@@fallenknight2580 yeah one time a screw fell in the back of my motherboard on my desktop and it shorted my motherboard lol I took it out and thankfully it started working again
Repasted mine using kyronaut I got 7700hq with -160mV before repasting the temp was hovering between 70-85 After done repasting, its stable around 65-70 while gaming
@@eduardo_carvajal i need to repaste it since now its constantly on 77-78c but i got my tools back in my dorm so yea i cant do it atm Oh yea am using liquid metal, not long after that post i tried lt-100 liquid metal
Did you also change the thermal pads? Im planning on upgrading my unit's storage and ram as well as repaste it but im not sure if I should reuse the pads or buy new ones. Also hard to find any references or links on what mm of pads to buy.
@@pspspspspspspspspspspspspspsps just repasted my liquid metal a while ago and no If your thermal pads isnt sticky anymore (dusty) then yes Mine is still good
The bios update on the 730 lowered the wattage that the CPU could pull 👍 According to the community the 530 has yet to receive this update. And that was almost a year agony
Explains why there was basically no difference between the one that came with it and the "latest" version, I guess I can revisit if it ever comes to the 530 😛
yea, lower the wattage, and you get power limit, and you get less performance from CPU , not a good idea Lenovo ... What they did with lower wattage is like an underclock ...
@@soumyadeepbhunia172 10-13-2019 02:16 AM Hi guys, I ordered a Y540 for my cousin and he was really disappointed, because of the audio issue. I did some investigation and those sneaky lenovo engineers already created a fix, but hid it very good. The problem mainly seems to be, that the CPU voltages ramp up and down very fast for power saving, leading to a crackling noise at every transition. That also explains, why the sound is fine when gaming, as the CPU is always running at full load. The fix Lenovo implemented was simply to make those voltage transitions slower and therfore reduce/remove the crackling sound. Here are the steps I did to fix issue on my cusins Y540: 1. Download an install the latest BIOS from Lenovo's site (BHCN32WW) -> This will take through a reboot and all, just let it sit and don't touch your notebook while updating 2. Shut down your PC 3. Use a small pin (for example a SIM-Card removal tool from your phone) and poke it into the whole between the USB Port and the Power LED in the right of the Notebook 4. The notebook should start and give you a small menu 5. Select "Setup Bios" 6. Select "Configuration" by pressing the right arrow key 7. Select "Slow slew rate for ia domain" (arrow down) and press enter 8. Select "fast/8" and press enter 9. Press the F10 key to reboot When you boot into windows now, the sound should be good. I can't really tell what other implication those settings have (maybe the systems gets unstable, or a little less power efficient), but it worked for us. Greets Berni
Anytime you open up your laptop, you always have to disconnect the battery and discharge it( hold the power button for couple of seconds) to make sure you don’t short circuit anything!
Crazy. Mine was getting into the 90s also. I repasted mine a few minutes ago and my laptop feels like a new machine. Thanks for the tip! Getting full load temps barely above 70 now. Great video. All the best!
@@luisrodriguez5586 i repasted it not long after I got it because it was getting pretty toasty. It helped immensely, but sadly didn't last all that long and the temps rose again. What ultimately ended up getting temps in check was undervolting the cpu. There are some great tutorials on here to help with that.
I have a two year old Asus laptop with a gtx 960m and an i7-6700HQ, and after so much time the computer used to get really hot (like 65°C iddle), don't even get me started on the thermal throttle. After opening up my laptop, cleaning the fans, repasting and undervolting the laptop, I've managed to get around 38-40°C iddle and never get past of 85°C while gaming. If you have a laptop for more than 1 year, I think it's pretty much a must to clean the fans and repaste.
Thermal Grizzly Cryonaut is not recomended for laptops cause they tend to get high temperatures and TGC is made for temps under 80C , a temp that is preety normal in most gaming laptops. I actualy learned this the hard way back when i was thinking TGC is good for laptops ... its not !!! After 80C TGC will dryout , and most gaming laptops average from 75C - 90C temps so it will be a disaster after 2-3 months of gaming.
@@HasturrX Honeywell PTM 7950 !!! Its the one used by lenovo on their high end laptops , its like a thermal pad that stays solid on low temps and melts when temps get higher. I highly recomend it , i use it on my lenovo legion 5 and temps are excelent while gaming , i dont see temps past 80c no matter what i play 🙂
2:46 That was hilarious! People that still think that there's a "correct or perfect" way of applying thermal paste surprise me, cause It's been proven to not matter by big channels like GN and LTT (just gotta make sure that you don't apply way too little and that's It). Cheers Jarrod, great video!
Thanks! Haha yeah, I don't mind if it spills out a bit, as long as it's all covered. It's almost like people think the tension from screwing down the components aren't designed such that they have appropriate contact, and that the paste will prevent proper contact and not just slide out lol
Depends on the paste I guess, but that seems to be my experience in the two laptops I've done it with so far, liquid metal would probably tip the balance a bit.
@@JarrodsTech Not necessarily. The heatsinks themselves are your bottlenecks. They just don't offer more surface area to disperse more heat in the air, so no matter how fast heat goes from the dies to the cooler, you won't get more heat dissipated through the fin array. In essence, the dies will take marginally longer to reach steady state, but will reach it eventually.
On BF5 I'm getting up to 93c with my new y530 8750 1060... With even slight CPU undervolting there's unacceptable loss of FPS.. Was Jarrod's temp improvement actually worth me changing the paste?
I never repaste or clean mine since i bought it brand new and i just did it. I feel very happy about being able to do it myself. I used Artic mx-4 and the temperature are better
Think the i5-8300h is notorious for overheating, my younger brother's asus laptop with the same cpu, was hitting 95C+ stock fortnite extra low quality settings, took it to service 3 times with no luck - they replaced the heatsinks and repasted but to no avail. i took it into my own hands and had to undervolt and repaste the cpu and gpu to bring it down to about 85C, kyronaut with intel xtu and no more thermal throttling while gaming. He wasn't able to run fortnite even at HD low settings with a stutter before but now it's smooth with no issues. Although opening another app alongside fortnite still bumps the cpu up to hit 94C again for some reason?
Btw, this reminds me of my sisters Samsung Laptop (1st Generation i7). The CPU would normally run at 85°C and ~2.0GHz but when i removed the dust and repleced the thermal past (MX2) the temperature dropped to 65°C and the CPU clocked up to 2.8GHz under load :D
I have the same exact configuration and I got it in the us straight from lenovo, got mine on sale for 800 before state taxes, pretty good deal would say since the, comparable models of the same laptop with 1050 were going around the same. Except mine only came with a 8gb stick. Thanks for doing this Jarrod. *edit* Definitely re pasting my Y530 and under vol ting this little machine thermal throttles, but its such a great little machine for engineering student. Doesn't look flashy, I font stand out much in classes its lovely, definitely a laptop you can carry around a student.
Ah cool, thanks for confirming that it can be bought there, yeah I got mine through the Lenovo website too, so maybe that's just the only option for this configuration. Good to hear it's going well!
Very much appreciated! Was holding off repasting until I can get some news from you! Resorted to undervolting and I was seeing 6-10°C difference. Now I’m going to go ahead repasting my i7. Will post my updates here soon!
Hi! Did u go through with the repaste? If yes, what paste did u use and was there a change in thermals? I live in hot environment which makes my thermals still high even max fans and undervolting, so any help would be appreciated :).
@@AhmadMido1000 sorry took so long, totally forgot to update here! I've used MX-4, and the difference was minimal. Think it only dropped like 2-3°C max on load, and by load I mean hours of Cities Skylines with almost 200k population. Regardless, I had to get a regular cooler (not the slim type) and that helped a further 4°C drop at least in my hot environment (average ambient temperature of 35°C here) and I also occasionally undervolt my CPU if it gets too hot for too long. A 2-hour CS game still goes above 95°C here, and 90°C in air conditioned room. I'm now considering Conductonaut, which lead me to reviews and back to this video! I'm even considering modding external copper pipes in contact with the rear fins leading to a copper plate with liquid cooler...but that'll just be a hobby project when I have the time for it.
@@Brickzie Thanks for the update! The laptop started throttling when loaded for long periods of time, so I repasted it. The temps dropped around 5-7 degrees when fully loaded but at low loads like browsing, reading pdfs, etc. The temps are almost the same. Thought I would share this if it helps anyone.
