Dell G3 15 2019 Thermal paste replacement

[@masternobody1896]

We are the only people own dell g3 2019

[@odynzeyez6259]

I have one as well I think. actually might be 2020 model. I love this laptop

[@valentka6]

Actually.....

[@mattb8754]

I have one

[@Jozehkmz]

Still rocking mine since 2019

[@davedara8006]

Same lol

[@user-yt2tu7qd5e]

This is how a "how to" is done. Thx

[@rickstechrepairs]

Thanks. I think why edit out anything, the difference is some videos are just for entertainment rather than education At least if something happens on a small step you can compare with mine

[@thejoseluis321]

Dude you left a piece of towel under the heatsink, it's in the lower left screw of the cpu.

[@ddogukanakcay]

Kek. It dwells at 3:00.

[@vishwajeetrapte6815]

Man why are you keeping the heatsink on the board ? It can damage the circuits or MOSFETs

[@corz299]

Gonna repaste it for the first time since i bought it brand new in 2020, give it a brand new battery, and put an extra 256GB Sata SSD into it. This should give it enough of a refresh to last 4 years of university i pray. As it is, the battery is finished and when i run games as simple as half life 2, the computer becomes hotter than the surface of the sun, and i am almost out of storage. I promise however, that i will never buy another dell product ever again.

[@rickstechrepairs]

hopefully that will give it extra life

[@erkanyldrm9290]

I agree that this laptop really sucks with cooling only thing that solved it for me was using liquid metal instead of thermal paste. Also undervolting the cpu could help I have done it myself but the biggest impact on heat was the liquid metal.

[@TheGalacticWest]

“I’m here. Might as well swap it over.” Me: (putting the computer back together without thermal paste) “wat?”

[@rickstechrepairs]

oopsies

[@mattb8754]

Did I miss the part where you identified what those 2 surfaces were?

[@erkanyldrm9290]

For the people who want to squeeze the performance out of this laptop: you have to use liquid metal. No katter what u do you cant achieve gaming without throttling. This is the way for this laptop I tried to replace thermal paste 2 3 times in the same year but everytime I try to play a game temps are like 85 gpu 95 100 cpu. I have the 1660ti max q i7 9750h version of this laptop and only way I could achieve 4.0 ghz all day long was via using liquid metal. With the liquid metal no matter what I do it doesnt throttle even 0.1 ghz on cpu. So hope this helps for the people using this laptop. If anyone knows what size are the thermal pads ı would make this laptop a beast compared to first time I bought it.

[@rickstechrepairs]

liquid metal would go well, but on a portable device like a laptop getting constantly moved, im not sure how well that would go in the long run also regarding temps to point to this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIjcqZpoZ8p3a7M

[@erkanyldrm9290]

@@rickstechrepairs Of course I agree that temps are actually normal the problem is throttling. With liquid metal even if the 1660ti reaches 84 85 it never throttles or even the cpu reaches 98 99 peak temeperatures it never throttles thats the beauty. I have noticed considerable performance increase on cpu demanding games like ac origins and rdr 2 because finally I am able to make i7 9750h reach its max limits which is 4 ghz and most important thing is it is always constant. For the moving part I can say that the leaking problem mostly due to using too much of it but moving doestn really effect I guess because sone of the laptop already come with liwuid metal. It has been 1 year for me now using it and I have never changed it. Cooling performation is all the same with the first time applying it. Otherwise if your laptop is not throttling or its not stuttering while gaming it is all OK.

[@erkanyldrm9290]

Thermal paste cause immediate spike on thermals and it is never goes down and performance was too bad that I was regreting buying this pc but with the things I do it is on its max performance even better. Almıst resching 1660ti mobile performance while it is max q (20watt less power) .

[@bobmcboblin]

You just saved me like 10-15 dollars, thanks a lot :D

[@rickstechrepairs]

Glad I could help!

[@albionjanitor7894]

just curious would you recommend an anti static bracelet for something like this?

[@rickstechrepairs]

Over 10 years of working on phones and PC's, IV never had anything die due to static

[@albionjanitor7894]

Ricks Tech first time I’ve worked on a pc 😂 took me a good while but improved temps by like 20 c

[@ayomayo3814]

I replaced my thermal paste on my g3 and everything was fine, I monitored the temps for a bit and it wasn't raising at idle. I started playing a game and 10 minutes into it the computer shut off and haven't been able to start it ever since. Any suggestions on what to do? If it was a short wouldn't it not start up in the first place? Or if it overheated wouldn't it start up after the computer cooled off, or should be a blue screen saying it's overheating?

