Dell 7577 Teardown, Repaste and Assembly! (Edited for time)

[@BobOfAllTrades]

BEWARE!! Many lately are attempting this and their machine is NOT turning back on! This is a difficult job and I recommend you film yourself so you can more easily reverse your process.

[@GoDbax]

Ok so I know jack shit about PCs but I did just come across one of these and I’m wanting to up it from the 8gb RAM to 16gb RAM. When I open it up I see the RAM spots but the little black parts on the RAM sticks aren’t facing up or aren’t even there. They just look like plain green circuit boards. Are they just facing upside down? I just ordered this RAM “PNY - 8GB 2.4GHz PC4-19200 DDR4 SO-DIMM Unbuffered Non-ECC Laptop Memory” is that the right kind? Thank you so much for your help Bob!!! Need more RAM to play Insurgency: Sandstorm on this laptop. I can run it find just not happy with some of the settings. Otherwise this laptop kicks ass I even can meet the minimum reqs on lots of new games. You rock

[@askubi]

I just attempted this last night and an having the not turn on issue. When first powered on it cycled with whirring, but the screen never came on. I took it apart again, checked everything, and this time it didn't even whir. Keyboard lights are on, frame above CPU is warm, so I know there's power flowing. Still no screen. External monitor says nothing detected. Any idea on a solution?

Hey, thank you for your video. I am a engineer, my laptop is dell 7577 . its Usb ports don't work and have a message on desktop "usb device not recognized". I have checked the output voltage of the usb port, there is no electricity. I brought it to a computer repair shop. They tell me that a chipset (Power management USB ports) is broken. They don't have other chip to repair. Do you know, what is wrong!? Help me, please. Thank you, so much!

[@wenzjayy]

I just tried this and my laptop still is turning on, but still, I tried repasting it with Arctic MX-4 and still it reaches temperature of 82 deg C. is it the thermal paste brand that's the problem?

[@IanBondMCS-stoke]

@@askubi I had the same problem, leave it powered on, the fans should run full speed, it'll cycle a few times but ultimately should come on

[@FolkoMagipaw]

"Maybe I can do it myself! I mean.. there's like only one screw on the back, how tough can it be?" But there too, despair lies in ambush.

[@pumpkinthethird]

Haha same... if only it was that easy

[@nikhildasm2352]

Only dude I found on KZbin who goes in depth on the laptop....subscribed

[@batmandead7125]

Well, my Dell 7577 was smooth for the first 4 months and started to get overheat. CPU temperatures were beyond 95 degrees whereas GPU temperatures were beyond 85 degrees. Could not play any game on my GTX 1060 MQ. Watched your video and tried to do the same myself but looked too complicated to me. So went to a reliable computer repair service center and got the job done. Basically they cleaned a lot of dust and then replaced the thermal paste. Now coupled with Intel tuning utility + Throttlestop, max CPU temperature is 67 degrees and GPU temperature is 55 degrees (when I play games). Thanks to you and a person who suggested Throttlestop in the comments section.

[@Asianiscool1]

Hey pal, I got a similar laptop, by doing intel uning utility +throttlestop, does it slow down the cpu? can u give me some adivce about that?

[@at0mteam590]

@@Asianiscool1 Nah man. Using Intel Extreme Tuning Utility and Throttlestop together will not help, as they are two programmes that will fight for control over the CPU. If you set something to something in the Intel one, it will show as the Default in Throttlestop, which may be confusing. But regardless - With Laptop CPU's, you cannot hurt it by Undervolting. Make sure you ONLY DO -mV with any utility. Going over will not help your thermals. It will only make it worse. But yes. It will not slow down the CPU as long as you go down in voltage very slowly, and run stress tests after each.

[@Asianiscool1]

@@at0mteam590 Thanks bro!

[@mostafaamin3687]

sorry can i ask you about overheating for your dell 7577 laptop,did it just get heated then laptop make sleep while you are playing?cause i have the same problem In my new laptop

[@Rick-qt9cf]

use undervolting bro, mine is running at 86C max while undervolted at 0.1

[@buzz6925]

Just performed a repaste on my Dell G5 5587 w/ i7-8750H and NVIDIA 1060 max Q. Very similar teardown process since they are basically the same laptop design. I used Arctic MX-4 thermal paste I bought on ebay for $7.95. My laptop is almost exactly 1 year old and I was having thermal throttling issues while gaming, even after undervolting to -0.125V and using a cooling pad. This took me most of my afternoon, though I did take several breaks when I got too stressed. I ran into several issues. First was taking off the gray bezel/shroud for the heat vents. It required a GOOD tug with both hands to get off and it took me a long time to figure that out because I thought something was binding. Second was separating the chassis after taking out must of the screws and the thermal vent shroud. It is very tight and I used a small flathead screwdriver to go along and pop the clips with a good amount of force, and there was some marring of the plastic but nothing bad. Next issue was separating the motherboard from the back part of the chassis. I had to take out four more screws that held the fan housings in on the other side. I also nearly stripped one of the six screws on the heat sync, so make sure you use the right screwdriver size and support the back well and push down fairly hard. I also had to remove the CMOS and a couple other plugs not directly shown. Assembly was relatively quick (20 minutes) and without any issues. I did get an error flashing light after tried to turn it on, but after holding the power button down and then pressing the after 30 seconds it did the four restarts and started up like normal. I ran a full hardware test and everything came back fine. Results: Little difference in idle temperature,~10 degrees C drop in stress test in intel XTU, ~25 C drop in temp while playing CSGO. (used to thermal throttle now hangs around 70-75) I am fairly experienced with repairing laptops and this was the most complicated repair I've done yet. In my case it was worth it but unless you are having thermal throttling issues and you've tried undervolting and you are experienced with computer repair I would not recommend doing this yourself. Have a shop do it for ~$50-$80 or so and save yourself the headache. Hope this helps.