I did this for my like a month ago, man was I scared since it was my first time glad I didn't screw up. Results while gaming: Old New GPU: 78C GPU 69C CPU: 85C CPU 75C Specs CPU: i7-8750h GPU: Gtx 1050 ti Ram: 16 gbs corsair SSD: Samsung Pro M.2 512GB SSD: Samsung Evo 1Tb
Best thing to do on laptops with Intel CPUs is to download ThrottleStop and disable Turbo. After that, along with a repaste, and undervolting an i5-7300Hq with -0.106 mV, from 85-90 degrees i was going down to 60-65...very rare to max. 70 degrees, and my in game performance was the same due to the fact that at high temps cpu is throttling and is doing bad than stock cpu.
Although this might be specific to this Lenovo model, if I understood correctly there seems to be virtually no difference between the undervolted and the repasted temperatures and performance. It seems like the laptop already reaches most of its full potential with undervolting, and that repasting doesn't really improve that. So undervolting seems like the best procedure that is also the least invasive and won't void your warranty if you buy your laptop from a particularly pesky shop (online or brick+mortar). Plus, even though repasting is a relatively straightforward procedure, not all laptops are easy to open up and there is a chance a user might mess things up.
Yes that's right, in my case I could still achieve full performance just by undervolting, though the paste change further helped lower temperatures. I always suggest undervolting/cooling pad as a first step, changing the paste is definitely not for everyone, sometimes it may not even change things (as I found when I did it with my Aero 15x in another video).
otra opción para mantener las temperaturas por debajo de 60 y mantenerla silenciosa hay que desactivar el turbo bost, hay un archivo de registro en internet que activa esta opción en las configuraciones avanzadas de energía, trabaja muy bien este ordenador sin turbo, solo activarlo cuando requiera la máxima potencia, excelente video
@@danpolyukhovich5291 Well that's nice to see... I want to do the liquid metal, but i'm kinda a bit mobile person so i wouldn't do that... Instead i would try kryonaut and hope that would get me better result than mx-4... And yeah that kind of cooling system are too simple, yet it's decent enough to pull off a desktop alike performance cpu & gpu... And now the 2019 model seems getting better, while the 2019 nitro model get 1 more side grill for excessing the heat... Can't wait to see those new devices cooling solution performance... My hunch that it would be better, but let's wait for a reviewer to test on it...
not more not less, but you definitely should've used a spatula spread it out evenly lol. as those are fully exposed die. and should've tried LM and both the idle and on load numbers would've been significantly lower. not as much as TG advertises but still. and that would be a much more interesting thing to see!
I guess it just goes to show you really can't please everyone 😅 I used the spatula thing when I used the same paste on my Aero 15x and people said not to as well. In the end I really don't think it matters, as long as the thing is covered in paste it'll be fine.
@@JarrodsTech i 'd not tell you to use that if it was a desktop cpu bruh.. and its never about pleasing anyone. just doing it properly lol. but i still want you to do LM application next time!
I have the same spec as yours except its 144hz, I gottta admit its a bit warm at stock settings but UV -0.150 makes a world of a difference and also if I place it in an area with good airflow that also reduces the temp to 3-4 degrees. It gets around 76-80 degrees while playing witcher 3 at max settings capping to 60fps. More windows optimized games like Forza Horizon 4 runs at 70 degrees at max graphics capped at 30fps.
@MUEED ANIM did you face any kind of frame drop after undervolting...i did UV my device & got almost 8-10 fps less from regular,then i got back to stock settings.
@@taufiqulislam1464 when you play for a long period, you'll have dropped fps if you don't undervolt as your cpu gets heated up. So for that stability of your fps, undervolting is recommended.
Is kryonaut good for laptops? bc I red that after some time it will not be and you wil be repasting it after like a month and that hydronaut is better for gaming laptops
Do you think you added too much paste? I want to repaste my helios due to the cpu still reaching 89 Celsius. Have any tips on how much and how I should apply the paste?
My Lenovo Legion y540 with i7 9750h and GTX 1660 ti was struggling from the start with thermal throttle, vent below 0.7mhz and back to 3.8mhz Being dumb I thought it was software related, bios and all that. but today I opened it up and it had so much thermal paste... ! twice the amount that it had on this video, it was almost on the entire chip, repasted and now it's fine still hot but not too hot. Didn't test temps before and after
Re: Lenovo Y540 crackling sound 08-25-2019 09:51 AM - edited 08-25-2019 09:52 AM For those of you who have found a connection between the audio crackling and your wifi card, this is a great solution: Right click on wifi icon (right bottom of task bar) and choose Open Network & Internet Settings. Now you are at Network Connections window, Status tab (win10), click on Change Adapter Options Right click on your enabled network adapter (Wi-Fi) and click on Properties Now you are at Wi-Fi Properties window, click on Configure button. Click on Advanced tab, You will see properties in a multilist window, choose Transmit Power. There will be a setting of selected property in the right side, choose the 4- Mid-High or 3- Mid option (I use 4, and default was 5-Highest) Credit to pseudofate who posted this solution for the Y520 model - it worked like a charm on my new Y540. Hope this helps, Blue x
So I got myself a Y540 with the i5-9300H. When undervolted and stressed (-100mV) with AIDA or Cinebench, the Core1 and 2 ALWAYS trigger the thermal throttling at 94°C (sometimes 95°C). The other cores meanwhile sit at around 81°C to 87° C. My guess is that the original paste hasn't been spread very well. As soon as my new SSD arrives I'll tka a shot with repasting. Thanks a lot for this vid!
@@JarrodsTech so, the new SSD has been installed and the cores have new paste on them. Result: (with -125mV undervolting) the core max temp went down by 8°C while the package temp went down by a whopping 10°C. The fans won't even max out. No throttling whatsoever!
Don't know if you'll see this, but I have a Y530 too, a 1060 with a i7-8750H processor, I have undervolting it to -0.140 but it makes completely no difference in temps. Is that normal?
You madman, you didn't disconnect the battery.. I've once shorted a laptop's gpu while I was fixing an issue with the heat sink and, guess what, I had to buy a whole new computer for that guy (About a 1199€ loss but at least got some of that money back by selling parts of the "Old" Laptop)... Still great video. Keep them coming!
Um, When I put back the screw, I place them far across the first hole. What I mean is you need doing it like this 👇✔ 1 4 3 2 Instead putting order of screwing like this one👇( 2:56 ) 1 3 2 4 Same methode for placing the velg/rims on your car :D (also, pls remove the battery first, for the safety...) cheers!
The stock paste looks so good, no wonder the difference before and after repasting is small. Mine has really bad stock paste, 15-20C drop in CPU temp after repaste
@@JarrodsTech How's the fan noise? Y530 seems not to speed up the fans until the CPU get hot. Also, can you do some thermal testing by lifting up the back a bit (or use cooling pad)? FYI I apply a straight line on the CPU (slightly closer to core 0 and 2 due to potential low mounting pressure of the tripod heatsink) and cross on GPU when repasting. Works quite well.
Cool, yeah it's available with i7 here too but I bought the i5 one because it cost less money and I was only getting it for the review so no need for the best 😁
Think I won the silicon lottery with my new G7 17 8750. Temps really weren't that bad to begin with. Saw a couple of cores hit 100c on 15 minute stress test, but a simple .125 undervolt brought those 2 belligerent ones down to 89c max. However, with that said, I do have a tube of Grizzly Kryo that I bought, so hey, hate to see it go to waste!
I have a msi laptop that I’ve had for 2 years now it’s got a i7 7700 and doing a repaste and a cleaning of dust it went from 88-95 degrees to 73-80 degrees Celsius
My Y530 has been a nightmare to be honest. The unit was unused and brand new, and after 26 recharging cycles the battery died. After that, certain demanding games such as Overwatch, Dark Souls 3 and Witcher 3 would shut the laptop off completely without even a BSOD. It was shutting down because the temperatures were rising too high. Undervolting helped somewhat, it prevented Overwatch from a forced shutdown, but not the other games. I repasted it but it didn't change anything. Was fed up with the bs, so I sent it back to Lenovo. Let's see what happens when I get it back.
