Laptop heatsink single to dual pipes upgrade mod. How to desolder & test laptop heat pipes. Part 1
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Published 2019-09-18
Obviously, I am not going to just buy a dual heatsink system and swap it in. But where is the fun in that? I'll be taking the more adventurous route instead. Modding mine by adding another Heatpipe (sourced from a cheap second-hand Fujitsu Siemens heatsink system) to upgrade it from single to a dual heat pipe system. See how I desolder and test the heat pipes before installation.
What I used in the video:
- Spare heat sink from a Fujitsu Esprimo laptop, bought used.
- Cheap 2-speed dual heat gun using the hotter setting to melt solder.
- Rosin-based liquid soldering flux
- K type thermocouple fo test heat pipe heat transfer.
Timestamps:
- The plan: 01:40
- I buy the heat pipes: 03:20
- Desoldering the heat pipes: 04:10
- Testing the heat pipes: 06:50
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All Comments (21)
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Part 2 here. Installing this heatpipe into my laptop and new benchmarking temperatures https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNI6QA0TIxI
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Thank you I saved 70 dollars. Now It works great again
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Muchas gracias amigo, era lo que estaba buscando, una prueba de temperatura de los heat pipes pero con una prueba similar como la que tu hiciste, tenia ess duda, mi vieja laptop murio y pensé que era porque posiblemente el heat pipe se había dañado de alguna forma, pero viendo tu publicación veo que los heat pipes son casi indestructibles y que la transferencia de calor que hacen es instantánea con una eficiencia tal vez del 99.99% o por lo menos eso parece. Thank you very much friend, it was what I was looking for, a temperature test of the heat pipes but with a similar test like the one you did, I had a doubt, my old laptop died and I thought it was because the heat pipe had possibly been damaged from Somehow, but seeing your post I see that heat pipes are almost indestructible and that the heat transfer they do is instantaneous with an efficiency of perhaps 99.99% or at least that seems.
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Thanks for sharing your adventure
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That reddit user used a modified i7-4980hq to fit into a laptop socket afaik; its TDP is high, so the user modified their heatsink... cool stuff!
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thank you for your efforts, i appreciate that
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you seem to be a very smart man
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How are the temps if you put cooling silicone pads with Copper plate behind CPU and on the back of GPU ? I have not seen many Cooling pad videoes testing a Mod with bigger sized Pads that cover more than small areas .
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Por cierto, ganaste un suscriptor! Y likes a este proyecto, gracias por compartir! By the way, you gained a subscriber! And likes to this project, thanks for sharing!
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Do you know if the fans vary in speed depending on the manufacturer? I have the l440 and I feel that it is slow.
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Very nice video
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Gotta love those birds outside.
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amazing explain
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I plan to do this on a T430 dual pipe fan to cool my i73632qm. Have you ever tried doing this to another fan?
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Have you tried solder it with copper brazing or maybe tig or cold welding?
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Congratulations teacher...do you know about laptop temperature sensor in the board? The fan cooler do not funtion when the pentium heat and shutdown the laptop
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I'm gonna do this in the next few days! I will tell you if it works!
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i have problem like this, i want more cool my laptop "lenovo b590". how to add heatsink dual pipes ?
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Very cool, i want to know what glue you are using? Thanks
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wat's the best way to join the new heatsink? Welding? Or Thermal glue? OR any other
