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Post by acrogenesis on Jul 2, 2021 20:51:19 GMT
Have you tried doing the VRM pads mod?
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Post by сhad2 on Jul 10, 2021 19:30:21 GMT
Finally! After a couple of months of investigation into this issue I found this topic and people who heard of this problem! Have anybody tried to resolve this? Was Apple willing to help and “repair” such MacBooks? Maybe replace them? I will heavily appreciate any feedback!! Apple won't be repairing this for you for no cash, it's a flaw by Apple's design. See this discussion at Reddit, this YouTube video, this guide here at BootCampDrivers.com and fix everything yourself for $10 and 10 min. To save you some time on choosing right materials — buy 1 piece of this or 2 pieces of this at AliExpress/Amazon or local store, also be sure to get yourself a P5 1,2 mm screwdriver (like this one) & paper cutter.
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Post by menageryl on Sept 19, 2021 8:16:21 GMT
... Okay... I can see this is a few months since the last message, but I thought I'd throw my hat into the ring...
I have a 3-month old 16" MBP with the 4GB 5500M. So far I seem to have been relatively lucky... In the vast majority of games and similar demanding applications, my temperatures have managed to stay rather manageable. Generally they hover between 74 and 84 degrees C (for the GPU. The CPU get's on average about 10 degrees hotter, but it also has a higher tolerance to temps).
As such, I've rarely experienced any throttling due to thermal or temperature issues.
I have considered popping her open and replacing the thermal pace, but I only opened her for the first time about a week ago when my temps began to be a little out of the oridinary... Something ALL MacBook Pro users with models released in 2016 and beyond need to keep in mind: These machines have such a thin profile that dust buildup inside them seems to happen at a MUCH faster rate than previous generations. I work at a company that specialises in Apple kit - end-to-end, from sales through to support, management, maintenance, training and repairs... For older, thicker MacBooks we generally recommend opening and cleaning these devices out (just the dust and related build-up mind) every 3 years MINIMUM. With MacBooks from 2016 and onwards it has been reduced to ONCE EVERY YEAR, MINIMUM!!!! For my own personal Mac I've adoopted a once every 6-month policy, though I've only had the 16-incher for 3 months and it proved to be necessary already. Just doing that has returned my machine's temperatures and performance to normal.
Now. That's not to say that y'all aren't dealing with thermal paste issues neceessarily... It just looks like I've been lucky insofar as that is concerned so far. As such I've decided not to replace the thermal paste myself quite yet... I'll hold off doing so untiil it appears it is actually necessary, as the last thing I want is for my warranty to be tossed out because some dodgy engineer decides replacing thermal paste is an issue - should it ever become necessary. (As a side note: I live in South Africa, and our Apple support situation here is quite literallly unique versus the rest of the planet... It makes things MUCH more complicated than it should be, sadly).
I thought I should just let everyone in this thread know that: 1) Not EVERYONE is experiencing issues with their thermal paste; and 2) The dust build-up thing is a REAL issue that can and will help many users to improve their performance if this is something they have never seen to.
Luck all!
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