MSI GP72 Leopard Pro Disassembly, Fan Cleaning and Thermal Paste Replacement

[@howfixit]

*In the description under the video, I left links to screwdrivers and replaceable parts for disassembling and cleaning the MSI GP72 Leopard*

[@kacperkapi1]

hello, what thermo pad dimension (height) would you recommend- 0.5mm or 1 mm?

[@RRembrandt]

Hi! What kind of screws are used for the heatsink to the pcb? One was stripped and I need to replace it. Thanks in advance

[@МаксЛычагин-ъ5э]

@andt 0.5 * (dimension of other)

[@faysalbuyuksahin241]

Worked wonders for me, thanks! My fanwires were glued into the sockets, don't pull them out if that's the case for you as well. I had someone hold them up for me while cleaning/repasting. Went from +-90C to steady 49C-51C during gaming. Cathair is a big oof for the fans, found out how important it is to clean them.. I pulled out enough hair to make myself a 3rd cat. Laptop is also 100x more silent.

[@Coachizz-rf1kw]

Which region r u from, i live literally in a desert, didn't see much of a difference, just a 2-3C more cooler ig

[@fiarusgaming3420]

This channel is incredible. You are the best one I've found yet. VERY precise and analytical. Thank you very much.

[@chessversarius2253]

Thank you very much for these clear instructions 👍 I was able to successfully renew the cooling of my *MSI GP62MVR 6RF Leopard Pro* And something I noticed: When removing the cooling system screws 1:28 my model had small numbers printed into the metal next to each screw hole, so I could follow them from 1 to 12 and later in reverse order.

[@bouchrafadil1555]

Thank you so much for this detailed tutorial. I was able to change my left fan that had stopped working, and clean the inside of my GP72 7RD. Could not have done it without this video. Thank you again. The links were especially helpful for finding the paste, screwdrivers, and fan too.

[@matrxmusic]

Hi! Can you help me with the fan replacement part? I can’t seem to find a reliable one. Mine’s left fan has stopped working too.

[@bouchrafadil1555]

@@matrxmusic hi! Sorry I'm replying so late. I hope you found a fan. Just in case you haven't I'll link it below (link in a seperate comment in case KZbin deletes it as spam). I got it on AliExpress. Seller: 008's Title: New CPU GPU OEM Fan 4 Pins For MSI GE72 GE62 PE60 PE70 GL62 GL72 GL62M ms-16j3 GE62VR GP62MVR MS-16J8 MS-16JB Cooler PAAD06015SL

[@matrxmusic]

@@bouchrafadil1555 hey! Thanks for the help! Although I did manage to find the replacement fan!

[@wolfcastle7458]

Thank you! I would not ever have been able to replace the thermal paste on my laptop and clean the fans by myself without your great guide!

[@techdeeptechmnmlmedellin1998]

Just changed my paste & full dust clean on same laptop. From 75 degrees on cpu & gpu, dropped to 44. Used grizzly thermal paste. Very helpful. Cheers

[@elaizastell1399]

Thank u very much for the video. It basically saved me 90€ and my MSI is nice and clean and doesnt die anymore when running a game client. The links to the things u used were also super helpful. Great video my dude

[@J4y5un]

4:05 this is soo important, I repasted and forgot to clean out the fans especially where the heat sink builds up the dust. I went back cleaned out the fans today nearly 15 degree difference and it sounds soo much better like brand new.

[@nynonyr2939]

Super well made guide. I’ve had this laptop for a few years and finally bit the bullet to get a real pc a couple months ago. Since I’ve got another system I figured why not finally open this thing up and try reducing the 90+ temps I’ve been having the last year with it. Figured if anything goes wrong oh well I’ve got a pc and this ain’t worth much anymore. Everything went perfectly using your guide and my temps top out around 75 now which is crazy compared to what I was used to. It’ll hopefully make for a great side computer for a while if I ever need it. My specs: i7 7700H, 1080, 16gb RAM, 500GB SSD

[@Roman.Greece]

I changed paste and pads today. Pad dimensions: 1,5mm and 1 mm.