Bro, I have a question, I just got this laptop for a very good offer of lenovo Mexico, the thing is that the only "issue" with the laptop is the HDD, it is a 2TB 5200 which really affect the performance of the core i7 and 16gb of RAM, do you think worth to lose warranty replacing the drive for a SSD or a M.2? because I called them and seems that once the laptop is oppened warranty is not valid :(
Not rly, if you're not sure enough, you can cover all the little chips around the gpu chip with colourless nail polish just in case, and then you apply the liquid metal on both surfaces (gpu first then cooler)... U need like one 1.5 mm drop of l.m. to cover both ... And the results are awesome... 10°c + drops in temps ... Dependent on the oc :)... I repasted with L.M. so far 3 gaming laptops... Temps are great and they're running perfectly over 2 yrs now...
@@JarrodsTech highly recommend it :) I'm planning to repaste y520 with 7300hq and 1050ti... Will do these tests( Old Paste) 1.OP stock 2.OP overclocked 3.OP undervolt And then the same on liquid metal. Will test with unigine valley and firestrike... When it's done, I'll post it here ;)
We've got the i7 one here too, I just cheaped out and bought the i5 for my review 😁 based on what I'm seeing here yeah not too surprised the extra two cores throttle too 😛
Cool. Thanks for the info! I have the Y530 with i7-8750 + 1050Ti combo and after gaming on AC Unity for about 2-3 hours I got about 100 degrees Celsius on my CPU. Would be interesting to try repasting and undervolting it to see if the condition improves. On a side note, what is the temperature when you did this testing? My environment is about 30 degrees room temp so that might also be the reason it heats up relatively fast.
You should undervolt your cpu, I'm playing ac unity and my temp ranges from 72-84 degrees. Also make sure your laptop is placed in a well ventilated area with good air flow. My room temp is 27 degrees
A week ago I repasted my ROG G501. Honestly, it didn't make much of a difference to throttling and temperatures, but at least I don't have hardened cement on my CPU anymore.
Yeah it seems to vary, when I did it with my Aero 15x I saw no difference, so not sure if the paste they already used was good, or if the metal heatpipes just aren't enough to dissipate the heat. I suspect that's it, as many people who have tried liquid metal didn't see much change either, so probably not an issue with the interface material being the limitation.
@@JarrodsTech I wanna think my fans aren't pushing the required volume of air. The spots on my laptop above the heat fins are very hot. Greater air flow should result in lower fin temperatures. This is very important because the greater the difference between the hottest point and the coldest point in a system determines the rate of heat transfer. So if I can somehow increase my air flow, I'd increase the rate of heat removal from the fins, reduce their temperatures, increase the temperature gap between fins and CPU. This in turn should increase the driving force for the heat transfer from CPU to fins. So odd question; can fans be over locked? 🤣
Hey Jarrod, which laptop will be best for the following software- Catia,solidworks and nx CAD To run these smoothly. And also any budget friendly alternative? And congrats for 70k in advance!
Thanks! Yeah I think anything with an i7 would be your best bet, depending on the application the GPU would probably also be important, so comes down to getting something with a good CPU/GPU combination, otherwise I'm not really aware what else would be good for those software suites. Personally I really like the Aero 15 range as they are good for a wide range of different tasks, and unlike most gaming laptops you still get other features that they are missing (though they do run hot under consistent load, but I have videos on that). Otherwise for something cheaper with an i7 maybe something like a Lenovo Y530/Dell G5/Acer Helios 300 🤔
Tried to open my y540 took out all the screws except one screw. It got stripped so badly I couldn't do anything so I closed it back up now my temps are awful and I'm afraid of using my laptop because it throttles so badly...
Are u able to do a full review on the new Lenovo Legion Y540? I am thinking of purchasing this laptop as my current laptop has been slowing down and I want to buy a "bang for the buck" laptop?
Have you ever used or tested Lenovo IdeaPad 330? Do you, prehaps know how it compares to Lenovo Y530 given both are configured with i5 and GTX 1050. Is there a significant difference in build quality or thermal design that would juistify Legion being more expensive?
It's on the to-do list, but so low priority I'll probably never get to it as I get sent too many laptops which I have to prioritize because I only get to borrow them for a couple of weeks before sending back. The Y540 is basically the same as the Y530 in terms of the chassis, so the process would be basically the same.
Thanks! It may help a little further, however I admit I do not currently have any experience with it and haven't tried it myself, maybe I could do it in the future though.
Thank you sir , this video was really helpful. I have a question, i just want to clean my laptop's fan and air vents as there is a lot of dust stuck in them and my laptop gets extremely hot . Do i need to remove battery before removing fans because in a video i watched , the guy said it is safer to first remove batter and then remove fans
You undervolted it in BIOS or did you use a third party software utility? I've been to BIOS and I can't seem to find any settings regarding CPU other than description.
I didn't test gaming before or after, probably should have, but I wanted to use the worst case stress test as it applies the same load and can be more easily compared. As I don't have recent data prior to changing the paste I don't think it would help even if I tested that now.
Jarrod, I follow your videos since ages ago... sorry for this noob (and late) question - but can you do a video on undervolting? Please and thank you. Or if its too much work, can you please write here basic instructions? Im not a beginner pc user, but... Never did these things - re pasting, undervolting etc...
I have been only gaming on this thing but both cpu and gpu have never gotten above 80c which is amazing if you ask me.Though gpu usage is kinda acting weird and I am not getting the fps I should get sometimes.I have the i5 1060 model with a 144hz screen.Great content Jarrod you should continue with it !
@@JarrodsTechhi Jarod, I'm new to disassembling and I want to know if you use any anti static gloves or mats? Do I need it because I want to replace my thermal paste. Also is a lens wipe good enough to remove the paste?
Hey, Is razer’s quality control good now? And I’ve seen people complaining about aero 15x ‘s software that it’s bad? How true is that? And do you know anything about surface book 3 when it might launch?
I don't really know, I've never had any problems with the Razer machines I've had, but I am a sample size of one and I only use them for a couple of weeks before sending them back and not long term. The software isn't great, just looks outdated, the new version is a bit nicer though. I don't have contact with Microsoft at the moment so I don't have any news or updates with new products.
Thanks for the video. So I applied thermal paste to the cpu and gpu as shown in the video, but how to undervold. I did not update the BIOS. I do not hear any significatnt fan noise on ideal any more with the new past by the way ! Thanks
I haven't compared them, I used to use MX4 for CPU testing then bought some Kryonaut for my Aero 15x so used it again here. The MX4 apparently has 8.5w/mK while Kryonaut has 12.5w/mK, so in theory has better thermal conductivity.
Jarod sir... Sorry to revisit too far back but uhhh, I just ordered HTK 002-U1 Thermal Paste from Cooler Master... Do you have any experience with it? Anyone maybe? Is it good?
You’re looking for complete contact between the heat pipes and the dies, so when everything’s all said and done the screws should be tightened as much as possible without stripping them. That said, you also don’t want the heat pipes to be moving around too much when you’re putting the screws in so, like Jarrod does in the video, tighten the screws enough at first so that there isn’t too much movement.
Yeah basically that. The screws/heatpipes etc should be designed such that by the time the screws are fully tightened there should be adequate pressure between the dies and metal.
Hey Jarrod, 3 day's ago i got the thermal paste the same one you are using, cause my temps were always reaching 98 degrees. So i repasted my lenovo legion y530 (specs i5 and gtx 1050ti) and did some undervolting of -0.160 temps were now max 95 degrees celcius, i was curious why the temps were so high maybe the thermal pads were to thick or the thermal paste (grizzly kryonout or how you spell it) was to thin , so i repasted my laptop for the second time, still no luck same temps max 95... Did some research and found a video from bob of all trades ( the Evo laptop review where he propped the laptop) so i decided to do the same, i didn't have a prop so i decided to levitate the laptop, just like it would be on the prop temps were now under 90 degrees using aida 64 stress test... I can't say that i'm happy but at least i can still do some gaming . Planning on buying the propped. Keep in mind that i live in South America, temps here are 30 degrees... So my room temperature is very high. I will do some testing in a ac room. Maybe the prop will help you get better temps.
Thanks for sharing your results, yeah raising it up should definitely help, and your warmer ambient room temperature would also make it a bit more challenging to cool.