[@kaptain1477]

Brice Busbee I have the same model but with 1050ti I repasted and still get high temps in CSGO and thermal throttling. I don’t have a cooling pad but I do have a wedge to keep the computer about 15 degrees up. It began thermal throttling more when I updated bios

[@buzz6925]

@nexus prime Sorry you are having thermal throttling issues. Have you tried undervolting the CPU? I have gotten great results with that. I would say it can have a greater impact on temperature and performance than re-pasting, unless maybe your thermal paste is really old or poorly applied or low quality. Also yo can try undervolting the GPU using MSI afterburner. I don't believe it will have as noticeable an impact on overall temps as CPU undervolting but every little bit helps. Also you can try enabling VSYNC to cap your FPS at your monitor's refresh rate. This will make it a lot easier on your computer without impacting performance. You can also set the turbo boost power max to 35W or lower. This might cause power throttling but it will help temperatures and it might not impact performance that much. Another thing I have noticed recently is ambient temperature can play an important factor how cool your laptop runs. But in the end different laptops can have different characteristics and can respond differently to methods to decrease their heat output. Also myself and others have had issues with BIOS updates for the Dell G5/7 that tries to make it quieter by make fans kick in later and increasing heat buildup. However the more recent BIOS updates has helped a little and added support for the Dell Power Manager program which lets you set different power profiles, including one that says it maximizes performance and fan speed. Let me know if any of this helps.

[@arkprince9413]

Hi I cleaned my laptop 2 days ago and it worked today I opened it again to change thermal paste but after Ian done and closed it 1 of my fans is doing bad nice like it's colliding with something Pls help me

[@buzz6925]

Đaŕķ Přínçe Sorry to hear that. If one of the fans is obstructed you probably have to disassemble it again and check the fan that is obstructed and try to find whatever it making the noise. It might be a screw that came loose or a cable in the way, or something else. You can try to move the fan by hand a little to find exactly where it is hanging up and hopefully remove the offending object. If you can’t find any obstruction or you remove the obstruction but the fan is still making a strange sound it might’ve been improperly reinstalled or already damaged. In that case you will probably have to send it in to the manufacturer for repair or explain the situation and request a new cooling unit to put in yourself. Sorry you are having fan trouble and I hope you can resolve the situation. Let me know how it goes.

[@arkprince9413]

@@buzz6925 I found a parallel rectangles written on it this (220 7nqbh d) no idea where it dropped from :(

[@Eraeon]

I really can’t thank you enough! This video is a very helpful guide. Im not a technician and I had to work on my 7577 on-and-off for 2 days, but the operation was a success! Everything just went according to plan. I was really scared to even do this because anything could go wrong while I was attempting this. Fortunately, I haven’t encountered any problems. Thermals improved drastically and everything is running smoothly. So, again thank you so much!!!

[@BobOfAllTrades]

I have nothing but the upmost respect for those that can pull this job off so you are awesome!

[@JP-eu2dc]

Just teared down my laptop today, and I'm telling you I was stressed. I did everything fearing that I might mess up my dell g7, turns out after 3 hours I did it. My temps are now 13-18 degrees Celsius cooler. I'm so glad I followed your vid including some online help. Thank you Bob. You just saved a gamer.

[@BobOfAllTrades]

That’s about right. I’m seeing these posts roll in now that these laptops have aged a bit. You’re not the first today to talk about this 👍

[@wenzjayy]

hi, what brand of thermal paste did you use?

[@chlorophylte7487]

@@wenzjayy thermal grizzly kryonaut

[@rajatkumar35]

I am pretty sure by the end of this repaste I'll be left with some "extra" screws.

[@MetoagaYT]

LOL, I managed to end up with only 4 screws that I'm pretty sure is for the fans. The problem is I need to go all the way to the end of the disassembly process I said 'Screw it' not in a literal sense though since I won't be screwing them xD

[@danskiz23]

1 extra screw lol

[@eddieh1843]

Thank you Bob! My sons 7577 was throttling because of overheating that actually wasn't happening. I used your vid and some skill and was able to re-apply the paste and it's back to perfection. Thank you for taking the time to make this video!

[@BobOfAllTrades]

Eddie H Woah you are a legend!

[@arkprince9413]

be my father pls xD

[@Blamkrotch]

Just did this yesterday for the second time. The vents were pretty clogged with dust and its hard to get it clean without taking it apart and using a dry toothbrush and compressed air. It’s a lot easier the second time. Takes about an hour if you’re careful and take your time. I used thermal grizzly kryonaut this time. I tested it playing cyberpunk 2077 at 1080p high settings it’s averaging 62 fps and the cpu and gpu stays around 70 degrees even after playing for a few hours straight. Also played RE Villiage and it runs smooth. Most of the screws are the same except for the flat little ones under batt, hdd, ssd, flat ones on rear plastic shroud, silver colored ones etc…. when you take it apart just put the screws next to the part they held in place, ie the hdd screws with the hdd on the table. There were a few steps he skipped over in the video like a few extra screws he didn’t call out but just look carefully and don’t try and force anything. A laptop MB is delicate and you dont want to crack anything. Make sure you get a set of little screw drivers and tiny pliers. Dont try to do it without the correct tools.

[@misiekki]

Thanks!!! Everything seems to be working. And it was all worth it! The thermal improvement is over 15 degrees Celsius. Now the temperatures are around 70 at max, previously over 85 :D I am sure that the cleaning also helped, but wow, that's an improvement. I have 4 screws left, they do not belong anywhere haha, but it's working :D:D

[@darugdawg2453]

lmao. 4 screws got separated from the herd pepesad

[@connivingkhajiit]

Thats what the vacuum is for! kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpCrYWhqr9x2hbs

[@vintcek]

After reassembling, my screen does not turn on, and the battery light twiches between white and orange. I solved it by switching the positions of my RAM. This is for anyone who encountered the same problem as mine.

[@emj-music]

Thank you! Lifesaver.

