Hey all.
So I repasted my switch last night. I'm using Kryonaut, on everything (no thermal pads on hand).
The back of my console seems to get pretty warm now, but the exhaust air doesn't really feel that warm... wondering if I fucked something up? I'm not new to this kind of stuff (delidded i7 4770k 4.1 GHz stable, liquid metal, repasted quite a few GPU's, etc) but I'm not sure i got it right with the switch.
I did the following:
- took the cover apart
- removed the RF shield thing
- removed the heatpipe for the cooler
- removed the shield that is over the SoC and RAM
- Cleaned everything good with 99% isopropyl alcohol.
- Applied thermal grizzly kryonaut to RAM and SoC (about a pea size drop on the SoC)
- reinstalled the plate over SoC and RAM (left the copper shim) hoping that would help spread paste))
- applied more kryonaut
- Installed the heatpipe cooler
- Put a nice line of paste on the heatpipe (probably about 3" - 3.5" long)
- Installed the RF shield thing
- booted.
Now, everything works, and I don't notice anything different in regards to frame drops. That said, I don't have BotW, or any of the really intense games. I'm also not soft
or hard modded at all.
I play:
- A shit-ton of Warframe
- Dead Cells
- Working through The Legend of Zelda: Links Awakening
- Disgaea 5
- Into the Breach
I'm primarily docked, with a USB-C LAN adapter.
Any thoughts? I would've expected the air exiting to be warmer than it is. Not saying it's cool air, per say, but def not what I'd call warm, comparing to the temps I've seen reported in this thread.