Hi Jarrod. I have the exactly same model as you. Y540, i5-8300h, 16Gb, gpu, ssd, and hdd any how my main question. 1) I am strugling with my cpu's thermal. It's alway having one of the either cores hitting 93*C and thermal throttle. Sometimes all 4 at 89*C 2) At battery icon, power option. (idle condition, cpu at 43*C) Best Battery Life > core1-4 at ( range 0.7Ghz - 2.1Ghz ) max 65*C Better Performance > core1-4 at ( range 0.7Ghz - 2.25Ghz) max 65*C here is the problem. if I select Best performance > core 1-4 stays 3.95Ghz all the time (idle and gaming). If I do gaming it easily hit 95*C Is your laptop having the same problem? And its fan is noisy, sound like turbine engine pushing Airbus A330 to take off.
Nope, seems to affect anyone I've heard from who has the Y530, I guess trying to keep it as cool as possible may help reduce the fan needing to ramp up suddenly though.
In my model has faulty fan. It occur that in my small city there are 6 people who has the same problem with this laptop. You should go to replace it. The problem it that te fan got loosen on the pivot and spin at unnatural angle and kick in fan cover.
Hey I hope you reply me I have y530 And I change the thermal paste to cooler master My cpu temp is changing randomly between 60 and 94 And sometimes reaches 99c for a moment What should i do in this case ? I tried to undervolte with throttlestop But it causes a fps drop
Thanks for the video. So i followed instructions and put new thermal paste. However i always see fan noise, by just opening one tab of youtube under chrome. The bottom of the laptop is also also hot to the touch on ideal. Don't knw what is going on. Should I undervold cpu and gpu ? What could be th reason for a hot cpu and gpu at ideal conditoins ? Laptop is well ventilated sitting on the computer desk by the way. Thanks in advancce !
Definitely worth trying to undervolt, maybe use a stand or cooling pad, a simple stand can help a lot as I show here: ua-cam.com/video/tXvKiy65pwg/v-deo.html
Hi Jarrod. I am able to confirm that the Legion Y530 does come stocked with a GTX 1060 here in the US. Having said that, I don't like Lenovo anyway lol.
@@adityapatwardhan72 www.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/legion-laptops/legion-y-series/Lenovo-Legion-Y530-15ICH/p/88GMY501020#tab-customize You will find a variety of models. Keep clicking next and you'll find the last two models have a GTX 1060.
What to do if undervolting + Themal paste is not working? Any other settings in Intel Extreme Utility? Temp from CPU is always around 90 -94. GPU undervolting worked fine though
Not really, at that point all you can really do is try to lower the room temp or using a cooling pad if you can't push the undervolt further. Make sure you're undervolting both core and cache for CPU. Oh and undervolting GPU can help if the GPU is in use too as they share heatpipes.
@@JarrodsTech thank you. Too bad I didnt know too much about Notebooks when I bought it last year. I remember how the advertised the great heat pipes for nice cooldown. Gg lenovo
So you have an optane module in the M.2 slot, which I assume means the 2.5" drive bay is in use with your operating system drive? You would either need to replace the 2.5" HDD with the SSD, not sure how that would go with Optane, I heard recently it can be used to accelerate SSDs too but don't know the details. Otherwise you could remove optane, and install a 256gb M.2 SSD in the single slot.
Nope, it was an easy process. I just opened the Lenovo Vantage software which lets me perform updates and did it through there, as it told me there was newer BIOS available.
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you maybe should disconected the battery first? just for safety :D great video !!!!
Yes probably, I thought about it when I was doing it but got lazy, I was meant to at least mention it in the video but forgot.
Since when laptop's battery can kill? Safety my ass
@@noproblem3500 it won't kill you but it can kill your laptop if you're not careful
@@noproblem3500 if you drop a screw to your laptop it can kill your laptop.
@@fallenknight2580 yeah one time a screw fell in the back of my motherboard on my desktop and it shorted my motherboard lol I took it out and thankfully it started working again
Repasted mine using kyronaut
I got 7700hq with -160mV before repasting the temp was hovering between 70-85
After done repasting, its stable around 65-70 while gaming
Nice one!
Woah, now after 2 years. How it is working?
@@eduardo_carvajal i need to repaste it since now its constantly on 77-78c but i got my tools back in my dorm so yea i cant do it atm
Oh yea am using liquid metal, not long after that post i tried lt-100 liquid metal
Did you also change the thermal pads? Im planning on upgrading my unit's storage and ram as well as repaste it but im not sure if I should reuse the pads or buy new ones. Also hard to find any references or links on what mm of pads to buy.
@@pspspspspspspspspspspspspspsps just repasted my liquid metal a while ago and no
If your thermal pads isnt sticky anymore (dusty) then yes
Mine is still good
The bios update on the 730 lowered the wattage that the CPU could pull 👍
According to the community the 530 has yet to receive this update. And that was almost a year agony
Explains why there was basically no difference between the one that came with it and the "latest" version, I guess I can revisit if it ever comes to the 530 😛
It has 45W PL1 while GPU is under load and 60W PL1 when GPU is not under load
RIP me I just bought a Y530.
yea, lower the wattage, and you get power limit, and you get less performance from CPU , not a good idea Lenovo ...
What they did with lower wattage is like an underclock ...
@@soumyadeepbhunia172 10-13-2019 02:16 AM
Hi guys,
I ordered a Y540 for my cousin and he was really disappointed, because of the audio issue.
I did some investigation and those sneaky lenovo engineers already created a fix, but hid it very good.
The problem mainly seems to be, that the CPU voltages ramp up and down very fast for power saving, leading to a crackling noise at every transition. That also explains, why the sound is fine when gaming, as the CPU is always running at full load.
The fix Lenovo implemented was simply to make those voltage transitions slower and therfore reduce/remove the crackling sound.
Here are the steps I did to fix issue on my cusins Y540:
1. Download an install the latest BIOS from Lenovo's site (BHCN32WW)
-> This will take through a reboot and all, just let it sit and don't touch your notebook while updating
2. Shut down your PC
3. Use a small pin (for example a SIM-Card removal tool from your phone) and poke it into the whole between the USB Port and the Power LED in the right of the Notebook
4. The notebook should start and give you a small menu
5. Select "Setup Bios"
6. Select "Configuration" by pressing the right arrow key
7. Select "Slow slew rate for ia domain" (arrow down) and press enter
8. Select "fast/8" and press enter
9. Press the F10 key to reboot
When you boot into windows now, the sound should be good.
I can't really tell what other implication those settings have (maybe the systems gets unstable, or a little less power efficient), but it worked for us.
Greets
Berni
I've read a lot on this, people seem to get similar results to yours with that paste, but a lot better results with Arctic MX-4
Anytime you open up your laptop, you always have to disconnect the battery and discharge it( hold the power button for couple of seconds) to make sure you don’t short circuit anything!
no
Well you don't HAVE to but you should
Crazy. Mine was getting into the 90s also. I repasted mine a few minutes ago and my laptop feels like a new machine. Thanks for the tip! Getting full load temps barely above 70 now. Great video. All the best!
Nice improvements!
Are you using the Lenovo Y530 ? And which thermal paste did you use ?
@@HardeepSingh-yn6yn arctic m4 paste and yes on the y530
Mitch Barron how much time did u had the laptop before repasting it?
@@luisrodriguez5586 i repasted it not long after I got it because it was getting pretty toasty. It helped immensely, but sadly didn't last all that long and the temps rose again. What ultimately ended up getting temps in check was undervolting the cpu. There are some great tutorials on here to help with that.
I have a two year old Asus laptop with a gtx 960m and an i7-6700HQ, and after so much time the computer used to get really hot (like 65°C iddle), don't even get me started on the thermal throttle. After opening up my laptop, cleaning the fans, repasting and undervolting the laptop, I've managed to get around 38-40°C iddle and never get past of 85°C while gaming.
If you have a laptop for more than 1 year, I think it's pretty much a must to clean the fans and repaste.
Nice!
We need to puch Lenovo to release a bios update which fixes the heat and the noisy fan issue or at least bring us a way to control fan speed!
That would be good, wonder if the new models even have it..
