i still believe the bad performance of the aw80 boxes is mainly a heat issue. mine never runs at full speed. as soon as i run anything on it, it gets throttled because of the heat the soc generates.
first thing to say:
90 % of the scratches you see are not from the process of removing the heatspreader.
what i did is putting on the heatsink and moving it around. i wanted to see if the gap that exists between the cpu-heatsink and the ram-chips is now closed. obviously a bad idea.
scratches are suboptimal but shouldnt be a problem, thermalpaste will fill it.
the good news: the gap is almost closed, 0,5 mm left, maybe even less.
the bad news: the heatsink now touches other components. i wanted to use screws for the heatsink
to apply more pressure. i already broke a component while trying and there is a chance that more components could break.
if the heatsink wouldnt touch those parts, maybe the gap would be zero.
i need to find a replacement heatsink or modify the original one.
problems i think i identified so far:
-low quality heatsink and
-maybe not enough pressure on it
-ram and cpu are not at the same level
-all is covered by one giant cheap looking thermal pad
-thermal-glue (dry) between core and spreader
please help me to identify the broken component on the second picture so i can fix the box and prove my theory.
it's the one in the middle with the big "B" on it.
first thing to say:
90 % of the scratches you see are not from the process of removing the heatspreader.
what i did is putting on the heatsink and moving it around. i wanted to see if the gap that exists between the cpu-heatsink and the ram-chips is now closed. obviously a bad idea.
scratches are suboptimal but shouldnt be a problem, thermalpaste will fill it.
the good news: the gap is almost closed, 0,5 mm left, maybe even less.
the bad news: the heatsink now touches other components. i wanted to use screws for the heatsink
to apply more pressure. i already broke a component while trying and there is a chance that more components could break.
if the heatsink wouldnt touch those parts, maybe the gap would be zero.
i need to find a replacement heatsink or modify the original one.
problems i think i identified so far:
-low quality heatsink and
-maybe not enough pressure on it
-ram and cpu are not at the same level
-all is covered by one giant cheap looking thermal pad
-thermal-glue (dry) between core and spreader
please help me to identify the broken component on the second picture so i can fix the box and prove my theory.
it's the one in the middle with the big "B" on it.
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