shanenin Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 (edited) I am replacing a power jack(well at least trying) on a dell 600m laptop. This uses a pentium m proc. I thought it used a regular heating pad like desktops, so I scraped it off. I was going to reapply regular heatsink compound. It turns out is has a thin piece of conductive foil, which I have ruined. Do you think the foil is necessary? Do you think just applying regular heatsink compound will be sufficient? Edited January 17, 2007 by shanenin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
garmanma Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 I've never had a lappy apart. This site, heatsink tape, uses aluminum instead or copper but it serves the same purpose. Their main claim is ease of automated installation and no added clips to secure the heatsink. Other than that it's the same as thermal compound. I think if you lap the heatsink you should be OK. I'll keep looking, thoughMark Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sethook Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 I've never had a lappy apart. This site, heatsink tape, uses aluminum instead or copper but it serves the same purpose. Their main claim is ease of automated installation and no added clips to secure the heatsink. Other than that it's the same as thermal compound. I think if you lap the heatsink you should be OK. I'll keep looking, thoughMarkRevised link for heatsink tape. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted January 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 (edited) Thanks guys for the links :-) It seems that you would use the tape in places where their is not good pressure holding the heatsink onto the die. Their are 4 spring loaded screws that seem to be giving good pressure. Do you guys have a opinion, in regards to regular compound doing a good job in this situation?edit added later//as stated above, I think this is more for easy manufacture. I think compound will work equally well Edited January 17, 2007 by shanenin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 Clean the heatsink and CPU thoroughly with 99% Ispropyl alcohol and apply Arctic Silver 5.Download and install MobileMeter 0.3.1.0 to monitor the temps on a laptop. Here is the English version of the MobileMeter Read Me file. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted January 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 I have never used mobile meter, but will give it a try. I usually use everest. None the less, I will definitely check the temps after finishing(assuming I can get the parts back together) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mikex Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 I had the cpu off of a HP zv5000. It had thermal compound grease. Reapplied a dab good to go until the power plug died, replaced the mobo (thanks to ebay) another dab of grease and off we went, up and running again. It also had the 4 spring loaded screws. I counted the turns until it bottomed out then when I replaced the cpu I bottomed the screw then backed off X turns. When I replaced the mobo i just kinda went by feel, gut feeling.M Quote Link to post Share on other sites
garmanma Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 I've never had a lappy apart. This site, heatsink tape, uses aluminum instead or copper but it serves the same purpose. Their main claim is ease of automated installation and no added clips to secure the heatsink. Other than that it's the same as thermal compound. I think if you lap the heatsink you should be OK. I'll keep looking, thoughMarkRevised link for heatsink tape.I was in a hurry and didn't check my link. Thanks SethookMark Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted January 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2007 (edited) I had my freind help me with the desoldering and soldering of the new power jack. In the process he broke off a very small chip. The laptop works great when plugged in. It does not want to charge the battery(it is not even trying to charge). I think that may have been what the chip was used for. I Gave a price of $145 for parts(I gave my friend $60) and labor to install the new power jack. Hopefully my customer will be understanding. Below is the picture of the chip. their is a chance the battery is bad, and the problem was preexisting. More then likely that chip that is no longer there served a purpose(charging system) :-) I won't know until I talk to her later.edit added later//I just spoke with her on the phone. she said she always used it plugged in. It is not an issue. I guess I got lucky. I still wonder if that chip was doing an important job Edited January 18, 2007 by shanenin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aluvus Posted January 19, 2007 Report Share Posted January 19, 2007 Did he break off the entire part, or chip it?What color is the part? How many contacts did it have connected to the motherboard? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted January 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2007 (edited) Turns out the charging system was fine. I tried another battery and it was working the way it is supposed to.As to your questions. The part appeared black with with two contacts. It made a connection by two solder joints on top of the board. It does not have leads that go into the board. It did not seem broken(I could see both contacts, although one was nearly invisible), but it is so small it seemed next to impossible to reattach it, also, it was not not obvious on which side connected to which side. Edited January 19, 2007 by shanenin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mikex Posted January 20, 2007 Report Share Posted January 20, 2007 Best I can tell from the photo it looks like a resistor or diode. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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