[@gilbertmonti5618]

ManyThanks for your video. It helps me for disassembling my labtop to have access to RAM and SSD's in order to plan an upgrade .GOOD JOB !!

[@nielsvl4250]

Worked fine for me! The fanwires were glued, but after opening the fans and figuring some stuff out i got acces to everything i needed. Did a before and after test on f1 2020 on high settings. before: +-95 constant after : 60-75 average fps was about the same, bit higher (90),but the minimum went from 50 to 80. The amount of dust was insane and removing it made it much quieter

[@mattlin8449]

Excuse me What thickness thermal pads you use 0.5 1mm or 1.5mm?

[@nielsvl4250]

@@mattlin8449 I checked if I should replace them but they were still sticky and soft so i didn't. I only have 1mm pads laying around so I would have used those, but i don't know if they are the right size

[@mattlin8449]

@@nielsvl4250 thanks ! I also use the 1mm on my Gp72vr , but the temperature is still high than 95 Can I know what kind Thermal paste you use?

[@nielsvl4250]

@@mattlin8449 I removed the old paste and applied thermal grizzly kryonaut thermal paste.

[@bm5994]

Thanks a lot for posting this tutorial, really helpfull.

[@pierrechicourrat5125]

Thanks for this great and accurate video. Really appreciated and helped us in solving the issue with our msi laptop great big big thank’s.

[@Gingerex]

Thank you so much for this great video man! 👍🏼

[@CantankerousEngineer]

This just saved me a $100+ bill. I was able to get my fan apart for cleaning. Somehow a small barcode paper came loose from somewhere in the laptop and was under the fan, causing LOUD noise. Cleaned everything while I was there. No thermal paste on hand tonight but will get some first thing in the morning.

[@ชลอเกิดผล-ฤ1ส]

Thank you for this video.

[@SkyfishArt]

thank you, i think i can do it after seeing this, does not look as difficult as i thought.

[@QJHKI]

Thank you for this video!! You save me 50 usd by doing it myself

[@dariuszbrudek1745]

Thanks! It was my first time 😁 btw - is there ani risk to put too much of thermal? Or - if i cover CPU and GPU, no free space but still it's too less?

[@MrWrzaSQN]

Very helpfull. Thanks.

[@JacobKinsley]

My spudger broke instantly and I don't have a tool thin enough to do the initial popping open of one side 😭 BRB going to scour the house to find literally anything that can do the job

[@mrosef007]

I was curious, the dust we see here, it's after how long before the last cleaning? ... I havn't cleaned mine for 3 years now...

[@michalpsenicka6006]

Mine looked kinda like this after one year of not cleaning.

[@jeanbon7362]

hello, at 2:57 of the video, you are changing the thermal pad, there are different size of thickness we can buy on amazon (between 0.5 and 3 mm), wich one we have to take for this kind of computer (mis leopard pro) thank's!

[@yazilimadimlari4520]

Hello. Did you find an answer to this problem?

[@nynonyr2939]

@@yazilimadimlari4520they looked like 1.5mm inside of mine

[@glorrysbowroy1160]

Thanks for the helpful video! However, there are two additional wires, coming from the power unit and being wrapped around the smaller sized fan. I wonder where would they connect to? If I'm not mistaken those would be the WLAN cables?

[@glorrysbowroy1160]

@@ThatGuy-gn6co I had to, otherwise I wasn't able to get to the fans as they are screwed to the heat sink. Most definitely change it, no room for risks

[@ivanrobles1085]

hola, disculpa que te moelste , pero me podrias decir que puerto utiliza la la tarjeta de wifi ? NGFF , mini pci-e o M2. te lo agradeseria asi no abro mi notebook. Saludos y muy buen video. !!

[@Zarzar22]

Thanks mate!

