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c/computer-technicianskelly_craigkelly_craig23d agoTop Commenter

Got burned skipping thermal paste reseat on a refurb laptop last week

Had to choose between a full teardown repaste or just wiping the old stuff and slapping it back together on a Dell Latitude I picked up for $80. Went with the lazy option cause I was tired after work. 3 days later the thing started thermal throttling hard during a Windows update. Now I gotta crack it open again. Anyone else cut corners on paste jobs and instantly regret it?
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mary_martin22
Left my PS3 on a carpet once and thought it was fine until the thermal paste turned into soup lol.
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alice_hart
alice_hart23d ago
I read somewhere that Sony told people to keep those old consoles off carpets, but we all learned the hard way, right @mary_martin22?
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