Fn + Q for max fan speed
Thermal Grizzly Cryonaut is not recomended for laptops cause they tend to get high temperatures and TGC is made for temps under 80C , a temp that is preety normal in most gaming laptops. I actualy learned this the hard way back when i was thinking TGC is good for laptops ... its not !!! After 80C TGC will dryout , and most gaming laptops average from 75C - 90C temps so it will be a disaster after 2-3 months of gaming.
Hi sir, i want to do this exact repaste with the exact same laptop cause is the only one i have right now. What Paste Brand could you recommend me?
@@HasturrX Honeywell PTM 7950 !!! Its the one used by lenovo on their high end laptops , its like a thermal pad that stays solid on low temps and melts when temps get higher. I highly recomend it , i use it on my lenovo legion 5 and temps are excelent while gaming , i dont see temps past 80c no matter what i play 🙂
We need a video like that in 2021-2021 for the modern versions of legion series.
2:46 That was hilarious! People that still think that there's a "correct or perfect" way of applying thermal paste surprise me, cause It's been proven to not matter by big channels like GN and LTT (just gotta make sure that you don't apply way too little and that's It).
Cheers Jarrod, great video!
Thanks! Haha yeah, I don't mind if it spills out a bit, as long as it's all covered. It's almost like people think the tension from screwing down the components aren't designed such that they have appropriate contact, and that the paste will prevent proper contact and not just slide out lol
@@JarrodsTech Exactly! And even If It did spill out a bit, If you use Kryonaut or other non conductive pastes, you should be fine anyways I think
Conclusion: undervolting keeps CPU cooler than repasting
Depends on the paste I guess, but that seems to be my experience in the two laptops I've done it with so far, liquid metal would probably tip the balance a bit.
@@JarrodsTech please do a 8750 vs 9750 thermal battle
I'm just waiting to get a couple of laptops that are the same with those CPUs 👍
@@JarrodsTech Not necessarily. The heatsinks themselves are your bottlenecks. They just don't offer more surface area to disperse more heat in the air, so no matter how fast heat goes from the dies to the cooler, you won't get more heat dissipated through the fin array. In essence, the dies will take marginally longer to reach steady state, but will reach it eventually.
On BF5 I'm getting up to 93c with my new y530 8750 1060...
With even slight CPU undervolting there's unacceptable loss of FPS..
Was Jarrod's temp improvement actually worth me changing the paste?
I never repaste or clean mine since i bought it brand new and i just did it. I feel very happy about being able to do it myself. I used Artic mx-4 and the temperature are better
Think the i5-8300h is notorious for overheating, my younger brother's asus laptop with the same cpu, was hitting 95C+ stock fortnite extra low quality settings, took it to service 3 times with no luck - they replaced the heatsinks and repasted but to no avail. i took it into my own hands and had to undervolt and repaste the cpu and gpu to bring it down to about 85C, kyronaut with intel xtu and no more thermal throttling while gaming. He wasn't able to run fortnite even at HD low settings with a stutter before but now it's smooth with no issues. Although opening another app alongside fortnite still bumps the cpu up to hit 94C again for some reason?
Good to hear that improved it!
Btw, this reminds me of my sisters Samsung Laptop (1st Generation i7). The CPU would normally run at 85°C and ~2.0GHz but when i removed the dust and repleced the thermal past (MX2) the temperature dropped to 65°C and the CPU clocked up to 2.8GHz under load :D
That's a pretty good improvement!
I have the same exact configuration and I got it in the us straight from lenovo, got mine on sale for 800 before state taxes, pretty good deal would say since the, comparable models of the same laptop with 1050 were going around the same. Except mine only came with a 8gb stick. Thanks for doing this Jarrod.
*edit* Definitely re pasting my Y530 and under vol ting this little machine thermal throttles, but its such a great little machine for engineering student. Doesn't look flashy, I font stand out much in classes its lovely, definitely a laptop you can carry around a student.
Ah cool, thanks for confirming that it can be bought there, yeah I got mine through the Lenovo website too, so maybe that's just the only option for this configuration. Good to hear it's going well!
Hope you can get your hands on the Y740 soon :) Stock Clevo paste to Kryonaut reduced GPU-temp with 3C and CPU temp with 5C during load.
Me too! I sent them a follow up email today, as the esports event in Sydney finished yesterday hopefully it means I can get one soon.
Very much appreciated! Was holding off repasting until I can get some news from you! Resorted to undervolting and I was seeing 6-10°C difference. Now I’m going to go ahead repasting my i7. Will post my updates here soon!
Cheers! Yeah definitely let us know how it goes for you 👍
Hi!
Did u go through with the repaste? If yes, what paste did u use and was there a change in thermals? I live in hot environment which makes my thermals still high even max fans and undervolting, so any help would be appreciated :).
@@AhmadMido1000 sorry took so long, totally forgot to update here!
I've used MX-4, and the difference was minimal. Think it only dropped like 2-3°C max on load, and by load I mean hours of Cities Skylines with almost 200k population. Regardless, I had to get a regular cooler (not the slim type) and that helped a further 4°C drop at least in my hot environment (average ambient temperature of 35°C here) and I also occasionally undervolt my CPU if it gets too hot for too long. A 2-hour CS game still goes above 95°C here, and 90°C in air conditioned room. I'm now considering Conductonaut, which lead me to reviews and back to this video!
I'm even considering modding external copper pipes in contact with the rear fins leading to a copper plate with liquid cooler...but that'll just be a hobby project when I have the time for it.
@@Brickzie Thanks for the update!
The laptop started throttling when loaded for long periods of time, so I repasted it. The temps dropped around 5-7 degrees when fully loaded but at low loads like browsing, reading pdfs, etc. The temps are almost the same. Thought I would share this if it helps anyone.
I did this for my like a month ago, man was I scared since it was my first time glad I didn't screw up.
Results while gaming:
Old New
GPU: 78C GPU 69C
CPU: 85C CPU 75C
Specs
CPU: i7-8750h
GPU: Gtx 1050 ti
Ram: 16 gbs corsair
SSD: Samsung Pro M.2 512GB
SSD: Samsung Evo 1Tb
Nice improvements!
It was Arctic mx-4 and here the company website if you what to check it out. www.arctic.ac/us_en/mx-4.html
Finally, been waiting for months!
It's finally here!
You finally did the repaste video. Awesome job!
Took long enough hey 😅 cheers!
Best thing to do on laptops with Intel CPUs is to download ThrottleStop and disable Turbo. After that, along with a repaste, and undervolting an i5-7300Hq with -0.106 mV, from 85-90 degrees i was going down to 60-65...very rare to max. 70 degrees, and my in game performance was the same due to the fact that at high temps cpu is throttling and is doing bad than stock cpu.
Turning off turbo kills fps
Thank you so much for this .. 💙💙💙
No problem! Sorry it took so long.
❤💙💚💛🧡💜
*Colorful of hearts*
great vid. wish i had old data for my xps 9343. repaste and 0.9 UV has made it a great daily driver almost 4 years later.
Thanks! Good to hear it's going well 👍
Although this might be specific to this Lenovo model, if I understood correctly there seems to be virtually no difference between the undervolted and the repasted temperatures and performance. It seems like the laptop already reaches most of its full potential with undervolting, and that repasting doesn't really improve that. So undervolting seems like the best procedure that is also the least invasive and won't void your warranty if you buy your laptop from a particularly pesky shop (online or brick+mortar). Plus, even though repasting is a relatively straightforward procedure, not all laptops are easy to open up and there is a chance a user might mess things up.
Yes that's right, in my case I could still achieve full performance just by undervolting, though the paste change further helped lower temperatures. I always suggest undervolting/cooling pad as a first step, changing the paste is definitely not for everyone, sometimes it may not even change things (as I found when I did it with my Aero 15x in another video).
otra opción para mantener las temperaturas por debajo de 60 y mantenerla silenciosa hay que desactivar el turbo bost, hay un archivo de registro en internet que activa esta opción en las configuraciones avanzadas de energía, trabaja muy bien este ordenador sin turbo, solo activarlo cuando requiera la máxima potencia, excelente video
Yeah you could, personally I prefer the extra performance and just deal with the heat 😁 I'm not as paranoid about it as others though.
Got around 12 degree from 96 to 84 by using mx4 in Helios 300 G3-571...
Well it's an old model but still do the job...
I will try kryonaut later.
Nice! 👍
I had the exact same model, with liquid metal + undervolting cpu+gpu I got it to gpu temp
@@danpolyukhovich5291
Well that's nice to see...