[@rickstechrepairs]

im not sure what has happened there sorry. if it was overheated it would have thermal throttled not shutdown

[@ayomayo3814]

@@rickstechrepairs yeah it's weird, and the thermal paste I used was non conductive. Thanks for your help though!

[@odynzeyez6259]

this is awful sorry to hear that man. I know what I paid for mine and I would literally cry if this happened hope you sorted it out friend.

[@adamcorral726]

Is it safe to use isopropyl alcohol or Windex to clean the paste, I'm worried the alcohol or Windex will damage the capacitors or resistors?

[@labatomi]

Ive done it plenty of time with alcohol. Ive never tried windex and honestly dont recommend it because of its water content.

[@odynzeyez6259]

alcohol

[@odynzeyez6259]

def not Windex.

[@odynzeyez6259]

oh NVM someone answered and it was 2yo. lol

[@itsmohdiii3689]

I have a del g3 2018 or 2017 edition same mechanics to applying the thermal paste ?

[@rickstechrepairs]

I believe it would be

[@Etrikye14]

What is the max temp you're getting now on gaming dude? You know what is the max temp before your TP replacing? My friend just bought this laptop and i wanna know if is worthy to change TP

[@rickstechrepairs]

didnt really change temps much at all

[@CynicalDuty]

@@rickstechrepairs interesting. so essentially it is a waste of time?

[@DevrimKaraca]

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[@toasterforsale5069]

@@CynicalDuty 1 month late but he literally mentioned that his laptop is like 1 month old and showed that the stock thermal paste was still pretty well applied so he only changed it for the video content. Just like with desktops if you stuck with the stock thermal paste with the cooler you should replace it with quality thermal paste that will last around 3-4 years after several months of use (or when you notice temps keep increasing compared to before)

[@rogeriokazama5003]

Friend, could you inform what is the thickness of thermal pads that DELL uses in this notebook model?

[@rickstechrepairs]

No sorry, no longer have this laptop

[@Gaz..]

Did you manage to find the answer? I need to change them this week and I still can't get the info.

[@ernestog7979]

By any chance did you reccord the stress (gaming!) temps before and after the paste? Would appreciate that info mate :) I Bougth this moddel a while aggo and I want to see how much I can push the GPU clocks.

[@rickstechrepairs]

no sorry dont have those test results i wouldnt expect any decent overclocking results, unless you Tame the CPU Temps first

[@ernestog7979]

@@rickstechrepairs nahhh I don`t hope to overcklock, mi gpu is a 1660ti Max Q supposedly runing at stock 1300 mhz, but I have already downlvolted -150mv stable and with the cpu limmited at at 2.5 gz My GPU is usually at 1520 ish (not bad) with 78 C, while gaming. I did notice the screen block`s the exhaust and that is just bad design, but, it was REALLY CHEAP MACHINE!!! (around $800 dollars :D), so i`m looking to further lower the temps, to see if maybe runing cooler it can reach 1600-1700 Mhz. I was planning to replace the paste, but to tell you the truth, I saw your video, and, it dosn`t seem DELL went cheap on there... so I`m looking on the internet to see if there are any gains, so far no luck :(

[@rickstechrepairs]

Yah the paste wasn't dry so wouldnt be shaving must much heat out of it Maybe a 2 or 3 fan laptop stand to squeeze a little more

[@odynzeyez6259]

​@@ernestog7979 800 dollars is super cheap? I spent 1500, I have the rtx 2060, i7, 16 gb ramm. it's a powerhouse but not cheap.

[@ernestog7979]

@@odynzeyez6259 it was a black friday discount :D by the way still running amazingly good, I made a special colling pad with a chinese power supply and some Omega 24 V 0.5 amp 24 i fans and installed bug mesh in between... runs soo cool. for gaming I lower the memory around 500 and the core speed goes up to stable 1.8 ghz. most games run better this way as the lower mem speed frees up power room for the gpu to go higher. and when not gaming?, it is mining eth with a porfit, and powering a 65 inch TV at the same time. dell makes good machines I must admit. Bottom line, make a cooling pad. if you want ideas I can send you my pad pics and specs for you to build it yourself :) By the way Im #1 in 3dmark with my processor/GPU last time I checked (i5 9300h with score of 5 548 ). so yes, I tested a lot this model ;)

[@jonathanjosept4316]

How often do we need to change thermal paste in laptop? Once a year or two?

