if I need to change my thermal compound. My HP Probook's fan runs at full speed but does not throw heated air. I have cleaned it several times and it doesn't work. SpeedFan App shows temperatures in range of 40-50 degree celsius. I have BIOS 100% updated and have genuine Windows 10. But Fan runs and makes a lot of noise. Help me, if I should change thermal compound or if the problem lies somewhere else?