I want to do the liquid metal, but i'm kinda a bit mobile person so i wouldn't do that...
Instead i would try kryonaut and hope that would get me better result than mx-4...
And yeah that kind of cooling system are too simple, yet it's decent enough to pull off a desktop alike performance cpu & gpu...
And now the 2019 model seems getting better, while the 2019 nitro model get 1 more side grill for excessing the heat...
Can't wait to see those new devices cooling solution performance...
My hunch that it would be better, but let's wait for a reviewer to test on it...
@@JarrodsTech
Thanks for the 👍
Hey Jarrod, is the paste still holding up or it has dried up, are the temperatures same? I want to know Kryonaut review after one year.
not more not less, but you definitely should've used a spatula spread it out evenly lol. as those are fully exposed die. and should've tried LM and both the idle and on load numbers would've been significantly lower. not as much as TG advertises but still. and that would be a much more interesting thing to see!
I guess it just goes to show you really can't please everyone 😅 I used the spatula thing when I used the same paste on my Aero 15x and people said not to as well. In the end I really don't think it matters, as long as the thing is covered in paste it'll be fine.
@@JarrodsTech i 'd not tell you to use that if it was a desktop cpu bruh.. and its never about pleasing anyone. just doing it properly lol. but i still want you to do LM application next time!
I have the same spec as yours except its 144hz, I gottta admit its a bit warm at stock settings but UV -0.150 makes a world of a difference and also if I place it in an area with good airflow that also reduces the temp to 3-4 degrees. It gets around 76-80 degrees while playing witcher 3 at max settings capping to 60fps. More windows optimized games like Forza Horizon 4 runs at 70 degrees at max graphics capped at 30fps.
Sounds pretty good!
@MUEED ANIM did you face any kind of frame drop after undervolting...i did UV my device & got almost 8-10 fps less from regular,then i got back to stock settings.
@@taufiqulislam1464 when you play for a long period, you'll have dropped fps if you don't undervolt as your cpu gets heated up. So for that stability of your fps, undervolting is recommended.
Is kryonaut good for laptops? bc I red that after some time it will not be and you wil be repasting it after like a month and that hydronaut is better for gaming laptops
Do you think you added too much paste? I want to repaste my helios due to the cpu still reaching 89 Celsius. Have any tips on how much and how I should apply the paste?
My Lenovo Legion y540 with i7 9750h and GTX 1660 ti was struggling from the start with thermal throttle, vent below 0.7mhz and back to 3.8mhz Being dumb I thought it was software related, bios and all that. but today I opened it up and it had so much thermal paste... ! twice the amount that it had on this video, it was almost on the entire chip, repasted and now it's fine still hot but not too hot. Didn't test temps before and after
Use spread method. You'll get much better results in temperature and performance.
You've added too much and not enough paste. Me angry
Re: Lenovo Y540 crackling sound
08-25-2019 09:51 AM - edited 08-25-2019 09:52 AM
For those of you who have found a connection between the audio crackling and your wifi card, this is a great solution:
Right click on wifi icon (right bottom of task bar) and choose Open Network & Internet Settings.
Now you are at Network Connections window, Status tab (win10), click on Change Adapter Options
Right click on your enabled network adapter (Wi-Fi) and click on Properties
Now you are at Wi-Fi Properties window, click on Configure button.
Click on Advanced tab,
You will see properties in a multilist window, choose Transmit Power.
There will be a setting of selected property in the right side, choose the 4- Mid-High or 3- Mid option (I use 4, and default was 5-Highest)
Credit to pseudofate who posted this solution for the Y520 model - it worked like a charm on my new Y540.
Hope this helps,
Blue x
@@stevethea5250 Holy shit, this did magic on my Ideapad 330, thanks for the PSA.
@Aaron Corey hmm yes two accounts made on the same day 2 weeks ago
So I got myself a Y540 with the i5-9300H. When undervolted and stressed (-100mV) with AIDA or Cinebench, the Core1 and 2 ALWAYS trigger the thermal throttling at 94°C (sometimes 95°C). The other cores meanwhile sit at around 81°C to 87° C. My guess is that the original paste hasn't been spread very well. As soon as my new SSD arrives I'll tka a shot with repasting. Thanks a lot for this vid!
No problem!
@@JarrodsTech so, the new SSD has been installed and the cores have new paste on them. Result: (with -125mV undervolting) the core max temp went down by 8°C while the package temp went down by a whopping 10°C. The fans won't even max out.
No throttling whatsoever!
@@smiddyP_magic what paste did you use? I'm planning to repaste mine too.
Specs: i7 9750H 1660Ti
@@smiddyP_magic my max undervolt is -150mV
Don't know if you'll see this, but I have a Y530 too, a 1060 with a i7-8750H processor, I have undervolting it to -0.140 but it makes completely no difference in temps. Is that normal?
It just means you're still throttling, but the clock speed should improve so you're getting better performance.
I've the same laptop, can you share your undervolt settings? Suscribed! Thanks!!!
You madman, you didn't disconnect the battery.. I've once shorted a laptop's gpu while I was fixing an issue with the heat sink and, guess what, I had to buy a whole new computer for that guy (About a 1199€ loss but at least got some of that money back by selling parts of the "Old" Laptop)...
Still great video. Keep them coming!
Um, When I put back the screw, I place them far across the first hole.
What I mean is you need doing it like this 👇✔
1 4
3 2
Instead putting order of screwing like this one👇( 2:56 )
1 3
2 4
Same methode for placing the velg/rims on your car :D
(also, pls remove the battery first, for the safety...) cheers!
Yeah probably a better idea, although I only went half way first so eh
The stock paste looks so good, no wonder the difference before and after repasting is small. Mine has really bad stock paste, 15-20C drop in CPU temp after repaste
Yeah didn't look too bad.
@@JarrodsTech How's the fan noise? Y530 seems not to speed up the fans until the CPU get hot.
Also, can you do some thermal testing by lifting up the back a bit (or use cooling pad)?
FYI I apply a straight line on the CPU (slightly closer to core 0 and 2 due to potential low mounting pressure of the tripod heatsink) and cross on GPU when repasting. Works quite well.
In Indonesia we got i7+ and i5+ with this laptop! All models are bundled with 16GB Intel Optane😁
Cool, yeah it's available with i7 here too but I bought the i5 one because it cost less money and I was only getting it for the review so no need for the best 😁
too much paste but it actually doesn't matter ASSUMING your surfaces are flat :P. if they arent flat youre screwed either way but should use lots
Call the thermal paste police 👮♂️🚨
Think I won the silicon lottery with my new G7 17 8750. Temps really weren't that bad to begin with. Saw a couple of cores hit 100c on 15 minute stress test, but a simple .125 undervolt brought those 2 belligerent ones down to 89c max. However, with that said, I do have a tube of Grizzly Kryo that I bought, so hey, hate to see it go to waste!
Nice! I figured it'd be as hot as the G5, I think I have a G7 in the mail though so I'll have some thermal testing with that on the way 😁
I have a msi laptop that I’ve had for 2 years now it’s got a i7 7700 and doing a repaste and a cleaning of dust it went from 88-95 degrees to 73-80 degrees Celsius
Please do a thermal paste change video on msi Gf65 if possible.
Long term review for Kryonaut on laptops? Has it got the 'pump out effect' after a year or so?
My Y530 has been a nightmare to be honest. The unit was unused and brand new, and after 26 recharging cycles the battery died. After that, certain demanding games such as Overwatch, Dark Souls 3 and Witcher 3 would shut the laptop off completely without even a BSOD. It was shutting down because the temperatures were rising too high. Undervolting helped somewhat, it prevented Overwatch from a forced shutdown, but not the other games. I repasted it but it didn't change anything.
Was fed up with the bs, so I sent it back to Lenovo. Let's see what happens when I get it back.
That's rough, I wonder if it was trying to draw more power than the brick could provide and without the battery to fall back to it turned off.
2:44 witch one cpu ?
Bro, I have a question, I just got this laptop for a very good offer of lenovo Mexico, the thing is that the only "issue" with the laptop is the HDD, it is a 2TB 5200 which really affect the performance of the core i7 and 16gb of RAM, do you think worth to lose warranty replacing the drive for a SSD or a M.2? because I called them and seems that once the laptop is oppened warranty is not valid :(
I'd just install an m.2 SSD and install windows to that, regardless of the warranty situation. For me personally a HDD is just unusable.
