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| - | [* icon_caution] ***Warning: Some thermal pastes can contain heavy metals. Some heavy metals are carcinogenic and can cause metal poisoning. Do not handle thermal paste with bare hands and make sure to read the warning labels on your thermal paste before handling.*** |
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| - | [* black] Using the same cleaning process for cleaning off old thermal paste for the heatsink, remove the old thermal paste from the ***CPU chip*** circled in red. |
| - | [* black] Once you have cleaned off your old thermal paste, take your thermal paste and apply a small amount between the size of a ***rice grain and a pea*** in the plastic window on the CPU chip. ***Tip: Apply less paste than you think you need. Thermal paste can be touchy- if too much paste is added, it can cause your laptop to overheat.*** |
| - | [* black] Once you have applied your thermal paste, take a small blunt tool and ***spread it evenly*** in the plastic window on the CPU chip. Once you're finished spreading it, ***wash your tool in isopropyl alcohol*** to avoid getting thermal paste on your surroundings. |
| + | [* icon_caution] ***Some thermal pastes can contain heavy metals. Some heavy metals are carcinogenic and can cause metal poisoning. Do not handle thermal paste with bare hands and make sure to read the warning labels on your thermal paste before handling.*** |
| + | [* red] Once you have cleaned off your old thermal paste, take your thermal paste and apply a small amount between the size of a ***rice grain and a pea*** in the plastic window on the CPU chip. Spread the paste evenly with a blunt tool. |
| [* black] After applying your paste, reapply your heatsink. | |
| - | [* icon_note] ***Note: Make sure the square indent on your heatsink lines up with the CPU chip you added paste to as well as lines up with the screw holes in the motherboard.*** |
| - | [* icon_caution] Note: If you got thermal paste on your skin, rinse the site with 91% isopropyl alcohol. Do not rinse with water until after the alcohol rinse. |
| + | [* icon_note] ***Make sure the square indent on your heatsink lines up with the CPU chip you added paste to as well as lines up with the screw holes in the motherboard.*** |