[@lotharstolbun5065]

Man you safe me

[@IanBondMCS-stoke]

Not the easiest of jobs just to add fresh paste, but thanks for the guide, the job was a success

[@BobOfAllTrades]

Ian Bond I’m always impressed when someone gets through this successfully!

[@IanBondMCS-stoke]

@@BobOfAllTrades am a computer tech by trade so it's not entirely new to me, replacing a keyboard on a MacBook Pro is equally as daunting. but the guide helped an awful lot to save guesswork. The customer is reporting a max of 71 degrees now, down from mid 90s! had a heart stopping moment when the machine didn't boot up, but as the bios battery and main battery were disconnected it just needed a few minutes to sort itself out, after a it went through a few shutdowns it posted. worth pointing that out as the computer does indeed seem dead after reassembly, but if you leave it be it'll come back on as long as everything is as should be inside.

[@IanBondMCS-stoke]

I just watched the end of the video where you mention the power on issues, whoops

[@douxmachine]

Thank you so much for this video! I had to take the fan screws out to separate the motherboard from the chassis, but this video helped me through the process of repasting and lowering my thermals by 25 degrees! Much appreciated!

[@Blamkrotch]

Fyi... after taking all the screws out, to pry the plastics apart just gently use an old credit card or guitar pick starting at the back corners and work your way forward. Thanks for the walkthrough bob. It’s nice not having to go in completely blind.

[@nismo578]

I did this last weekend, so far so good. Took 2 hours give or take. Make sure if you do this you have the correct screwdrivers.

[@luis297]

Many thanks! My Dell Inspiron 7577 i7 7700hq GE1060maxQ (2.5y old) was overheating like crazy when gaming (CPU ~95ºC), the top of the laptop was boiling hot (above the F6-12 keys), and getting BSOD... Not cool for a gaming laptop... After some research found this option of repasting and your video. Some steps are missing such as removing the display cable, the camera, etc, so I highly recommend to download the Dell inspiron 7577 manual of their site as it was of great help to me. But your video was top class, without it wouldn't have done it!! Bought the paste (arctic mx-2), a set of tiny screwdrivers, and cleaning cloths with 70% isopropyl alcool, all under 30€ , 4h after and I was done! Gaming Temp now is at max 70ºC, gained +20ºC!!! And I had no experience with reparing laptops nor am I much of a geek :) Hint: when I removed the heat sink, lift the fans as I found a lot of fluff accumulated there. Also prying and seperating the back cover is incredibly hard!

[@turkishstig8489]

I had to change my pants just watching this

[@BobOfAllTrades]

Burak Muhammetoğlu I can’t watch it anymore. I’m out of pants!

[@brytonmassie768]

I have one of these things... The heat-pipes are too small.

[@yavuzatik10]

İyi dedin kral

[@palm1ye]

@@yavuzatik10 Aga bir şey soracağım, sizde mi Dell Inspiron 7577 sahibisiniz. Çünkü sormam gereken çok fazla şey var eğer sahibiyseniz.

[@yavuzatik10]

@@palm1ye evet buyur

[@blakeduncan3811]

Small screws + threadlock = stripped screw heaven. Watch out folks, stripped the screw on the wifi card and couldn't get it off but managed to lift the chassis just high enough to slide the heat sink out and back in but it was a HUGE PAIN to do it that way

[@BobOfAllTrades]

I’ve had a few close ones myself. Recently on the y740. Even with the iFixIt toolkit it was difficult and I would have stripped it for sure without that toolkit.

[@Kortexual]

When I opened the back cover of my Dell I had to get a change of pants.

[@TheInvisibleAssassin]

My G7 got to the point where the only game I could play was minecraft. Even running at the lowest graphics settings almost everything lagged. ThrottleStop showed constant overheating and temperature induced throttling. I just re-pasted with MX-4 and cleaned out the dust and I've gotten all of the out-of-the box performance back. Hitting 60 fps and running 20C cooler! Its a gaming laptop again. So thankful for the guides

[@ricardopereira195]

Thank you so much. My gf was unable to play anything, literally shot up to 100°C and throttled really hard. Thanks to your tutorial i was able to repaste her Laptop, still gets a bit hot at around 90°C, but thats with Aida64.

[@pablons117]

Really usefull video, I did everything needed for the repaste and I have to say that even if it is a daunting task, the tags for the screws made everything easier. It took me exactly 2 hours, and I cleaned a lot of dust on that vents. When I turned it on the first time, the laptop and keybord was on but the display wouldn't turn on... even if i waited 20 min.. But then I turned if off and on again, and the procedure of 4 boots happened. Thanks Bob for this video.

[@TheRealMoeru]

Paid someone to repaste this bad boy. Now the maximum temperature was 85c and that was only a spike. Temperatures hover around the mid to high 70's while playing gta v and destiny 2, got a 1801 score in cinebench r20 with no thermal throttling. This is freaking great

[@neznuga4859]

Quick questions: Do you have the i7 or i5 cpu version, also what are your frames in gambit and gambit prime? I suffer between 48-56fps plz help

[@TheRealMoeru]

@@neznuga4859 i have the i5 8300h and 1050 model. keeping settings at medium and turning down the resolution scale to 95- 87% i get 60-80 fps. Im playing this on my 144hz monitor so optimus is not in effect and i upgraded my ram to 32 gigs. With optimus and playing on my laptop screen i get 60-70. There is a couple of dips below 60 to around 55 when gameplay really gets intense. Temps stay in the mid to high 70's with spikes that sometimes jump to 81-83c. EDIT: got a cooling pad (this one top be exact www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07WVK2ZZ9/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) that improves temps even more. Now temps dont go beyond 80c. Destiny 2 is a game where i have to dial in the settings to mostly medium and i still get frame dips on occasion

[@joshuarevanth7489]

This video still save me time and from anxiety

[@Techusiast]

For a year, I had absolutely zero thermal issues. However last year I started noticing that games weren't as smooth as before and that my fans would often run at high speeds, even though I was only doing my usual tasks. I have got a screw stuck, so this whole process took me about half a day to fix, but instead of having cooking 85-93C temperatures, its back to 65-73C max with the fans not even running at max and not using ThrottleStop. Although it's a fairly old video, I just would like to say a massive thank you for doing this, really appreciate your help!

