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Do I need to completely take out the motherboard of my ThinkPad X200s to reapply thermal paste? (leminal.space)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I purchased a tube of thermal paste for my Xbox 360 and would like to reapply the thermal paste on my X200s. I am struggling to find videos about reapplying thermal paste on it. Most videos seem to be complete disassembly videos that remove the motherboard but I am wondering if this is necessary. There is one post on Reddit that seemed to detail the processes but it has been deleted.

I would appreciate any advice or videos you would recommend to walk me through the process.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I think you would only need to go to step six assuming the fan top left of step 6 image is over the CPU heatsink

https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Lenovo+X200+Disassembly/110596

edit - approx 14:45 you can see the CPU and heatsink is actually on the underside of the image in step 6 so youll need to take it apart further

https://youtube.com/watch?v=y7CS2HDUAIE