Apple MacBook
Thermal Paste Application
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1 How It's Performed

When this needs a genuine repair rather than a reset, our technicians run a before/after temperature benchmark under load so the improvement is measurable, not just assumed — checking fan RPM response and idle/load temperatures both before opening the chassis and again after the clean and repaste.

Dried-out factory thermal paste is one of the most common causes of creeping temperatures on a laptop that is otherwise healthy — we always clean off the old compound fully before applying fresh paste, rather than layering over it.

Typical time: 30–45 minutes

2 What This Requires

• Full disassembly of the cooling path (not just an external vent blow-out), since dust builds up heaviest inside the heatsink fins where compressed air alone can't reach.
• Complete removal of old, dried thermal paste before applying new paste — layering fresh paste over old residue defeats the purpose.
• A before/after load-temperature comparison so you can see the actual improvement.

3 When You Need This

• The laptop runs noticeably hotter or the fan is louder than it used to be under the same workload.
• Performance drops under sustained use (thermal throttling) even though it's fine for the first few minutes.
• Unexpected shutdowns specifically during demanding tasks (gaming, video export, large downloads).