[@Gibbo263]

I was going to redo my thermal paste on one of these, think ill just have a warm laptop

[@pumpkinthethird]

Yup same

[@WadidFOUDHAILY]

Unscrewing an Airbus A320 is much easier.

[@dawidm.3984]

Well its 2022 and it was very helpfull! Thank you!! I managed to follow this guide step by step. Excepting a little problem with the separation at the beginning, the rest went flawless, turned immiedetly on, no issues so far! Thanks, thanks, thanks!!!

[@Ikusoos]

Thanks for the video! I did it myself and it was a success, but I had some screws left xD. I repasted it after 3 years, I had serious thermal throttling (highest 100°C, average 95°C) but after I repasted my highest Temps were 85°C and I had an average of 71°C after a long time playing battlefield 5.

[@Logan-mh4jj]

Took me 4 hours to do and I ended up not screwing the fans back in because i didn't line it up with the motherboard and they arent really needed. Thanks for the guide really helped. Thought I broke it at first because after 10 min it was sitting there blinking orange and no color but a simple on and off fixed it. I previously had my keyboard replaced a few months back and the person who did it ended up stripping a bunch of the screws, I had to leave out the badly stripped screws and had to drill out the screw holding the metal plate above the display cable as the head was destroyed beyond anything. Very happy I was able to get it all back together but it was hell pulling apart.

[@voiceinwilderness7]

Thanks for your help. I did mine today. 5-10 degrees improvement under heavy load, 10-15 degrees improvement under medium load. Would recommend this. Also my scores on Intel XTU benchmark improved by 30% (must have been throttling a lot previously).

[@pixelplanet142]

Thanks a lot for this tutorial, did it yesterday and it was totally worth it. Just the M2x3 screws were really annyoing and too tight, definitely need to buy a new screwdriver now, because without the right tools it's way harder than it has to be.

[@EniyisiSen]

I repaste my 7577 today successfully but It is more hard than seems if you have not experience.I got fps drop and freezing.CPU was about 80-85 Celsius before pasting.Now, it is less than 70 Celsius.As he says if you decided to repaste this laptop you are very brave person.My recommendation is take the risk to repaste it if you are done with it and decided to buy new gaming laptop.

[@emj-music]

Thank you for reassuring me in that last part. I truly was crapping purple twinkies.

[@undeetanne7884]

Thank you very much! Wasn't sure if it's worth it and you answered that question.

[@mauricioovelar1971]

This video is a lifesaver! My main problem is another one (almost whole left half of keyboard died out of nowhere) but this is the fist vid I found that goes in depth about to dismantle this model. Downside is that I almost pissed myself watching it so I will probably just send my machine to a local shop if I find one trustworthy enough. Subscribed.

[@Blamkrotch]

Just re-pasted this same laptop yesterday using arctic mx-4 2019. My laptop (even new) would get hot enough to fry an egg on the keyboard, would sometimes thermal shutdown and I always had to keep it elevated off the desk. When I took the heat pipe off, the cpu only had thermal paste on about half of its surface. Long story short... after re-pasting the high temps during intel XTU stress test went from the 90s (fluctuating back and forth from 72c-92c) down to the low to mid 70s (70c-75c). If you have temps in the 90s or your laptop is always hot with the fan roaring... it is definitely worth doing a re-paste.

[@BobOfAllTrades]

Good job! It’s one heck of a teardown 👍

[@adoferris4972]

I really pray this works! Just snagged a 2 year old 7577 but gets around 80-90c when gaming for like 20 minutes lol

[@sarfrazqasim]

Easiest laptop to upgrade hardest laptop to repaste

Thanks for the information. Great video. Had no issues after the thermal paste change. As you've said, had a problem with the L shaped bracket near the power plug :) Keyboard connection was also tricky, need to pay attention with that. 1g thermal grizzly was enough both for gpu and cpu. Strongly recommend removing the fans from the fins and clean the channel between them. After 6 years of usage, mine was almost blocked.

[@maciek94845]

Thanks for video. I repasted succesful with Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut, temperatures went like 20, 30 degrees down, throttling problem solved.

[@josephchen920]

Thanks for the vid! I was unable to play my games even at the lowest settings on the 15-7577 because it was thermal throttling and kicking my graphics card off so much. Repasted, and it is 20-25 degrees celsius lower, allowing me to play at ultra high settings smoothly again!

[@rodrigoperezriffo3168]

Did it work only by changing the thermal paste? I have the same problem and cannot play because of thermal throttling

[@josephchen920]

@@rodrigoperezriffo3168 the thermal paste made a world of difference. I do also use software to throttle and change voltage which helps too

[@rodrigoperezriffo3168]

@@josephchen920 What software do you use for the throttle? In my case I use Intel Extreme Tunning, anyway thanks for answering me :D

[@josephchen920]

@@rodrigoperezriffo3168 yep, that's what I use! And msi afterburner

[@RICH_GAMING_AU]

10/10 guide just did it myself and scored 4 bonus screws from out of nowhere

[@nitehawk4067]

i did it last night. 20 degrees better now. Thank you. i figured factory missed my 1 silver screw at motherboard section. I have 5 screws ;) but it worka without any problem.

[@Blamkrotch]

Mine had 7... for real. I think they must have done refreshes cause mine had extra screws for the fans too.

