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Alienware M11xR3 Disassembly and Cleaning

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Alienware M11xR3 Disassembly and Cleaning, Remove heat sink and apply thermal paste: crwdns2935265:00crwdnd2935265:01crwdnd2935265:03crwdne2935265:0 Alienware M11xR3 Disassembly and Cleaning, Remove heat sink and apply thermal paste: crwdns2935265:00crwdnd2935265:02crwdnd2935265:03crwdne2935265:0 Alienware M11xR3 Disassembly and Cleaning, Remove heat sink and apply thermal paste: crwdns2935265:00crwdnd2935265:03crwdnd2935265:03crwdne2935265:0
Remove heat sink and apply thermal paste

  • If this is your first time applying thermal paste, I recommend using a quality thermal paste brand like Arctic Silver and reading a guide here on iFixit.

  • With the motherboard out, turn it upside down on a static free surface.

  • To remove the heatsink and replace thermal paste, remove the screws in the correct order (marked with a number on the heatsink).

  • Clean old thermal paste with isopropyl alcohol. Ensure that after applying thermal paste it doesn't leak onto the motherboard (if it's on the green square, it's fine).

  • When putting the heat sink back on, try to have the screw holes align on your first try. This is to maintain an even spread of the thermal paste.

  • Rescrew in the correct order (refer to the numbers on the heat sink).

  • Tighten each screw one at a time to end up with good heat dissipation.

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