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Hatch

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#320057 2-Jul-2025 00:04
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On the offchance someone in Auckland has some thermal putty to sell;

 

I am planning to repaste a laptop that is overheating with minimal load (Asus Strix G15) for a family member and also need some thermal putty to redo the VRM putty.

 

I can only find that computerlounge sells Thermal Grizzly (out of stock - on backorder), doesn't seem PBtech sells any putty which isn't all that surprising.

 

There is a trademe vendor in Northcote who sells HY234 and also another TM vendor in Whanganui who sells Upsiren UTP-8.

 

I'm leaving NZ on Sunday so having the preferred Upsiren UTP-8 shipped to Auckland intime is out of the question.

 

 

 

 

 

 


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Hatch

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  #3389117 2-Jul-2025 16:31
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Update: Had no choice but to buy the HY234 thermal putty off TM as there was nothing else in stock. Removed cooler and will begin cleaning up the thermal paste (grey), thermal putty (blue) and to my surprise liquid metal on the CPU. My theory is that the liquid metal had basically all leaked out from between the CPU and cooler, there's a lot of it in the void outside the CPU. Hopefully the CPU isn't cooked and reapplying some thermal paste will solve the overheating issues.

 

Also you can see all the thermal putty along the multitude of VRMs etc, which will need cleaning and reapplying with HY234 thermal putty.

 


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