[@piolho7729]

Thank you very Much - The Best assembly video of 7577 ever

[@ItzEvolv]

Thanks a lot for this tutorial. You forgot to show a couple of steps I guess, but I got there at the end. I broke off something for the keyboard connector but could fix it with the tweezers in the iFixit toolkit, the same you used it seems :) Just for everyone reading this: be very careful with cables, don't pull anything too hard, there are a couple of steps more you might not see in the video for removing some connectors, just put away your screws in an organized way and it won't be much of an issue putting everything back together :)

[@BobOfAllTrades]

The 4k panel uses a 40pin cable and it not compatible with the 1080p 60hz or 120hz (aftermarket) displays since these use a 30 pin cable.

[@BobOfAllTrades]

RegenartorX If that’s possible. Based on how it plugs in and the limited space, it might not allow for added bulk.

[@MrSylanvys]

Can you suggest a good screen replace for Dell 7577, mine come with an LGD053F as you mentioned. Something with a 100%sRGB coverage or even with 120 Hz will be much appreciated. Thank you in advance

[@BobOfAllTrades]

Tony Anderson Look into the B156HTN05.2 Don’t cross these letters and numbers up. There’s a 5.1 and many other panels with different model numbers. Some will work and some might not. At least what’s above will get you started. Should cost around $140 shipped.

[@shubhankarunhale5123]

hey there,my 7577 goes upto 85 degree Celsius and then all my games start lagging.At this point I cant play any game without lags.I found the reason behind this recently that is thermal throttling of the gpu and everyone is suggesting repasting.So should I do it?I am afraid because this process seems complicated and I dont have any experience in this.pls help.

[@user-hw9sk7yj2j]

Does Dell Inspiron 7577 has aluminium or copper heatsink? Does it compatible with liquid metal? I heard that liquid metal won't work with aluminium heatsink. Thanks

[@youtubeus3rname]

Thank you so much for this guide! Mine is heating like a beach on a sunny day, gonna disassembly it and see if Dell forgot to put thermal paste or smth.

[@BobOfAllTrades]

You'll get a nice improvement at this point. As these machines age their stock paste just can't do the job it once could. Be careful and take your time! I recommend filming this too just in case you need to reference something you missed that this extremely edited video did not cover.

[@earlybird3]

My 7577 with a i5 does not run cool enough . So this re-paste video is a welcome post. Thank-you.

[@BobOfAllTrades]

earlybird3 You’re welcome and good luck!

[@vadrif-draco]

CAUTION: Removing the coin-cell battery resets the BIOS setup program’s settings to default. It is recommended that you note the BIOS setup program’s settings before removing the coin-cell battery.

[@lemonchicken507]

Hey buddy, could we get a timestamp for the coin-cell battery in the vid? I missed it. Thank you!

[@vadrif-draco]

Sure thing, it's at around 2:22 - 2:25. The coin-cell battery can be distinguished by the red cable coming out of it in this video, as you can see it is disconnected as the chassis is pulled out; as part of the "remove all cables" step. For additional steps and a complementary guide to this video, you should check the laptop's service manual: dell dot com /support/manuals/en-us/inspiron-15-7577-laptop/inspiron-15-7577-servicemanual/ Best of luck! (I apologize if I end up spamming replies, KZbin keeps removing the comment every time I post it on my end)

[@extremeDimension]

Hey boat, Thanks! I just did a repaste on my 7577 and everything went smooth.Only time i struggled was when connecting the wifi adaptor terminals....7-8deg difference initially observed..i used artic mx4..hopefully temps will be more cooler as this paste does have a curing time of 8hours i guess

[@papakencen3343]

I haven't opened up many laptops before, but this dell looks easy for a beginner to disassemble as there is no tricky, hidden ribbon cable under the motherboard.

[@Blast-Forward]

Yes! I just decreased my CPU temperature from max. 100°C (throttling) to max. 82°C by repasting. It was definitely worth it on my >2 year old laptop.

[@Blast-Forward]

Ok, 2 weeks later it started to rise again hitting the temperatures from before. -.- I don't know what could have gone wrong, maybe I didn't tighten the heatsink screws enough? I'm afraid of eventually breaking my board.

[@seawebstone]

@@Blast-Forward try undervolting your laptop using intel XTU and using a laptop cooling pad. Undervolting helps Dell 7577 so much, it completely solved throttling issue for me (90-99 degrees with constant fps drops to 80-90 degrees smooth fps). 80-90 degrees is still too high for me and it can still lower the lifespan of the cpu, although it does make a big difference because for the past few months I have been playing on 99 degrees.

[@grahamb7947]

wow dell really changed their build with this laptop. last year until as far back as i can remember they've been much easier to disassemble. My 7557 for example, and an older dell i had, both had a removable keyboard where you had to remove in order to remove the palm rest. As for the shitting purple twinkies, yes, that's happened to me after a teardown of my 7557 for fan cleaning etc lol. Damn near gave me a heart attack thinking I had fried something.

[@keithlarsen1023]

It was totally worth it! I know this is a bit of a necro for this video, but I had my cpu at 88C and gpu at ~78, post repaste I am topping cpu at 71 with games at absolute max and GPUs no higher than 66. I appreciate the help and guidance! Anyone trying - it gets sketchy, but I’m no computer wizard and I got through it; biggest issue for me was one of the screws holding the heat sink to the MB stripped 😬 Finally got it out and it was totally worth it. Good luck friends!

[@fabienfabien1230]

Hey @Keith Larsen, i'd like to clean my fan (general maintenance take of the dust) do you think i have to tear down everything like in the video to access to the fan? thanks

[@Richiefreshhh]

Wow. I have a 7567, and this still helped better than all the other videos. I just subscribed as well. Awesome job dude!

[@BobOfAllTrades]

This video will get you by as long as you don't mind pausing the vid :) I typically do these unedited but not on this one!

[@Richiefreshhh]

Bob Of All Trades This will be fine boss! 👍

[@BrunoHenrique-mw7gk]

Disassembly the 7567 is exactly like the 7577 from this video ?

[@BobOfAllTrades]

Bruno Henrique I’ve never had that one apart but to my knowledge should be nearly identical.

