Acer Nitro 5 AN515-58 NH.QFLEY.001 Thermal Pad Sizes What sizes should I use,

wioniqleq

Hi, I want to change my thermal pads on my laptop but I don't know what's the right thermal pad size for that model. What sizes should I use, thanks in advance.

[Edited the thread to add issue detail]

GAMING6698

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/704722/acer-nitro-5-an515-58-nh-qfley-001-thermal-pad-sizes

check below post

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/698421/thickness-of-thermal-pads-in-acer-nitro-5-an515-58-58ht-nh-qfler-006

wioniqleq

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1272379#Comment_1272379

But there's a problem I'm not sure already for that section. I checked that post, that post says THERMAL PAD (60x18.5x1.75mm)

but there's no 1.75mm thickness of thermal pads. I don't sure that information right. Because I just found
Thermal grizzly minus pad like 100 x 100 size and 2 mm thickness of termal pad.

Is there a more accurate way or Idk
https://www.thermal-grizzly.com/en/minus-pad-8/s-tg-mp8-100-100-20-r

wioniqleq

Let's think about 1.75mm says, what happen If I'm gonna put 1.75mm to 2 mm thickness of termal pad.
My onboard will fire or ? 0.25 mm is too much for that or?? should I select 1.5 mm

AnhEZ28

@wioniqleq

You can use thermal putty if you can find one. Or get both 1.5mm and 2mm.

wioniqleq

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1272507#Comment_1272507

Thank you sir, I thinked about it and I'll put 2mm for all places I'll directly buy 100 x 100 2mm https://www.thermal-grizzly.com/en/minus-pad-8/s-tg-mp8-100-100-20-r

Swaggernaut65

Hello, Did you use the 2mm pad, How was the fitting and how are the temperature differences ?

wioniqleq

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1280471#Comment_1280471

Firstly Hello,

After buying Thermal Grizzly Minus Pad 8 2mm, I cut and put enough and had difficulty tightening the screws of the block. So 2mm was too thick. And because it was 2mm, I also changed the thermal paste and the thermal paste did not even touch the block. Instant heats continued. I even saw that it went up to 99 degrees. Now I ordered 1mm and I will test it tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. I even thought the motherboard was going to break because it was compressing the block.

I just orded Arctic TP-3 Termal Pad 1mm and Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut 1gr 12.5W
That products will come to tomorrow or the day after tomorrow then I'm gonna test.

You can see the photos I took below, the photo before applying the process and the photo after applying it. (These are the photos I tested with 2mm thermal pad.)

Swaggernaut65

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1280491#Comment_1280491

Thanks for replying this quick, I am also facing the same problem as my thermal pads have dried turning into powder just like yours and I have used Cooler master Mastergel maker on cpu and gpu just 15 days ago but for some reason my temps are again hitting 106 degree Celsius on the Cpu, Im planning to go the Liquid metal rout and would also like to apply new thermal pads so that i dont have to repaste every 4 months, Ill be waiting for your updates, Hope your pc runs Ice cold after the repaste.

wioniqleq

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1280510#Comment_1280510

Hello, it didn't do anything. I will buy thermal putty and try it. I will order it on the 15th of the month. It comes around 20-21, then I will try it and let you know again. The heat did not drop and the heat continued. I asked the technical service and he said I should use thermal putty.

Swaggernaut65

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1280759#Comment_1280759

Hello, I can see why you went with thermal putty, that was my first choice, since i cant find any good options or the ones I desired had to be imported,

I have ordered A pack of generic thermal pads with 6 W/mk heat transfer where there are 0.5mm, 1mm, 1.5mm pads 4 each as well as liquid metal (conductonaut) for the CPU and GPU

I will receive all these Items by 16th of this very month and would let you know what is the result after applying and testing them.

For the thermal pads I think major spots utilize 1mm sheet and only some places require 0.5mm but that would be on my judgement,

Also I think we have different heatsinks as mine has more pipes spreading, is yours the model with 3070ti and i7-12650?

wioniqleq

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1280947#Comment_1280947

Hello, Thank you for response. My model its 3050 TI and I5-12500H CPU. Thank you again for trying and giving feedback, I will order thermal putty tomorrow and I will test it, I will give you feedback again, how it happened, what happened.

Swaggernaut65

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1280991#Comment_1280991

Hello, I have successfully Fixed the temperatures on my laptop and its performing better then when it came from factory, below is a brief description of what methods I used.

1. I started by cleaning off the stock thermal Putty from all the components Encircled in the image, the putty is soft and brittle depending on location and is hard to neatly clean off.
2. After cleaning off the putty I measured the thermal pads according to the components and put them on judging the thickness on the basis of my senses (I have mentioned the Thickness used in the Attached photo).
3. Then I cleaned off the thermal paste from the GPU and CPU die and proceeded with applying Clear nail polish to the open capacitors on the GPU (to avoid short circuit as liquid metal is conductive).
4. I then Used Conductonaut from Thermal Grizzly to make a very thin later of liquid metal on both GPU and CPU (As shown in picture) as well as the Copper heat sink according to Respective Dyes Contact area.
5. After that I screw In the heatsink with maximum mounting pressure and then Unscrew it again to check if all the thermal pads and Liquid metal are making proper contact with heatsink
6. After that i finally screw everything back together and check if the laptop boots properly.

Results -

1. Avg Idle temp in Default mode Dropped from 80 Degree Celsius to 60-65 Degree Celsius
2. 
   One time CPU multicore score in performance mode raised from 11500 points to 15144 points in Cinebench r 23 and 10 minutes stress test score is 12933.
3. CPU never goes above 85 Degree Celsius in all kinds of games ranging from Valorant, Battlefield 1, CS-2 etc, GPU never goes above 80 Degree Celsius Even on 100 percent utilization in demanding games and scenarios.

In my personal opinion Repasting with liquid metal is a High Risk high reward job you have to carry out with patience and its very much worth it.

You should definitely replace thermal putty with new putty or thermal pads if yours also came dried out from factory like mine.

Overall performance gains are phenomenal as well as stability and consistency are good, hope my insight helps and you're able to Fix your laptops cooling as well.

wioniqleq

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1281920#Comment_1281920

Dude, thanks a lot, I will test and return accordingly when my products arrive. And I'm happy for you, now it can work in a cold way!!!

wioniqleq

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1281920#Comment_1281920

Hi buddy, My box just came. I putted thermal putty and boxed up the laptop.

Benchmark tests:
CPU Max Degree Full Performance: 92 celcius
GPU Max Degree Full Performance: 89-90 celcius

In the game results:
As you can see

Temp is betwwen 65-75 celcius 4.5 Ghz CPU, and 2GHz GPU

Swaggernaut65

hello, Very nice to see that you have successfully applied thermal putty and you're able to enjoy your laptop at its max potential, Good luck on your bedwars matches and have a beautiful life ahead.

wioniqleq

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1283233#Comment_1283233

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