Is thermal paste required every time you take apart switch?

[rookiesearcher]

Alright, so I am planning on making a little bit of money by buying and repairing broken Nintendo switches. I already have one in, a new battery coming for it, and thermal paste. My question is this: do I have to buy and apply new thermal paste every time I take a switch apart?

 

[mrdude]

I've taken my switch apart a few times and never put any new thermal paste in it! I probably should have but I just kept the old stuff that was in it and never had any issues yet!

 

[impeeza]

If the paste is still gummy you can use it, shouldn't do it but will work.

if you need to change the paste use a good one.

 

[Hayato213]

Alright, so I am planning on making a little bit of money by buying and repairing broken Nintendo switches. I already have one in, a new battery coming for it, and thermal paste. My question is this: do I have to buy and apply new thermal paste every time I take a switch apart?

If it is dry out/use up then replace it, if you play a lot, probably good idea to replace the thermal paste, my old v1 thermal paste was almost all gone from continually use of 1 year or so.

 

[MrSandstorm]

You only HAVE to re-apply paste when you remove the heatsink from the SoC, but as previous responses said, it's good practice to also do it every once in a while to ensure it's always in good condition.

 

[rookiesearcher]

Alright thanks. I'll just leave the thermal paste.