It took me 4~5 hours because I was placing everything in baggies and grouping it together. I was also being extra careful not to screw anything up, but in the end I did mess up the connector for the blu-ray. It just would not lift up. I also took my sweet time applying the thermal compound. (a very spread out thin layer of MX-2 compound)
Anyway, That stupid pad supplied for the Emotion Engine (EE) isn't large enough in my opinion. It doesn't cover the whole chip. Not only that, it fell apart on me when I tried to peal it off. I put it back together as best as I could, its still formed a square.
Did anyone else feel a performance difference after doing this? I could swear it's a bit faster now, but I'm still paranoid that the fan is at the same sound level as before I took it apart; it just takes a longer to get there (a few extra minutes actually)
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