[@keitha367]

God damn it, Bob. You are filling such a massive hole in the laptop review game. So glad you decided to make a channel. These videos are invaluable, my man

[@BobOfAllTrades]

Keith A Thank you sir 🙏

[@ReneRoguez]

Thanks a lot for this video. I did it , should have follow your advice that it was not worth it, but since I read lots of comments that the repaste will fix my frame dropping issue I went ahead and did the whole thing. BTW it didn't fix the overheating and frame dropping issue I have.

[@BobOfAllTrades]

Rene It has fixed everyone’s overheating problems that I’ve seen so far actually. Especially now that the laptop is quite a bit older and the factory thermal paste has dried out. What’s happening with your laptop?

[@philippzinajic18]

I thank you so much got from 85C to 60 C wow thanks

[@BobOfAllTrades]

That’s an absurd result! Wow!

[@levelfift33n]

Thanks dude. Just did this; would also recommend anyone else thinking to do this to check the 7577 service manual (had to double check how to remove the display cable properly as it was skipped in the video). If it wasn't for this video i would have shit my pants multiple times😂

[@slipknotskullface]

Leave it on

[@israelruiz954]

i can't put off the plastic house... idk why D: any help? :(

[@Blamkrotch]

Izzy you have to start at the back and gently use an old credit card or guitar pick to work your way around towards the front.

[@arkprince9413]

Can someone link the full video it was there somewhere on the internet

[@Blast-Forward]

My Inspiron 7577 looks a little different (white keyboard) and when I had to remove the mainboard from the bottom part, there were some minor parts missing in the video but fortunately the Dell repair manuals helped me out with this. Thank you for creating the video. Link to the repair manual: topics-cdn.dell.com/pdf/inspiron-15-7577-laptop_service-manual_en-us.pdf

[@alexanderw8941]

Is there any longer version of this? I feel that some steps were skipped or so short that I may have missed them.

[@reynanagapito25]

I've done it man! haha I almost change my pants . Thank you!

[@john36138]

I remember my first time attempting this, spent 5 hours with breaks in between to calm my nerves. It didn't help this was the first laptop I ve ever opened. To date I ve opened my laptop 5 times and it takes an hour or less.

[@Chainy1337]

Awesome video! Not going to do it! Thanks :D

[@ulaskaradag2980]

No thx, i will go with undervolt, repasting is damn hard

[@jurajmolnar5794]

There is a line where Its simply not enough. I returned to factory settings ereasing everything, reinstalled drivers, undervolted gpu+cpu, disabled turbo boost, even some cores, to get the temps down. Optimised settings in nvidia control panel, Windows, nothing helped. I’m now waiting for some quality paste, hopefully I won’t screw up my 7577.🤦🏻‍♂️

[@darugdawg2453]

@@jurajmolnar5794 disabling turbo boost did the job for me. i dont want to go to all that pain to repaste. id rather buy a new pc. i have a 7588 tho

[@pumpkinthethird]

@@darugdawg2453 same

[@terezacermanova7669]

Thank you for this video soooo much! My temps are now 15°C lower on avg.

[@3numa3llis]

Hi Bob, My laptop recently had a problem with its keyboard. One of the rows completely stopped working. I just want to tell you that I sucessfully replaced my laptop keyboard using your guide. It was immensely helpful. The laptop keyboard layer has around 30~ screws and I managed to replace it easily. I accidentally ripped my KBBL light cable on my new keyboard but it worked anyway. I want to inform you that it is possible to do so.

[@marwanbassem5954]

was it the 2wsx row? because I have the same issue but only when I'm gaming

[@thesuntitan]

Marwan Bassem same row stopped working for me after like 1 year

[@jonyblizz]

I have the same problem with the keyboard. I suspect that the problem is a resistance in the internal circuit of the keyboard. The solution that works for me is to "warm the circuit" using the search bar of windows, or word or whatever allows you to see what your writing, press the C cap, then keep it pressed with the X cap at the same time. This will make the X cap to start working . But only for a few seconds so you have to repeat the process for a few seconds or a couple of minutes. You will see a text like this. (ccccxxxxxxxxccccxxxxxcccccxxxxxxxxxcxxxcxxxxccxxxxxxxxxcxxxxxxxxxxx) You have to do this for 30 seconds or up to 2 minutes until the wsx row start working properly. This method allows me to use the wsx row for the rest of the day. But usually I have to repeat the process the next day or if I turn off the PC for some hours.

[@dodrio1000]

same row got faulty on mine its a faulty design issue supposedly at first the method of pushin repeatedly and hard worked but now it just dead. also some other random key failed sometime p key . tried putting alcohol circuit cleaner and compressed air though maeby dirt got on the way to no avail tried also to replug keyboard to mb didnt fix . seem replacing it is the only way. and the keyboard is expensive where i live and hard to find on red led most i see got no led ilumination

[@kristofferlove43]

Did this as I was not happy with my thermals. I'm on the step to remove the heat sink. Then I stripped one of the screw heads. Frustrating. Gotta Give it a go again later after I buy some super glue.

[@Blamkrotch]

I was very careful and was using an entire mini toolkit (not trying to force with the wrong sized screwdriver) and one of the heat pipe screws stripped on me too... I just tried different sized flat head bits until I found the right one (smallest) and was able to get it out.

[@marv3925]

After 4 hours 4 pieces of silver tape , and 6 screws leftover that I don't know where they go or what to do with them.. Finally, repasted, cleaned from dust and working. Thanks!

[@Grey-Troll]

I'm going to try this with the grizzly liquid metal thermal material. Ill probably do a video on stock thermals vs liquid metal thermals.

[@psymonologyle7936]

ajbutch123 did you do it ?

[@iTheBeep]

@@psymonologyle7936 no

[@thisGuy481]

Some of the screws are so god damn hard to remove. Nearly stripped them.

[@unskeptable]

i stripped them :

[@tusharreddy6977]

@@unskeptable how did you end up removing them, in case they were stripped?