[@Ebrahim89]

Does anybody know what thickness thermal pads need to be? 0.5, 1mm or 1.5mm? Thanks

[@volkovolko]

I think the lowest

[@charlieyang3373]

Awesome bro this helped alot!

[@dosed3819]

is it possible to upgrade the graphic card ?

[@cutscenes3399]

Hello, can we change the Thermal pad with paste ?

[@RRembrandt]

Hi! What kind of screws are used for the heatsink to the pcb? One was stripped and I need to replace it. Thanks in advance

[@mloooooooooody]

Can U write the demensions of thermalpads for memory on GPU?

[@mertyazc6514]

GOOD JOB MAN !!

[@adm1san]

Thanks man

[@StearlingConnnection]

God bless you

[@jpechacek80]

Do you know if the gp72vr keyboard can be replaced separately, or if the keyboard and palmrest are 1 unit?

[@lenap4956]

THANK YOU

[@fikxa]

thank you sir! very useful :)

[@LaeLiHeart]

What screw is the screw for the battery

[@xenxx1192]

Anyone know the thermal pad thickness of msi gp63 leopard 8rd? I think mine pads melt, there is some residual all over the place.

[@stallonetht]

Hi, I have the same model and I realised when I and turning on the cooler boost to blast fans to the maximum, my GPU fan speed is lower than CPU with 5500 vs 5900 RPM. Does this indicate my any problem to my GPU fan? Thanks.

[@Abisshaq]

I have the same problem. That mean that it is your cpu that is overheating. My cpy is doing thermal throttling because when it reach high temperature, the performance of my system is reduced. Try to change your thermal paste.

[@МаксЛычагин-ъ5э]

Я знал, до последнего прям слышал тот самый акцент, но сталкер и "документ microsoft word" подтвердили предположения))) p.s. ноут органично сделан, и спасибо за видео.

[@hgul]

Thank you very much, thanks

[@LBEfication]

Does this work for MSI GP66 too?

[@butnaru1111]

Hi, I have a GP62 7QF Leopard pro so it works the same?

[@notkylecyber6940]

is there a way to upgrade the gpu ?

[@cpthecaptain9385]

How do I change the dedicate graphic card? I have an Intel (R) HD Graphics 630 and a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 I want to change the NVIDIA. How can I do?

[@mostafa3alam]

You can't change the cpu or gpu on a laptop, only hard drive and ram

[@fletchedfps]

look thrugh your windows or whatever prograam you want to edit and choose the graphics card you want. This can be done by nvidia control panel

[@LilChar69]

Is it same as gp63 leopard ?

[@CavernaDelTroll]

Thanks

[@the-legend2804]

very good

[@yohaanabraham02]

I did the same as he did,except i dropped the thermal vent ,now it's bent and blocked ,total waste now i can't even repair it ,the service center are not accepting warranty

[@BeerDew]

My GP72 6QF turns on but black screen, how to fix this black screen?

[@fredstead5652]

Have you checked that you plugged the ribbon cable for the display back in properly? Aside from that, maybe try booting in safe mode or just a fresh install of windows.

[@BeerDew]

@@fredstead5652 well, my VRAM got burned... might as well buy a new PC.. thanks for the reply,... :D

[@fredstead5652]

@ReeceValera-qr1ws Ah, well, at least you get a chance for an upgrade. The market for laptops is pretty good right now with 3050-3060 laptops selling at the 400-600 range.

[@stan4319]

Am I only the one having a hard time in removing the screws of the heatsink? (cpu and gpu) I tried the rubberband screwdriver trick but it didnt work.

[@salihgunay6915]

Somehow my case doesnt open. It is very hard to open on the side with the usb ports. It feels as if the case is about to break even after I removed all the screws. Does anyone have a solution or anyone experience the same problem?

[@aaronhazel1391]

Same here, I can’t open fan side despite of force I’m using. I dunno what’s holds it. Have you sort it out somehow ?

[@KNFIX-CUCHI]

ok sir

[@BlackSheepFR]

Thanks

[@RektGame]

Thx so much❤❤