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April 30th, 2008 at 9:54 pm

Excess thermal paste causing high temps in MacBook Air (updated)

Remember the thermal paste problem with earlier MacBook Pros that was reported back in May 2006? Well, it's back. Read more about the grease problems in my earlier reports: Thermal grease theory - 01 May 2006 Thermal grease and the MacBook - 21 May 2006 Chief Japanese Mac disassembler Kodawarisan took apart his MacBook Air (of course) and discovered a metric-ass-load of thermal paste (also called "thermal grease") on the top of the CPU and GPU. Witness: Kodawarisan says (Japanese version, Babelfish English translation) that it's about twice the amount that's needed (sound familiar?) and that skimming off about half dropped his temps down. It all started when he noticed that his MacBook Air's fan was turning on frequently, especially...

 

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