Comments on: What it takes to own a 2 year old HP DV5 notebook

By: zzzy9

zzzy9 — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 23:01:58 +0000

@MrSmallWalrus Same guy, same darned HP. I would have gotten a few more months out of it even with the occasional full screen freezes were it not for trying to “fix it some more”. But then I? wouldn’t have had a reason to get a mac book

By: Nick weed

Nick weed — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 22:09:38 +0000

worked! thanks alot. Iam going to go ahead and try the copper/penny trick? to reduce heat and hopfully keep this from happening again

By: Sam Carter

Sam Carter — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 21:51:04 +0000

did you get a macbook? If you did, I’m sorry,? they run the same chip thats in that HP that fails from overheating, I see a lot of them in my shop.

By: zzzy9

zzzy9 — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 21:15:07 +0000

yes I did, also got the 3-yr extended warranty and in case it crashes I can walk into a brick and mortar store and demand a replacement built with lead based solder.? although it is the same ATI chip it does run much cooler overall especially if I don’t hold the laptop on top of a fluffy blanket to completely block any cooling.

By: MalismDK

MalismDK — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 20:44:42 +0000

Did it help? very much?

By: MalismDK

MalismDK — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 20:16:18 +0000

Nope because my friend has the same laptop with a normal battery, and it’s very warm. It has been for repair like? 4 times because of heat. So it has nothing to do with the battery.

By: Sam Carter

Sam Carter — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 19:24:56 +0000

Just good advice to everyone trying to repair their own failed GPU’s- Dont put it in the oven, it ruins the capacitors on the board. When reflowing a GPU- always pick up some liquid based or paste based NO CLEAN flux and apply it around the chip while heating it up in small steps, start out at a low temp, and? slowly raise them, the bigger chips will sink more heat than a smaller chip will. Then do the same for the cool down process, slowly ramp it back down to ~100 degrees before removing heat.

By: Sam Carter

Sam Carter — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 18:26:16 +0000

When you see air bubbles coming out around the chip, it means the flux is doing it? job to re-hydrate the solder!

By: Sam Carter

Sam Carter — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:51:42 +0000

Flux will also help prevent? the board from blistering, as it absorbs and helps distribute the heat from the gun.

By: dali Tibou

dali Tibou — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:45:55 +0000

I have? a hp Hewlett Packard 30D7 , do i open it the same way the computer in the video is opened?