repaste – Things I fixed somehow

My new used GPU was always running at 88°, fans 100% (3000 RPM is horribly loud) and never hit the power target.
I used Heaven Benchmark and got 102 FPS.

After replacing the dried out thermal paste, I’m maxing out the power target, Heaven goes up to 123 FPS and the fans are running around 2000 RPM to cool it down to 75°.

How to repaste

Prepare a nice workplace with a PH1 screwdriver, Isopropyl alcohol and something to wipe, a map where the screws go back in, new paste and maybe a coffee.

Remove the 2 yellow and 4 green screws. They’re not the same type. I assume the one down right voids your warranty.

Carefully open it up this way. The thermal pads and paste are sticky, so maybe wiggle just a little bit. Watch out for the cable (next picture).

Pull the cable from underneath the heat pipe so you can lay everything flat.

Clean up the mess from the manufacturer. I used a soft plastic card first for the big junks. Turn everything around to drop the old paste particles so they don’t stick to the thermal pads. Then use the Isopropyl alcohol to make it all shiny.

My thermal pads were still soft and sticky. I saw some videos on YouTube and no one replaced them… If you want, they were probably 3 mm thick before squishing them on the GPU.

Now apply some new paste (I like to spread it a bit because I assume the pressure is not the same than on a CPU). Put the cable underneath the heat pipe, align the screws and put it back together in reverse.

Voltage	Paste	Cinebench R15 Loop (5 times)
Stock	Stock	383
Undervolt	Stock	461
Undervolt	Phobya NanoGrease Extreme (not enough)	528
Undervolt	Phobya NanoGrease Extreme (more than enough)	537

Schlagwort: repaste

Repaste ASUS Dual Geforce RTX 3060 12GB

How to repaste

Undervolt / Repaste Lenovo Yoga 720-13 (81C3)

My results: