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MacBook Pro surgery

Enrico Barbieri -

Electronics Skills

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How to Apply Thermal Paste

5 - 20 minutes

Moderate

My Problem

My MacBook fans will always run at max speed while using heavy apps like VMware Fusion. The situation was critical mainly because of the noise of fans running at 6200rpm

My Fix

The repair went well... I opened the MacBook without any particular issue thanks to the heat sink replace guide provided by iFixt. Just moving really slowly because I was afraid of broking some contacts and mess up everything...

My Advice

Repair is basically easy even if you need to disassemble half of your MacBook... Watch out for cables and plug while you put logic board in place... If it does not fit perfectly there are some cables on your way

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iFixit Thermal Paste

$21.99

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