[@rickstechrepairs]

Probably only once a year

[@eng.abedalhadi]

Screw number seven is stuck, what should I do?

[@xcalibur6482]

how are the results for turboboost mate did the paste lower it a couple of notches? It shouldn't be much noticeable with turbo off right?

[@rickstechrepairs]

No noticeable difference

[@lightstorm10z]

What kind of thermal pads required for 3579? Is it 0.5 or 1.0 or thicker?

[@rickstechrepairs]

not sure sorry

[@kor_bagel8454]

Is it okay to apply thermal paste with battery not removed like you?

[@rickstechrepairs]

You can remove the battery but if you have the power off, I don't see why removing the battery will really matter

[@normalman1181]

I just realized i dont have any thermal paste! 🗿is it safe to just stick it back in with all the dried ones that i just popped out?

[@rickstechrepairs]

Not overly safe, but the CPU and GPU will thermal throttle when they get too hot

[@normalman1181]

@@rickstechrepairs it was at this moment i realized......

[@fendo1604]

Are the GPU and the CPU removable? Just like in desktops?

[@rickstechrepairs]

nope

[@fendo1604]

@@rickstechrepairs sad... Thanks for the info!

[@Mango_021]

bro this help me so much thank you

[@rickstechrepairs]

Happy to help

[@saitama2978]

How much thermal paste you put on to it?, with 1 g its enough?

[@rickstechrepairs]

enough paste :)

[@rafabednarczyk3911]

Sloppy work, but helpful :) Thank you

[@rickstechrepairs]

gets the job done

[@andrewpetrov8372]

What is the thickness of the thermal gaskets (0.5mm, 1mm, 1.5mm)?

[@rickstechrepairs]

Don't have the machine to measure sorry

[@andrewpetrov8372]

@@rickstechrepairs при следующей разборке, измерьте, пожалуйста 😊

[@andrewpetrov8372]

Их тоже надо менять!

[@odynzeyez6259]

I have this laptop or ATLEAST the following years model, and mine has never gone over 79°C not ever. I play AAA games 8 or so hours a day on ultra high settings and have never replaced the thermal paste...

[@rickstechrepairs]

nice :)

[@ricardovladimirortegaramir5612]

Somehow when i openned mine, the heatsink was kind of wet. It have like a kind of grease in the surface of both pipes of the square chip (left one in the video). Does anyone has had de same surprise? I think im going to call Dell Support because its really weird for me.

[@rickstechrepairs]

there is thermal paste.. .. but im thinking maybe the heatpipe has split

[@ricardovladimirortegaramir5612]

@@rickstechrepairs You are right! It was Thermal Paste :)

[@jhimaque5500]

Will this void the warranty?

[@rickstechrepairs]

it shouldnt (in australia it wont)

[@unrealdeath191]

Hay does your dell g3 laptop still work? I got mine back in October 2019 and it stop working. After watching your teardown it looks like the thermal pads are bad if take a look at your v-ram you will notice and oil residue, clean this off ASAP and change thermal pads

[@Gaz..]

I have one since November 2019, still fully functional, I am only about to change the thermal pads and the thermal paste in its mid-year maintenance but I cannot obtain the exact thickness of these pads. Do you have the measurements for this model?

[@SwiftBlade17]

Hey what thermal paste did you used here?

[@rickstechrepairs]

currently i use Artic silver 5

[@SwiftBlade17]

@@rickstechrepairs is noctua h2 3.5g gram good?

[@rajagul13]

Should be use liquid metal?

[@rickstechrepairs]

Could but not sure how much lower the temps could be made

[@kalfu5194]

they go down by quite a lot or at least when you're really pushing the laptop it take a considerable amount of time to reach like 85 to 90 degrees

[@edwardo230]

Hi! after doing this my laptop wont turn on. No charging led no fan spin. The first time I tried to power it on I saw the charging port led blinking white, but only once it was too fast for me to see the pattern. Tried Taking out the Bios coin battery, disconnecting the main battery and holding power for a couple of minutes. I checked voltage from charger and from battery and both are good even plugged to laptop I do not see any voltage drops. Does any one has an advice of what I am doing wrong? now I ill just connect to the charger for a couple of hours that the battery was completely dead. Help! I am running out of ideas.