Would you say that this laptop is a lot easier to disassemble compared to it's competitor gaming laptops? Such as asus gl or msi equivalents
Will you try Liquid Metal? Or is that too much of a Risk?
Not rly, if you're not sure enough, you can cover all the little chips around the gpu chip with colourless nail polish just in case, and then you apply the liquid metal on both surfaces (gpu first then cooler)... U need like one 1.5 mm drop of l.m. to cover both ... And the results are awesome... 10°c + drops in temps ... Dependent on the oc :)... I repasted with L.M. so far 3 gaming laptops... Temps are great and they're running perfectly over 2 yrs now...
I don't personally have any experience with it and I'm not looking to try it at this time, but maybe sometime in the future!
@@JarrodsTech highly recommend it :) I'm planning to repaste y520 with 7300hq and 1050ti... Will do these tests( Old Paste)
1.OP stock
2.OP overclocked
3.OP undervolt
And then the same on liquid metal.
Will test with unigine valley and firestrike...
When it's done, I'll post it here ;)
At least in Europe we have a model with 8750h and a 1060, but it throttles pretty bad even with repaste and undervolt.
We've got the i7 one here too, I just cheaped out and bought the i5 for my review 😁 based on what I'm seeing here yeah not too surprised the extra two cores throttle too 😛
You probably got a lemon heatsink
What's the little exposed die that's above the CPU and GPU? Why didn't you put paste on it instead of the thermal pad
The chipset? I don't think it doesn't get as hot, and already had a thermal pad so I just left it as it was.
My I7 model tends to run hot too, sometimes crashing games (I suppose). I'm gonna try cleaning my fans thoroughly first.
Yeah that's a better first step, also worth looking into undervolting!
Cool. Thanks for the info! I have the Y530 with i7-8750 + 1050Ti combo and after gaming on AC Unity for about 2-3 hours I got about 100 degrees Celsius on my CPU. Would be interesting to try repasting and undervolting it to see if the condition improves. On a side note, what is the temperature when you did this testing? My environment is about 30 degrees room temp so that might also be the reason it heats up relatively fast.
You should undervolt your cpu, I'm playing ac unity and my temp ranges from 72-84 degrees. Also make sure your laptop is placed in a well ventilated area with good air flow. My room temp is 27 degrees
The room temperature was 21c, I mentioned it somewhere in the video I think, somewhat cool for where I live. Let us know how it goes if you do it!
@@animation.anim1 how much did you undervolt the i7-8750H? Please help
@@josephinemontemayor4970 -0.150
A week ago I repasted my ROG G501. Honestly, it didn't make much of a difference to throttling and temperatures, but at least I don't have hardened cement on my CPU anymore.
Yeah it seems to vary, when I did it with my Aero 15x I saw no difference, so not sure if the paste they already used was good, or if the metal heatpipes just aren't enough to dissipate the heat. I suspect that's it, as many people who have tried liquid metal didn't see much change either, so probably not an issue with the interface material being the limitation.
@@JarrodsTech And no frequence(cpu) improvement after repasted Aéro 15x?
@@JarrodsTech I wanna think my fans aren't pushing the required volume of air. The spots on my laptop above the heat fins are very hot. Greater air flow should result in lower fin temperatures. This is very important because the greater the difference between the hottest point and the coldest point in a system determines the rate of heat transfer.
So if I can somehow increase my air flow, I'd increase the rate of heat removal from the fins, reduce their temperatures, increase the temperature gap between fins and CPU. This in turn should increase the driving force for the heat transfer from CPU to fins.
So odd question; can fans be over locked? 🤣
Hey Jarrod, which laptop will be best for the following software-
Catia,solidworks and nx CAD
To run these smoothly.
And also any budget friendly alternative?
And congrats for 70k in advance!
Go with any i7 processor laptop ..
Thanks! Yeah I think anything with an i7 would be your best bet, depending on the application the GPU would probably also be important, so comes down to getting something with a good CPU/GPU combination, otherwise I'm not really aware what else would be good for those software suites. Personally I really like the Aero 15 range as they are good for a wide range of different tasks, and unlike most gaming laptops you still get other features that they are missing (though they do run hot under consistent load, but I have videos on that). Otherwise for something cheaper with an i7 maybe something like a Lenovo Y530/Dell G5/Acer Helios 300 🤔
@@JarrodsTech thanks for the help!
Tried to open my y540 took out all the screws except one screw. It got stripped so badly I couldn't do anything so I closed it back up now my temps are awful and I'm afraid of using my laptop because it throttles so badly...
Repasting on laptop never does much unless it's a 2 years old laptop, right?
Are u able to do a full review on the new Lenovo Legion Y540? I am thinking of purchasing this laptop as my current laptop has been slowing down and I want to buy a "bang for the buck" laptop?
Still waiting on Lenovo in Australia to have review units of the new laptops for me to borrow.
@@JarrodsTech I'm waiting on that 540 review too. How's the soft touch material on the 530? does it get gross fast? Is it hard to clean?
How many mm of thermal pad should we use? I will be glad if you answer
Have you ever used or tested Lenovo IdeaPad 330? Do you, prehaps know how it compares to Lenovo Y530 given both are configured with i5 and GTX 1050. Is there a significant difference in build quality or thermal design that would juistify Legion being more expensive?
I have not, only the L340. Y530 > L340 due to the reasons listed in my review of it.
Please shoot a video how to clean and change thermal grease on Lenovo legion y540
It's on the to-do list, but so low priority I'll probably never get to it as I get sent too many laptops which I have to prioritize because I only get to borrow them for a couple of weeks before sending back. The Y540 is basically the same as the Y530 in terms of the chassis, so the process would be basically the same.
hey, did you use any specific thermal paste? i have the same laptop
Hey jarrod what do you thinks is the best thermal paste for lenovo legion 5i ?
what about if you try with liquid metal? it would be another great video as always!
Thanks! It may help a little further, however I admit I do not currently have any experience with it and haven't tried it myself, maybe I could do it in the future though.
Thank you sir , this video was really helpful. I have a question, i just want to clean my laptop's fan and air vents as there is a lot of dust stuck in them and my laptop gets extremely hot . Do i need to remove battery before removing fans because in a video i watched , the guy said it is safer to first remove batter and then remove fans
Yes always remove battery connecter before doing anything.
You undervolted it in BIOS or did you use a third party software utility? I've been to BIOS and I can't seem to find any settings regarding CPU other than description.
Intel XTU or throttlestop
if you raise the laptop 15 to 30 degreess off the table with a cooling pad you can drop 10C off of your system. try it.
Indeed, this is why I always test cooling pads in all my thermal testing videos.
Hi Jarrod, I wonder what's the temperature when you're gaming with Y530 after the repaste.
I didn't test gaming before or after, probably should have, but I wanted to use the worst case stress test as it applies the same load and can be more easily compared. As I don't have recent data prior to changing the paste I don't think it would help even if I tested that now.
Jarrod, I follow your videos since ages ago... sorry for this noob (and late) question - but can you do a video on undervolting? Please and thank you. Or if its too much work, can you please write here basic instructions? Im not a beginner pc user, but... Never did these things - re pasting, undervolting etc...
What is undervolting??
What is the thickness of the thermal pads? 1.5mm? Are they the same thickness as the Y540?
I didn't use thermal pads here so can't say, or measure any exisiting ones
I have been only gaming on this thing but both cpu and gpu have never gotten above 80c which is amazing if you ask me.Though gpu usage is kinda acting weird and I am not getting the fps I should get sometimes.I have the i5 1060 model with a 144hz screen.Great content Jarrod you should continue with it !
Thanks!
@@JarrodsTechhi Jarod, I'm new to disassembling and I want to know if you use any anti static gloves or mats? Do I need it because I want to replace my thermal paste. Also is a lens wipe good enough to remove the paste?
Great job on this review!
Thanks!
Do we need to disconnect the internal battery first before doing this?
i would. better to be safe then sorry later if you somehow managed to short something out.
Can you do a review with a gtx 1660ti mobile?
Yes, just waiting for some to arrive.
Hey,
Is razer’s quality control good now?
