Hacking Thermal paste replaced? Can you please comment?

[democracy]

Thinking about taking this on. Really cofused about drop vs spread... both same to make sense to me... It would appear though Sony believes in spread method so im probably going to proceed with that.


What I really like to know, those of you who have applled new thermal paste, what method did you go with and how long has your ps3 been runing since you applied new paste without issue.

it looks like removal of paste could put alot of stress on the cpu and probably bring on ylod, no?


thanks guys

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[Deleted User]

When I replace the thermal paste on my PS3 I put a thick blob in the middle of the CPU and GPU I've had my PS3 running for close to 6 months now and it's been fine. I've also noticed the temperatures have drastically decreased thanks to replacing the thermal paste. The thermal paste I used was Arctic Silver 5.

 

[Ryccardo]

it looks like removal of paste could put alot of stress on the cpu and probably bring on ylod, no?

Why should it? Unless it was previously replaced with glue, also known as mx5

The bigger challenge is changing the one UNDER the heat spreaders, but with the right tools (oil painting spatula) you can actually decap the CPU easier than the GPU!

I just put a blob in the middle of the cores and vrams, squished the spreaders back on (the CPU heatsink doesn't feel flexible enough to be used without, at least on CECH-C), another blob in the middle, and just screwed the clamps on

 

[democracy]

Why should it? Unless it was previously replaced with glue, also known as mx5

The bigger challenge is changing the one UNDER the heat spreaders, but with the right tools (oil painting spatula) you can actually decap the CPU easier than the GPU!

I just put a blob in the middle of the cores and vrams, squished the spreaders back on (the CPU heatsink doesn't feel flexible enough to be used without, at least on CECH-C), another blob in the middle, and just screwed the clamps on

yes been researching... to me it seems pointless to take this excerise on unless your going to also do below the heat shield, no?

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[Ryccardo]

to me it seems pointless to take this excerise on unless your going to also do below the heat shield, no?

It depends - sure, we all know the one under the plate deserves a replacement too, but every little helps a bit - it certainly did reduce a little the fan speed of my CECH-C (I set webman to 66 or 72 depending on how much I care about the sound at the moment)

Try manual fan speed, if different speeds result in reasonably different temperatures (can't help you with hard numbers, sorry) then it's still passable, after all most of the effect of the fan requires both layers of paste to be "working"!

Unless you did amateur reflow - then you can be pretty sure you have cooked the original CPU paste...!

 

[democracy]

It depends - sure, we all know the one under the plate deserves a replacement too, but every little helps a bit - it certainly did reduce a little the fan speed of my CECH-C (I set webman to 66 or 72 depending on how much I care about the sound at the moment)

Try manual fan speed, if different speeds result in reasonably different temperatures (can't help you with hard numbers, sorry) then it's still passable, after all most of the effect of the fan requires both layers of paste to be "working"!

Unless you did amateur reflow - then you can be pretty sure you have cooked the original CPU paste...!

ive never replaced thermal paste and my slim is 12+ years, I have set webman to 55 manual and while its a bit noisy and fan occasionally maybe hits 70%, even under the heaviest of loads, temp stays under 57.

If your using webman, really, the only benefit new thermal paste has to offer is a slightly quieter machine.

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[The Real Jdbye]

Thinking about taking this on. Really cofused about drop vs spread... both same to make sense to me... It would appear though Sony believes in spread method so im probably going to proceed with that.


What I really like to know, those of you who have applled new thermal paste, what method did you go with and how long has your ps3 been runing since you applied new paste without issue.

it looks like removal of paste could put alot of stress on the cpu and probably bring on ylod, no?


thanks guys

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It should be the same as applying thermal paste to any CPU.
You can't really fuck it up, unless you either use too little, or way too much. Every method results in about equal temps, but the one that seems the easiest to me while ensuring good coverage is the line method, make a thin line in the middle lengthwise covering about 1/2 of the area or a little more and plop the heatsink on.
I don't know the specifics of the PS3, if the area to cover is much wider than a typical CPU then you might want to use the X method instead, or use two lines.
Example on a standard CPU:
https://www.pcreviews.es/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/pasta-termica-intel.jpeg