[@rickstechrepairs]

Hi. I would do the following Disconnect battery Remove CMOS battery Remove ram Plug in power See if it will give a post error (which should relate back to no memory installed) If it does produce an error, then the board is actually "thinking" I would also go through all the connections on the board around the cooler + remove the cooler to see if excess thermal paste has gone on the capacitors or the board

[@edwardo230]

@@rickstechrepairs Hi Rick thank you for the replay! Nothing seemed to work, so in a last attempt I disconnect everything, even the connectors I didn't touched, clean the paste, give a good air blow to all components, and connect them again repaste, take out bios Battery, unplugged main battery, drain any static charge by holding power button, plugged batteries and it showed life signs! After a couple of power on attempts (blinking keyboard) it started normally, to be honest I do not know what was it or if I was doing the Static purge wrong. But hope this will be useful for other people. Now with this and a -140mv undervolt it rarely throttles and temps are around 80C at max load. (previously 100c even with undervolt) and without undervolt around 90C (good 10 degrees less) and clock speeds are more stable rarely doping from 3.98Hz, while before they where everywhere from 3.2 Hz to 4.0Hz. Thanks Rick Tech!

[@ayomayo3814]

@@edwardo230 hey what connection did you disconnect? I'm having the same issue

[@odynzeyez6259]

​@@edwardo230 hey man just wanted to ask. did you mean you were getting 100°c before replacing the paste and now get 80°c? I'm wondering because I've had mine for over a year I've never seen temps go above 79°c and have never replaced anything on it. just wondering what makes mine different. mine may be a 2020 model so maybe that has something to do with it. I play AAA games at ultra settings all the time and have never really had an issue with temps but I fear I'll need to start worrying about this soon considering I've been gaming hard on it for like almost 2 years now.

[@edwardo230]

@@odynzeyez6259 hey, yeah maybe it was because of my hometown temperatures that can reach 35C. Also I think some updates and disabling some stuff helped, my temps rarely go to that temp again. I also updated to win 11, I haven't applied new thermo paste in over a year and temps seem fine. So I will disassemble it and clean it and maybe add new paste. The normal maintenance. But to be honest it seems really sketchy from dell laptop feels still hot but temps are way lower, but who knows they might be alright.

[@adithyakarunarathne1156]

Is there processor removable ?

[@rickstechrepairs]

negative

[@Gaz..]

¿Does anyone know the actual thickness of the Thermal Pads corresponding to this model?

[@rickstechrepairs]

No idea

[@ahmedmonster9912]

Hollow bro .For how much it supports ssd M.2 RAM 3000

[@rickstechrepairs]

ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/191075/intel-core-i5-9300h-processor-8m-cache-up-to-4-10-ghz.html 9300H supports up to 2666mhz (anything faster i dont think would net any improvement, Focus on Lower CL) m.2 NVME, i would suspect it would support almost anything out there

[@Oneiros433]

how to change cpu if possible?

[@rickstechrepairs]

Can't

[@diveallz1044]

Anyone know if i could remove the Nvidia gpu and just use the on board intel gpu?

[@rickstechrepairs]

you could disable the nvidia chip within windows, wouldnt unsolder the GPU tho

[@diveallz1044]

@@rickstechrepairs damn i figured as much...thanks

[@MasterOfTheWild12]

can i upgrade the cpu?

[@rickstechrepairs]

Nope

[@St3.]

Thanks! Coming from a rapper as a change ;D

[@rickstechrepairs]

your welcome

[@amirkade6166]

can you take the cpu out?

[@rickstechrepairs]

Nope

[@Jim023]

I'm gonna buy a new laptop because this laptop sucks. It's getting too hot lagg and stuff blue screens. I don't trust it anymore. Windows installed like over 10 times. Don't buy it!!

[@rickstechrepairs]

Funny enough I sold mine then less than 8 hours later the buyer said he wanted to return it due to bad battery life.. So in short I will be done a video soon regarding tweaks to cool this cooker

[@mNiosu]

Have you undervolted? Most gaming laptops under 1000$ have temperature and throttle issues that undervolt resolves. Also changing the thermal paste with some quality one should help further.

[@rickstechrepairs]

Thermal paste has been replaced I did dable in a little bit of undervolting but I do see that as something the OEM manufacturer should be doing or shouldn't be a necessary on the end users part!

[@ilynomad]

I agree, I've had this laptop for 4 years now and can confirm it's pretty fucking shit. Never buying Dell again.

[@inkylion93]

I have... SEVERAL questions

[@rickstechrepairs]

they are ?

[@bishalscreation]

Can anyone do this 😳

[@odynzeyez6259]

just sayin

[@rickstechrepairs]

cool

[@masternobody1896]

Lol

[@lowtopoly7151]

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