And I’ve seen people complaining about aero 15x ‘s software that it’s bad? How true is that?
And do you know anything about surface book 3 when it might launch?
I don't really know, I've never had any problems with the Razer machines I've had, but I am a sample size of one and I only use them for a couple of weeks before sending them back and not long term. The software isn't great, just looks outdated, the new version is a bit nicer though. I don't have contact with Microsoft at the moment so I don't have any news or updates with new products.
What is the paste the use for vrams in laptops can anyone tell me or can I use normal thermal paste
Does doing this void the warranty and if so, are there any warranty stickers to look out for? I have a legion Y540 btw.
yup
you did put a bit more of the paste though :).
Thanks for the video. So I applied thermal paste to the cpu and gpu as shown in the video, but how to undervold. I did not update the BIOS. I do not hear any significatnt fan noise on ideal any more with the new past by the way ! Thanks
download intel extreme tuning utility, go to core under advanced tuning and tune it too (-)mV
Thermal grizzly or mx4 which is better ?
mx4 seems to do the job for most people.
I haven't compared them, I used to use MX4 for CPU testing then bought some Kryonaut for my Aero 15x so used it again here. The MX4 apparently has 8.5w/mK while Kryonaut has 12.5w/mK, so in theory has better thermal conductivity.
MX-4 isn't recommended in laptops. Will dry out quickly due to low mounting pressure
Jarod sir... Sorry to revisit too far back but uhhh, I just ordered HTK 002-U1 Thermal Paste from Cooler Master... Do you have any experience with it? Anyone maybe? Is it good?
what software are you using to check temperatures?
HWinfo
If i want to add another RAM stick... does it have to be the same brand as the one inside or it can be different but has to be ddr4 2666v??
Different brand will likely be fine, just make sure it runs at the same timings for DDR4-2666, you can check this with software like HWInfo.
is there a good video out there like this one, but with an msi gs65 gaming laptop instead? lmk
Hmm not sure, maybe check bob of all trades channel, he does a lot of repasting.
can you review asus TUF FX505 2019 with 1660 ti. Specially the display brightness level in nits. Thank you....
Perhaps, I'm currently waiting for ASUS to let me know what new models they'll have in Australia after the launch event on the 9th.
Thank you for the reply sir...
Just want to ask how much pressure should be on the chips ? I just dont want ruin it
You’re looking for complete contact between the heat pipes and the dies, so when everything’s all said and done the screws should be tightened as much as possible without stripping them. That said, you also don’t want the heat pipes to be moving around too much when you’re putting the screws in so, like Jarrod does in the video, tighten the screws enough at first so that there isn’t too much movement.
Yeah basically that. The screws/heatpipes etc should be designed such that by the time the screws are fully tightened there should be adequate pressure between the dies and metal.
My toshiba from like 7 years ago hits 92c and cpu clock drops to 700Mhz. Ordered arctic silver 5, hope it works
Let us know how it goes!
Hey Jarrod,
3 day's ago i got the thermal paste the same one you are using, cause my temps were always reaching 98 degrees.
So i repasted my lenovo legion y530 (specs i5 and gtx 1050ti) and did some undervolting of -0.160 temps were now max 95 degrees celcius, i was curious why the temps were so high maybe the thermal pads were to thick or the thermal paste (grizzly kryonout or how you spell it) was to thin , so i repasted my laptop for the second time, still no luck same temps max 95...
Did some research and found a video from bob of all trades ( the Evo laptop review where he propped the laptop) so i decided to do the same, i didn't have a prop so i decided to levitate the laptop, just like it would be on the prop temps were now under 90 degrees using aida 64 stress test...
I can't say that i'm happy but at least i can still do some gaming .
Planning on buying the propped.
Keep in mind that i live in South America, temps here are 30 degrees... So my room temperature is very high.
I will do some testing in a ac room.
Maybe the prop will help you get better temps.
Thanks for sharing your results, yeah raising it up should definitely help, and your warmer ambient room temperature would also make it a bit more challenging to cool.
@@JarrodsTech Thanks for your reply... Keep up the good work!
Cheers!
Also review the 1660ti version of this laptop (It will be available soon in my region).
Maybe, depends if Lenovo ever get back to me, I only have this version because I bought it.
Hi Jarrod.
I have the exactly same model as you. Y540, i5-8300h, 16Gb, gpu, ssd, and hdd
any how my main question.
1) I am strugling with my cpu's thermal. It's alway having one of the either cores hitting 93*C and thermal throttle. Sometimes all 4 at 89*C
2) At battery icon, power option.
(idle condition, cpu at 43*C)
Best Battery Life > core1-4 at ( range 0.7Ghz - 2.1Ghz ) max 65*C
Better Performance > core1-4 at ( range 0.7Ghz - 2.25Ghz) max 65*C
here is the problem. if I select
Best performance > core 1-4 stays 3.95Ghz all the time (idle and gaming). If I do gaming it easily hit 95*C
Is your laptop having the same problem? And its fan is noisy, sound like turbine engine pushing Airbus A330 to take off.
Any suggestions with y530 fans keep kicking in with light processing like surfing web every minute with a noisy hight sound!
I already undervolt -125
Nope, seems to affect anyone I've heard from who has the Y530, I guess trying to keep it as cool as possible may help reduce the fan needing to ramp up suddenly though.
In my model has faulty fan. It occur that in my small city there are 6 people who has the same problem with this laptop. You should go to replace it. The problem it that te fan got loosen on the pivot and spin at unnatural angle and kick in fan cover.
Hey
I hope you reply me
I have y530
And I change the thermal paste to cooler master
My cpu temp is changing randomly between 60 and 94
And sometimes reaches 99c for a moment
What should i do in this case ?
I tried to undervolte with throttlestop
But it causes a fps drop
Is the left side cpu?
Thanks for the video. So i followed instructions and put new thermal paste. However i always see fan noise, by just opening one tab of youtube under chrome. The bottom of the laptop is also also hot to the touch on ideal. Don't knw what is going on. Should I undervold cpu and gpu ? What could be th reason for a hot cpu and gpu at ideal conditoins ? Laptop is well ventilated sitting on the computer desk by the way. Thanks in advancce !
Definitely worth trying to undervolt, maybe use a stand or cooling pad, a simple stand can help a lot as I show here: ua-cam.com/video/tXvKiy65pwg/v-deo.html
Hi Jarrod. I am able to confirm that the Legion Y530 does come stocked with a GTX 1060 here in the US. Having said that, I don't like Lenovo anyway lol.
Oh cool, a lot of people told me that it didn't 😅
Which website every where I checked was 1050ti,
That’s why was planning to go with y7000
@@adityapatwardhan72 www.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/legion-laptops/legion-y-series/Lenovo-Legion-Y530-15ICH/p/88GMY501020#tab-customize
You will find a variety of models. Keep clicking next and you'll find the last two models have a GTX 1060.
Thanks man
Did not find any in stock though.
What to do if undervolting + Themal paste is not working? Any other settings in Intel Extreme Utility?
Temp from CPU is always around 90 -94.
GPU undervolting worked fine though
Not really, at that point all you can really do is try to lower the room temp or using a cooling pad if you can't push the undervolt further. Make sure you're undervolting both core and cache for CPU. Oh and undervolting GPU can help if the GPU is in use too as they share heatpipes.
@@JarrodsTech thank you. Too bad I didnt know too much about Notebooks when I bought it last year. I remember how the advertised the great heat pipes for nice cooldown. Gg lenovo
@Radu Ș i forgot to mention its while gaming and I do care actually for the FPS://
It's bit out of topic. I already brought this model yesterday. Could I add 256 gb SSD beside already integrated with intel optane?
So you have an optane module in the M.2 slot, which I assume means the 2.5" drive bay is in use with your operating system drive? You would either need to replace the 2.5" HDD with the SSD, not sure how that would go with Optane, I heard recently it can be used to accelerate SSDs too but don't know the details. Otherwise you could remove optane, and install a 256gb M.2 SSD in the single slot.
@@JarrodsTech thanks for your explanation. I will consider to buy 256 gb SSD M2. Do you have any problem when update BIOS with yourself?
Nope, it was an easy process. I just opened the Lenovo Vantage software which lets me perform updates and did it through there, as it told me there was newer BIOS available.