Open the processor socket on the motherboard. Align the processor and the socket. Lower the CPU until the pins are in the ...

Thermalright released a new type of thermal pad aimed at taking all the hassle out of applying thermal paste to a CPU. Rather than a tube of paste, Heilos is a 0.2mm-thick pad of thermal compound ...

Thermal pads like Thermalright's new Heilos have none of these faults.They're solid, so they won't make a mess, and they're not electrically conductive, either. Despite that, they have strong ...

You apply the pad to the CPU cooler's heatsink and remove the backing tape. The pad isn't even much of a pad in that it's only 0.2mm thick, so essentially the same as a good application of paste.

With the PhaseSheet PTM, Thermal Grizzly Holding GmbH presents an electrically non-conductive thermal pad based on a phase change material (PCM). With PhaseSheet PTM, Thermal Grizzly closes the ...

Unlike MacBooks, Windows laptops typically don't sustain their performance in the long run despite packing powerful hardware. Laptop users often run into overheating issues, system slowdowns, battery ...

One YouTuber has found a clever fix for the MacBook Air’s CPU woes, though. Max Tech placed thermal pads on the MacBook Air’s motherboard, based on the theory that the pads would help disperse ...

Too much paste can spill over the chip and penetrate the CPU socket, possibly causing thermal problems and potential damage. Scholars argue about the ideal amount of thermal paste (here from Noctua).