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Picked up a cheap Elitebook, turns out it was one of these beauties. Sadly mines got a horribly damaged top lid (someone took to it with a grinder I think) but doesn’t matter. As it’s really old and has had a long, useful life according to who I bought it off, I’d like to clean it out and replace the thermal paste. Anybody got a guide or tips on where to start?
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Hi @thattonybo
Here’s the maintenance and service guide for the laptop.
Go to p.73 to view the necessary pre-requisite steps and then the procedure to remove the fan and heat sink assembly.
This will allow you to refresh the thermal paste on the cpu , clean the fan etc.
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Thank you very much!
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Hi @thattonybo
Welcome to ifixit
To clean up thermal paste, normally i use IPA, to remove old thermal paste.
For thermal paste, It is recommended to get good one, if possible,
e.g. Arctic Silver 5
e.g CoolerMaster MasterGel Pro
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No sorry, I mean how to get into the laptop heatsink, as it's an ultra portable convertible. I already have some thermal paste here (corsair stuff) so I'll be using it.
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