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Greyday23

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Jan 26, 2022
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Hello,

I got an 2011 Macbook Pro 15 with an Working dedicated GPU (yes i know rare hehe) I changed the Thermal paste with NORMAL MX4 paste but its getting very warm like 88-99 degrees Celsius. So i changed the paste with Thermal Grizzly Liquid Metal (no worries i used heat Tape to isolate the capacitors on the Chips)
After i putted all back together the Temperatures still remain the same. And the Fans spin as much. I thought i would get like temps a 76 Celsius or less. Do i need to "burn in" the metal or is something wrong?
I used a very Low amount of Liquid Metal because i was scared that it sqeeze out.
 
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