[@HosKaetan]

@@tusharreddy6977 I would like help with stripped screws too, happened to 3 or 4 on mine while doing this

[@janissuipe7553]

Thanks for the video, it helped me find out where the little see-thru plastic bit went. (The wi-fi card ) I was thinking the see-thru plastic was for some LED and couldn't find where.

[@LULU_SMILE]

Thanks! Took me like 4 hours and mine didn't have all the same screw placements as yours but I got it done.

[@jayfrazier-jh4gg]

Wish I could avoid it, but the cpu fan is all but dead. Thanks for the instructional, I will try not to crap any purple twinkies.

[@JJbm4233]

Thank you very much for this very informative video, I’m one of those unfortunate that has one that wasn’t properly thermal paste at the start. But it’s still cheaper to send it in and get Dell to repaste, then to screw it up myself and have to replace the whole machine.

[@hansolo12p27]

Thanks for the guide, mine was slightly different (No screws under the SATA, a couple other things), but it went well!

[@Hostilenemy]

I have the 7700HQ / GTX 1060 Max Q model. You claimed about 5 degrees of temperature reduction, but I used Liquid Metal paste and the CPU and GPU temperatures dropped by 16C and 9C, respectively. Definitely was worth the time and effort.

[@BobOfAllTrades]

How old is your laptop? Watch my review and my temps were great out the gate. Minus 5c from there is likely where you are now :)

[@Hostilenemy]

Brand new. What test did you use to check temps? I used Aida 64 GPU stress test which loads both the iGPU and the dGPU. Within 10 minutes, CPU temp was over 90C

[@BobOfAllTrades]

I play BF1 online 64p conquest for about 2-3 hours for a small example. I don't play benchmarks and I definitely don't recommend stress tests like P95. Aida is at least somewhat mild compared to Prime. Regardless, I will never use these to test thermals I cannot recommend anyone do the same. It's a bit much for a laptop and unrealistic. From a content creators perspective if I lead by this example others will inevitably report back that their rigs broke from overheating and point fingers at me. Great job on your results. More importantly, great job on managing to take this apart and reassemble it without breaking it. A crisp high five for you!

[@BobOfAllTrades]

Actually my claim is pretty accurate. My result with regular TIM was 5c drop and said that it's likely that you'd drop another 5c with LM. Pretty good estimate considering that I did NOT put LM on here for testing.

[@Hostilenemy]

Well, I typically stick to synthetics for benchmarking purposes because of their consistency. I only ran Aida for 10 minutes at a time which is more than enough to saturate a laptop's cooling solution. I did mange to drop another 10 degrees from the CPU and 5 degrees from the GPU by undervolting the processor using Intel XTU. At the end of the day, The CPU temp went from 96C average to 70C and GPU temp went from 85C to 71C. Huge improvements if you're willing to spend some time tweaking the system.

[@michaelf7053]

My Dell Insprion 15 7577 gaming laptop had high operating temperatures from new out of the box. Between 88 to 92 degrees celcius. This significantly affected gaming performance. After a lot of reading I found that this issue is due to Dell firmware limiting frames per second when system operating temp exceeds 85 to 90 range. This is a feature of the max Q design and **is only alterable via a Dell firmware update**. Unfortunately even with game titles set to their lowest settings, system temps average in the 85 to 90 range after 15 minutes of play -.- On top of this a number of keyboard keys stopped working at the same time. Never dropped or spilled liquids on the device. I disagree with the video creators opinion that this device does not require improvement to reduce its operating temperature. Two commonly reported issues with this device are it's high operating temperature and keyboard key failure rate. It is frustrating to type in this manner as I have to manually go back and paste in specific missing letters and punctuation marks. The specific keys on my keyboard that have seemingly mechanically failed are Esc, left alt, g, h, at address symbol and apostrophe (on same key) 0 and 1 on right numerical pad. 31/07/2019: Update: Set maximum cpu core utilization to 50%. As a result the system operating temperatures remain low and when under load the fans no longer kick up to the point of sounding like a jet taking off.

[@umutpiynar9309]

You are absoulately right, that laptop has GTX1050Tİ but I feel like I have a laptop with gt720m. Idle temperatures are about 70 Celcius and I am only able to play basic games(CS:GO,Dota 2-%45 render-) at lowest settings with 3 external fans directed to the laptop and even in that situation it heats to 95-100 celcius easily. I will repaste it with kyronaut and if it doesn't changes the temperatures I am going to craft custom fans for it (I don't mind the noise, just work bitch!). And for your problem, use linux you can set the fan speed etc. via ck***utils. And there is a custom program for Windows which disables Dell software and lets you control fan speed etc. Here is the link: 1drv.ms/u/s!AupNTFIty-hn121qgsc1Bhc7jkca?e=qJqVPU , careful we don't want Dell to ban this.

[@ericc2530]

Brought the paste, got the tools ready, started the video, ready to follow the instruction. Heard it took 2 hrs. Paid a guy 20 bucks to do it.

[@BobOfAllTrades]

$20? That poor fella lol

[@EZoneProduction]

I really wanted to repaste my thermal paste, because my cpu is reaching 95c . Sadly I got my wifi card screw stripped and I really don't wanna force my way into it and just left my laptop at 95c. I guess I'll just wait for it's final moment and just call it a day. :/

[@chandrak3108]

I have thermal throttling issues with my dell 7577, i7 7700hq, gtx 1060. The temperatures are like this (approx) : CPU :idle 70-85c and on gaming 95-100c constantly. Gpu: on gaming 85C. (also laptop gets unusually hot) I contacted dell service under as laptops under nbd warranty, they offered heatsink fan replacement.dell technician came in and took apart the back cover and all screws, battery, cmos battery,detached cables but wasn't unable to separate the main chasis part and in trying to pry open it, he damaged the side plastic. I showed him your video, it seems to come off easily when you did it in this video. He wasn't able to do it. So He refitted laptop back and went away saying he would send 'senior technician' tomorrow and laptop is not booting now. It shows black screen, keyboard lights turn on, and reboots in a loop.

