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Retina MacBook Pro

Mabyboi

Mabyboi

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Hey Guys,

Just stopping by to say I got a new Retina MacBook Pro today, 2.6/16/256gb and it is absolutely perfect.

Not a scratch on it, no dead pixels, LG screen with no image retention. Just a wicked awesome computer.

I also put a black carbon fiber skin on it and figured id post a couple of pictures!

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I also opened it up to change out the Thermal Compound..

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Mabyboi said:
Hey Guys,

Just stopping by to say I got a new Retina MacBook Pro today, 2.6/16/256gb and it is absolutely perfect.

Not a scratch on it, no dead pixels, LG screen with no image retention. Just a wicked awesome computer.

I also put a black carbon fiber skin on it and figured id post a couple of pictures!

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I also opened it up to change out the Thermal Compound..

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that skin looks sweeeeeeeeeeeet enjoyit
 
Hey nice one!!! I had mine in a perfect shape but after day one i found some weird very little scratch on the top and i ordered the same skin as you have and it looks awesome ;)
 
Nice, I have the White CF skin for my rMBP.
 

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What temperature difference are you seeing. In my experience doing that action had a negligible impact (at best) on temps
 
How Difficult To Apply?

I received my MacPro Retina yesterday....FANTASTIC! Already ordered a clear hard case but like the look of your skins... how hard is it to apply

Thanks
 
Oh my god. Why did you remove the cooling strip from the inside of your macbook pro. Doing that messes up the seal created by the thermal conducting compound which has already dried.

You will not have the same thermal conductivity between the processor and the heat dissipating plate unless you apply a new amount of thermal conducting compound.

If you insist on doing this, please have some arctic silver or something similar to put on your cpu's, otherwise you risk overheating your laptop or causing your laptop to seriously start throttling itself in situations where it originally would not.
 
could someone actually make a tutorial and show how to change the Thermal Compound on rmbp without losing apples warranty?
 
macguy360 said:
Oh my god. Why did you remove the cooling strip from the inside of your macbook pro. Doing that messes up the seal created by the thermal conducting compound which has already dried.

You will not have the same thermal conductivity between the processor and the heat dissipating plate unless you apply a new amount of thermal conducting compound.

If you insist on doing this, please have some arctic silver or something similar to put on your cpu's, otherwise you risk overheating your laptop or causing your laptop to seriously start throttling itself in situations where it originally would not.
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I also opened it up to change out the Thermal Compound..
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So I'm guessing he cleaned off the old thermal compound and replaced it with new.
 
macguy360 said:
Oh my god. Why did you remove the cooling strip from the inside of your macbook pro. Doing that messes up the seal created by the thermal conducting compound which has already dried.

You will not have the same thermal conductivity between the processor and the heat dissipating plate unless you apply a new amount of thermal conducting compound.

If you insist on doing this, please have some arctic silver or something similar to put on your cpu's, otherwise you risk overheating your laptop or causing your laptop to seriously start throttling itself in situations where it originally would not.
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well, Obviously, thats what theyre doing.
 
macguy360 said:
Oh my god. Why did you remove the cooling strip from the inside of your macbook pro. Doing that messes up the seal created by the thermal conducting compound which has already dried.

You will not have the same thermal conductivity between the processor and the heat dissipating plate unless you apply a new amount of thermal conducting compound.

If you insist on doing this, please have some arctic silver or something similar to put on your cpu's, otherwise you risk overheating your laptop or causing your laptop to seriously start throttling itself in situations where it originally would not.
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I removed the garbage thermal compunction that they use and replaced it with a proper amount of MX-4, don't worry I know what I'm doing!
 
maflynn said:
What temperature difference are you seeing. In my experience doing that action had a negligible impact (at best) on temps
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I've found that switching the thermal compound on MacBooks tends to drop the temp close to 5-10 degrees, I highly recommend it if you can do it
 
he should write a guide on how to do it and the differences after replacement.

my rmbp is having overheat issue while cpu is under heavy loaded. I may get a better temp if it is correctly replaced.
 
I replaced the paste on my rMBP with IC7 diamond but the temperatures remain the same as before because the fan does not spin faster until the CPU temperature reaches around 95-100c.

If anything all it did was slow down how quickly it heated up. :(
 
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he should write a guide on how to do it and the differences after replacement.

my rmbp is having overheat issue while cpu is under heavy loaded. I may get a better temp if it is correctly replaced.
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I can redo the thermal paste again and make a video out of it if everyone wants me to..
 
Dyno-Mike said:
I replaced the paste on my rMBP with IC7 diamond but the temperatures remain the same as before because the fan does not spin faster until the CPU temperature reaches around 95-100c.

If anything all it did was slow down how quickly it heated up. :(
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That's interesting that your temps didn't change, did you put too much paste on maybe? You made sure all the screws were back I snugly?
 
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