General Stuff:
As it says in the title. Most of the time it's just about lot of dust and debris in the fans instead of the thermal pase. DON'T REMOVE THE FAN MODULE. Just clean the fans by opening your laptop back-plate and - if possible - compressed air(either electric or pre-packaged), however I have not tested with these so do your research.
I did this once while recording the data and here they are:
Since we don't have a proper source for PTM. They can be fake PTMs and the only compnay I found can deliver fake PTMs or show fake deliveries, I am removing PTM 7950 from my recommendations.
Ebay, Ebuy7, Alibaba, Aliexpress, Amazon and third party websites are all littered with fake PTMs and you will never know when you do order it but once you have ordered it and tested for many many months.
You can see the older data here:
Links to buy→ Most People buy from ebuy7 (Buying Video) | More Authentic, very expensive→ Mod DIY | Aliexpress→ ? | Alibaba → ? | Amazon → ?
WARNING: Even though you will hear
a lot of good stuff about PTM 7950 (including frome me), remember two things:
First: It's hard to get a genuine one.
Second: Storing PTM 7950 can ruin it if not applied. It might seem it doesn't affect you as you will
apply it immediately on arrival BUT if the stock you ordered was on hold for a long time can be terrible
as it happened once.
For this reason I took all videos down but then put them back up after further
looking into it.
Blog(s): PTM 7950 on Ideapad Gaming 5800H 3060
English Videos: How to order PTM in India | PTM 7950 : The only Thermal material you need | Fix your laptop overheating & Stream |
Hindi Videos: PTM kaise order kare with Credit Card & PayPal Account | PTM laga diye Ideapad 5800H 3060 mein bhi Didi wala laptop mein | PTM Order jaldi aa gaya |
Other notes:
Archived Videos: | Having some doubt about the PTM 7950 I got recently from ebuy7. Maybe I stored it in too hot place | PTM7950 didn't get delivered from Ebay | What other thermal pastes I am looking into right now? | [READ DESCRIPTION ]PTM Thermal Paste ebay se nahi aaya Bihar mein China se | Lenovo service issues: Engineer broke screen, thermal module with PTM pre-applied |
Before you buy thermal paste at all, have you first clean your laptop fans and vents? Which can be done in most cases even without taking out the fan module, only the back cover is necessary. As I showed it here(to be added), that might be enough.
THERMAL PADS VS PASTE WARNING: Don't apply thermal pastes on places requiring thermal pads or thermal putty. Thermal paste is for CPU/GPU. Thermal Putty or thermal pads are for VRMs PSUs and little blocks except the CPU and the GPU which requires something thicker. Applying WILL kill your laptop like it did for me.
There aren't many thermal pastes/pads for the VRMs and more at all available in India but I bought the ones I could find and tested them and here they are:
LIQUID THERMAL PASTE WARNING: Don't do it yourself. If your laptop came with liquid thermal paste, just don't. These are electrically conductive and can short your motherboard even if a little bit of it spills. (Note: Can non-liquid thermal paste also be electrically conductive in rare cases? That's something I am working on here).
THERMAL PADS VS PASTE WARNING: Don't apply thermal pastes on places requiring thermal pads or thermal putty. Thermal paste is for CPU/GPU. Thermal Putty or thermal pads are for VRMs PSUs and little blocks except the CPU and the GPU which requires something thicker. Applying WILL kill your laptop like it did for me.
Amazon India → Review and Long Term Review
This is the paste I keep at home as a backup and whenever there isn't PTM anymore or I am applying thermal paste to an older laptop I use this instead. I have already done many benchmarks with this paste and it looks like it sustains it's performance overtime.