[@chandrak3108]

Here's what he have done imgur.com/a/JWXQYWY

[@chandrak3108]

Can you help me out on how to open this main chasis part without damaging side plastic also why it's not booting? So that I can suggest next dumb dell technician. Also dell support said they will replace any broken part as it was technicians mistake.

[@BobOfAllTrades]

cadrkn D probably some ribbon cable that came undone is why it’s not booting. Or the ribbon cable was damaged which can happen quite easily if it’s slightly crimped. Taking it apart using various pry tools from my iFixit pro tech tool kit really helps. Those temps are way off. Is this new?

[@chandrak3108]

@Bob Of All Trades Thanks alot for your reply and your video. Laptop is 2 months 15 days old. I purchased from dell outlet (certified refurbished). It was working fine for 2 months. I recently started noticing bad frame drops and alot of heat around fingerprint reader and top keyboard part (95-100c on gaming)and I was getting 10-25 fps at high settings in fortnite . Also, I am thinking of making them replace that plastic part they damaged.

[@chandrak3108]

Bob Of All Trades This is the replacement part he carried with him. It comes with pre applied thermal paste. imgur.com/GpEZYLH (I wanted to order Arctic mx-4 and apply it instead but it takes 2-3 days for delivery) so I am left with default thermal paste for now.

[@Techno_VFX]

I’ve done this almost 10 months ago successfully, time to do it again :)

[@zep0th370]

good luck, worth the temp drops

[@Techno_VFX]

@@zep0th370 did it btw, I would recommend u replace the thermal pads as well, just a mistake I did. Feel like it could take down from 70 to 60

[@ace111]

I couldn’t pass step 1... my back cover doesn’t lift up i feel its gonna crack

[@deathskull77]

Bob, is it possible to swap the CPU? My dell 7577 has the i5 7300HQ but I have a 7700 HQ that I would like to swap. Just wondering if the CPU could be removed from the dell. Thank you

[@BobOfAllTrades]

It cannot. Most laptops are BGA soldered to the motherboard.

[@voiceinwilderness7]

My machine turned back on very quickly, nowhere near 15 minutes. More like 1-2 minutes. As I plugged in the AC power it automatically went into fan whirr mode (without pressing power button first). Went through 2-3 reboots and took me to the BIOS settings option.

[@BobOfAllTrades]

I don’t think I said 15 minutes LOL. Unless others were reporting that and I’m not seeing that show up in our conversation

[@voiceinwilderness7]

@@BobOfAllTrades Daniel Tamez mentions the 15 minutes below in your thread.

[@BobOfAllTrades]

@@voiceinwilderness7 copy that!

[@apaxx3950]

IT WORKED! Thank you!

[@FakeJeep]

Superb video. From the first comment I got "have a shop do it for 50 bucks" Think I'll take that advice. I'm used to Clevo boards which are super modular and easy to work on... this is worse than an apple.

[@chidoziennachor7201]

The hardest part is the keyboard. Not surprised you skipped it! Great video anyways

[@EquinoxGate]

Great tutorial but now I have to disconnect the RTC battery and main battery every time I want to turn on the laptop 😭. Tried letting the battery run out but it didn’t help.

[@MetoagaYT]

For some reason, the idiot at the DELL service didn't apply thermal paste on and I had to do it myself at home...

[@oscarswire9696]

I finally checked my temps for the first time yesterday and saw a 108 centigrade - time to repaste I think.

[@dasale101]

CPU? Did the repaste help?

[@yjzz8235]

6:36 That's exactly what I feel. LOL

[@fluffybutt38]

I'm going to do this im running 65c at idel 100c at gameing ,I have hair and dust in the cooling grills, so it's time the flush some purple twinkies.Good job i will use this as a reference I have this laptop.

[@alejandrovizioli1211]

Need help!!!! Screws under the battery are stucked

[@robertleont]

Please do a video for the new Dell G5/G7 laptops that came this year since they have a very bad paste from fabric and making them to go very hot and thermal throtling to often. I heard thar chaging the paste helps a lot.

[@r3dnecksuperman438]

After trying every other fix I've been able to find for 6 months... upgrading ram, ssd, changing settings, my laptop finally began to run games how I wanted it... but then it hit. Fps drops and high temps.... I will be using this video to help with my repaste as soon as I can muster the courage to do so lol.

[@itstoogooditswaytoogood3211]

never replaced thermal paste in my entire life, and im doing this with liquid metal today, LMAO. wish me luck! for context my cpu temps are now reaching 100C max, 90-95C avg, when i play games like csgo (lowest settings, 1280x768) which gives me insane fps drops (going from what would normally be 200+ fps avg to 50fps avg now). had this laptop for like 3 years now without a repaste so that's probably why. i'll report back if it all goes well

[@Bikster8]

I'm considering doing this as my laptop is over 2 years old and overheats on the lowest settings in ancient games aswell, did you have noticeable improvements or any major issues doing this?

[@itstoogooditswaytoogood3211]

@@Bikster8 the liquid metal reduced my temps by 20C under load. my idle temps were similar tho. during the repaste i must have done something wrong because i ran into an "unknown adapter voltage" issue where my battery no longer charges, and still can't figure out the problem even after replacing the battery and adapter. i ended up just getting a mini itx pc. once this computer gets to 0% i assume it will just stop working

[@ddra8320]

My 2wsx keys are not working do you know why?

[@bat-amgalanbat-erdene2621]

same fucking problem T.T did you fix it? I bought a replacement keyboard but don't know how to replace

[@LukeGeoDude]

Big thanks for this. I gotta say, not only am I too scared to do this myself now, it looks so hard that I don't trust any computer repair people to do it responsibly. Sticking with updating drivers and undervolting fuckery instead. Cheers!

[@arkprince9413]

I feel u man